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Dan Chissick - Israel - Much, much better

Much, much better

Yesterday we had another race in our summer series, on a combination of park/urban and forest areas. I got it right this time, starting slowly enough to get into a comfortable pace, and keeping concentration well so I lost very little time on the course. The 4.8km course took me…
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38:05, which was more or less what I expected.The forest section was on part of the old map of Segev, which I mapped in 1993 and was the first OCAD map in Israel. I hadnt been there for a long time, and the forest has changed a lot - especially getting filled with bike tracks. Below is a comparison of the old map (right, 1:15,000) and the new (left, 1:5,000). The new map is good, but I didnt like the vegetation between 15 and 16 - in my opinion its still more like in the old map. You can see…

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