Orienteering race (World Masters Long Qual1) 1:14:00 [5] *** 11.5 km (6:26 / km) +184m 5:57 / km
spiked:21/24c shoes: Innov-8 X-Talon 212
Not a great start, losing 45 secs on #1. Was one knoll left and not far off it. Then even though I tried to take the long sand dune leg easy down by the beach still stuffed it. Couldn't really work out what was going on. Lost 4 minutes. Rune Olsen caught me 5 min a couple controls later after he stuffed that leg. Managed to keep with him for about 3 controls, I took a bush option where he went round and managed to catch him. Then was dropped quickly on the huge leg but I ended up running through about 6-7 runners through the last half. Last 45 minutes was good except a minor hesitation on #19. Felt like I had a bit more in me but just wanted to make sure I qualified safely. O seems to have got loads better with each race this trip. Ended up 6th, much better than I ever expected but a fair bit back on 5th.
