| Last day of Easter. After yesterdays DNF, I was put back further in the chasing start, starting just after two Brits and Sebba. I caught the two Brits into 1, passing Sebba on the way out as I was on my way in. Lost ~1min in the circle, then off around the tough 2-3-4-5, losing about 30 secs on 2 and 4 in the circle. Caught Seb at 4, then got away on the run to 6, went right around the hill to 7, had a big drink at 8. Went and had a good look around on the hill to the east of 9, lost about 4 mins, and the Brits were exiting the control as I went up to it. Caught them back up at 10, then ran away from them to 12, was orienteering nice and clean and feeling much better than I usually do at this stage of the 3 days. Got cleanly and relatively quickly through the last loop (with only two stick impaling incidents in my legs) with Wes Dose on my tail. Pity I made over 5 mins of mistakes today.
Not sure why I felt so good for the whole 3 days, maybe I think it was not holding back when it came to refuelling (lots of choc eggs!). Usually I struggle to recover from a hard race, even a middle distance.
Not an Easter to remember, personally. |
