Post-O – 8 weeks of activities
Post-O has now concluded after 8 weeks – many thanks to all who participated. I hope it provided some exercise inspiration during the initial lockdown.
A lockdown-friendly exercise idea
Week 1 (up to 28 Apr): Visit as many postboxes as you can in 45 mins
Week 2: (up to 5 May): Improve on week 1 – time or number of boxes.
Week 3: (up to 12 May): Run without repeating any post-box legs from the last run.
Week 4: (up to 19 May): Alternate between a central box and other boxes.
Week 5: (up to 26 May): As many postboxes, as large an area circumscribed.
Week 6: (up to 2 June): Best GPS trace, no postboxes.
Week 7: (up to 9 June): As per week 1, but without using a map.
Week 8: (up to 16 June): More GPS art.
Progress
| Participant | Wk 1 Time | Wk 1 PBs | Wk 2 Time | Wk 2 PBs | Wk 3 Time | Wk 3 PBs | Wk 4 Time | Wk 4 PBs | Wk 5 Time | Wk 5 PBs | Wk7 Time | Wk 7 PBs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ironside | 36:35 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Andrea Hampanijad | >45 mins | 7 | 70 mins | 6 | 51:48 | 7 | ||||||
| Emma Crump | 34:41 | 9 | 38:25 | 10 | 35:28 | 10 | 37:46 | 10 | 36:17 | 7 (142ha) | 36:57 | 10 |
| Karen Cleveland Marwick | 36 mins | 9 | 30:56 | 9 | 40:02 | 10 | 41:01 | 10 (92ha) | 45:15 | 11 | ||
| Máire Convery | ?? | ?? | 44:43 | 13 | 46:24 | 13 | 44:37 | 10 | 46:48 | 12 | 39:05 | 13 |
| Rob Casserley | 43:39 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Dawn Figg | 38:52 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Parkes | 42:40 | 14 | 46:09 | 12 | 47:14 | 14 | 43:09 | 8 | 44:14 | 12 (146ha) | 44:28 | 14 |
| Penny Parkes | 50:44 | 6 | 44:03 | 7 | 45:08 | 6 | 42:30 | 7 | 44:04 | 5 | 44:34 | 7 |
| Anne Stockley | 41:39 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Barnes | ?? | 19 | ||||||||||
| David Hodson | 44:58 | 15 | 42:34 | 18 | 43:15 | 19 | 44:54 | 19 | ||||
| Viv Hodson | 39:45 | 10 | 43:20 | 13 | 44:45 | 9 | 42:37 | 13 | ||||
| Helen & Peter Errington | 44:55 | 15 | 46:08 | 11 | 44:58 | 15 | ||||||
| Simon Errington | 59:07 | ?? | 70 mins | 24 | 59:26 | |||||||
| James Errington | 53:54 | ?? | 62 mins | 24 | ||||||||
| David Dixon | 41:38 | 15 | 43:34 | 20 | 44:01 | 13 | 44:49 | 17 | 40:36 | 15 (313ha) | 44:40 | 21 |
| Mike Bennett | 45:12 | 16 | 42:52 | 16 | 45:17 | 13 | 43:00 | 13 | 42:30 | 9 (268ha) | 43:49 | 19 |
| Adam Leaf | 45:46 | 18 | 44:59 | 14 | 44:18 | 15 | 51:00 | 13 (247ha) | 41:12 | 18 | ||
| Rachel Sequeria | 41:04 | 14 | 45:06 | 15 | ||||||||
| Rory Percival | <45 mins | 14 | ||||||||||
| David Heale | 38:21 | 12 | 40:20 | 11 | 43:04 | 13 | 37:15 | 12 (175ha) | 41:40 | 15 | ||
| Alan Rosen | 48:46 | 16 | 52:14 | 15 (324ha) | ||||||||
| Dave & Lucy Allard | 30:30 | 7 | 37:56 | 9 | 38:31 | 7 | 48:56 | 17 | ||||
| Neil Gostick | 38:35 | 9 | 43:48 | 9 | 45:09 | 9 | 45:23 | 13 (200ha) | ||||
| Sarah Dixon | 41:48 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Hannah Nesbit | 44:29 | 16 | 46:10 | 13 | 40:05 | 13 (260ha) | 41:27 | 14 | ||||
| Ana Sousa | 44:05 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Emese Sváb | 39:34 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Nicola Trotman | 36:44 | 11 | 40:10 | 12 | 48:07 | 10 | 41:27 | 5 | 40:10 | 11 (155ha) | 42:07 | 13 |
Instructions
1. Use OpenOrienteeringMap (https://oomap.co.uk/gb/#/new/streeto/11/-0.2666/51.7402/). Zoom in to your place of residence, and click to generate a map. Use the Add Postboxes button. Suggest using default 1:10,000 scale; move centre around or flip between landscape/portrait as sensible, and add your start/finish point. If you want a walk-through please see this short video:
https://herts-orienteering.club/uploads/misc/Postbox_map_generation.mp4
2. Print out a copy of the map (“Save & get PDF map” button at top-right). Plan a route if you wish!
3. On or before the following Tuesday (any time before 7:00pm) and starting from the edge of your property, run/walk past as many postboxes as possible and get back home in 45 mins. *This is your once-daily exercise*. Take care around road-users and pedestrians; maintain social distancing and prioritise safety over speed.
4. Send on your time and number of postboxes to me for collation (but it’s not a competition…)
5. Optional but recommended – upload your route and time/number of postboxes to Strava, and join the HH Strava group
https://www.strava..com/clubs/hertsorienteering
If there are a few of you running in the same area we may also be able to set up a RouteGadget page to compare routes.
6. Join the post-run social – Tuesdays, 8pm, whether or not you’ve run. [details sent to club members by email]
7. Each week while we are unable to offer other events, I’ll come up with a variation of the activity, based on the same map.
