Venice - Venice MOV-Meeting Orientation On a good day, much more that spring autumn , was held today, the 31st edition of the MOV, Venice Orientation Meeting. Orienteering Competition beautifully organized dall'ASD Galilei, as always, took place in the historic center of Venice and drew more than 4000 orienteers from all over the world.
that of Venice, for various reasons, it is a very difficult race: very important the speed of reading a map (scale 1:7500) full of small details, the importance of the choices of routes, in some places forced due to the obligatory passage on bridges channel more, knowing how to maintain a steady concentration and the contact with the paper, in this sense a little distraction can easily lead to losing valuable time.
Even the physical point of view is not an easy race for the constant changes of pace that usually characterize the sprint races, but in this case are bound to a competition lasting more than a classic sprint.
Running between canals, alleys and arcades always has its charm and often leads to discover the hidden corners of Venice is truly a maze!
Interflumina part in the trip with several competitors. In M12 category (length 2600 m - 17 m altitude), including 106 competitors, Leonardo Paglia is ranked 72 ° (19 ° of Italians), M13/14 in category (length 4200 m - 27 m altitude) compete Melioli Andrea, Cristian Greeks and Alain Ben Rejeb who finished at 48 ° (14 ° Italian) 56 ° (19 ° Italian), 78 ° (27 ° Italian) in a total of 143 members.
In M16 category (length 6800 m - 64 m altitude), we have 93 members and between Lorenzo Allodi closes on the 32nd place finish (7th Italian).
Category MB (length 7200 m - 55 m altitude), with its 178 members, is the most "crowded", here to participate Interflumina Marco Bellini, 90 ° (25 ° Italian) Filippo Allodi, 164 ° (55 ° Italian), a party but with a delay of about 12 minutes ...
in the female category, we have Alice in category Talignani W12 (length 2600 m - 17 m altitude) closes 38th (4th Italian) out of 74 competitors entered.
Finally in category W13/14 (length 4000 m - 25 m altitude) we have 122 members and between Sara Capellazzi, closes 110 ^ (36 ^ Italian) while Gloria Scrivani, 111 ^ (37 ^ Italian).
Beginners In category 1 (length 2810 m) among the 91 members, we report the presence of James Talignani, 9 ^ at the end of the race (5 ^ Italian) and Alessio Artois, 39 ^ (26 ^ Italian) .
nell'orienteering remember that the distances given by the organizers are measured "as the crow flies" and, in Indeed, in a race like the one in Venice must be increased by an estimated 30-40% for the presence of buildings, bridges and canals that can not run precisely along the "crow flies." Thus, for example, a hypothetical distance of 7200 m to ensure that a competitor could also run for more than 10,000 m.
The proposed gradients refer to the sum of the heights of the bridges paths during the race in a track that is considered the most logical ...
Next and final race next Sunday, November 21 in the center of Modena.