WOC 2019 is finally here!
Races start on Tuesday and we\'ll update with start times when we get those on Monday.
The team is:
Niamh Corbett, Aoife McCavanagh, Roisin Long
Nicolas Simonin, Conor Short, Ruairi Short
Let us know if you have any questions!
First instalment of the vlog is up at: https://youtu.be/7fzV-EyfjpM
Everything kicks off tomorrow with the middle qualification. The latest vlog is up at: https://youtu.be/fpg25nbvetc
Here I quote the start times in Irish time
Ruairi: 9:07
Roisin: 9:18
Niamh: 9:22
Aoife: 9:46
Conor: 9:47
Nick: 10:03
Live results and GPS tracking you can see at: https://orienteering.sport/event/world-orienteering-championships/middle-qualifications/#current
There are new rules for qualifying for the Middle Final this year and I wrote a php script which will highlight the people who are qualifying once the finishers start coming in: http://cnocmaps.com/didIQualify.php?eventId=16194
Best of luck to the Irish team in Norway!
Looking forward to seeing maps & reports.
Middle distance vlog will be up shortly: https://youtu.be/51pNrtB3rR4
Many thanks for all the best wishes. The middle today was in a tough forest, with everything from vague open forest to dense detailed green.
Results were as follows:
| 15 | Nicolas Simonin | Ireland | Men 2 | 11:03:00 | 29:47 (15) | 04:58 |
| 23 | Ruairi Short | Ireland | Men 1 | 10:07:00 | 33:00 (23) | 08:40 |
| 23 | Aoife McCavana | Ireland | Women 2 | 10:46:00 | 39:37 (23) | 10:21 |
| 26 | Niamh Corbett | Ireland | Women 3 | 10:22:00 | 42:32 (26) | 13:47 |
| 28 | Roisin Long | Ireland | Women 1 | 10:18:00 | 45:18 (28) | 16:19 |
| 32 | Conor Short | Ireland | Men 3 | 10:47:00 | 35:22 (32) | 10:01 |
Which means Aoife and Nick will be running the Middle final on Friday.
Tomorrow is the long. Start times are as follows (Irish time) (changed since the video):
Ruairi: 9:54
Niamh: 12:34
After some weirdness with start times the long went off without a hitch. Niamh and myself were both pretty pleased coming 59th (2:02:19, 53:19) and 58th (2:05:29, 35:20) respectively behind impressive winners in Tove Alexandersson and Olav Lundanes.
Tomorrow is a rest day so not as much spectator interest but we\'re back racing again on Friday afternoon.
Vlog will be up first thing in the morning as it got a bit late due to the afternoon being a bit of a write-off!
