Venice

[Old Lough]

Going for a swim around venice this coming weekend at the Venice O Festival .... anyone got a copy of the O map please

[timbean]

http://www.ift.uib.no/~jankoc/orienteering/small/italy1.jpg

From 1998 I think

[timbean]

On another note, The event starts at the Sport Palace Arsenale. Does anyone know where in venice this is? I can't find it on multimap. It would be annoying to get all the way there and not even be able to find the start!

And before anyone gets clever- the start on the 1998 map is in Piazza San Marco, which has nothing to do with either sport or arsenale.

[Guest]

If you look at event website it gives details of public transport & a link to transport website... haven't bothered looking but guess it's there somewhere

[Guest]

See
http://maps.venicexplorer.net/maps_venezia/mappe_venezia_g.php?hlangs=en#right7

I think it might be the Palazzo dello Sport at the right hand side of this map - in the Arsenal area of the city a bit east from St Marks square.

[RFM]

Timbean asks: "On another note, The event starts at the Sport Palace Arsenale. Does anyone know where in venice this is? I can't find it on multimap. It would be annoying to get all the way there and not even be able to find the start!"

There should be enough people to ask - 16 of us from DVO! - and we'll find out at the Saturday event.

Should be a fun weekend!

Ranald

[J]

I went last year and would agree that sport palace arsenale is the palazzo della sport on that map - it's possibly the ugliest building in venice.

The event centre was there last year but the start was on the southern tip of venice, you had to get there by boat! I'd say the best thing to do is make your way to the sport palace on the saturday, work out what's going on then sunday will run smoothly.

It was a really good event, watch out for turning blind corners and running straight into big groups of tourists/other runners!

[Pingu]

There's a selection from UWOC going - hope I can beat the latest bout of fresher's flu by then

[Pingu]

I'll just take the opportunity to recommend the event to anyone with a weekend, and c.£140inc. food to go - absolute concentration required for 75 mins on a good run, and some of the best control-flow practise around.
Didn't help that I was over 30 mins late for my start time, though

[Fratello de Pingu]

Didn't help that I was over 30 mins late for my start time, though

how did you manage that?
did you forget to put your watch forward or something

[Rookie]

no - he was just late - mainly due to a severe lack of toilet facilities

[mharky]

What do you think the canals are for..???

[Old Lough]

If you have not done this event put it in your diary for next year now .... amount of climb given in the number of bridges you have to cross and running against the tourists across the Rialto Bridge is a life experience.
Needs total concentration to stay with the map ... just awesome !!
3160 runner this year

Just don't miss this one next year

[King Penguin]

Any link to any results anywhere ?

[Rookie]

http://www.orivenezia.it/mov/movbase.asp?lang=eng&page=info

main venice page in english - results link on there