Orienteering race 1:35:00 [5] ***** 18.0 km (5:17 / km)
spiked:33/37c
Tio mila last leg for VSOK. Started on the back of a small group and ran hard to try to shake them. Surprised that they had exactly the same gaffle on the 3-way butterfly and only got away in the last couple of kms. A few small mistakes here and there, biggest problem was falling into a huge marsh on the longest leg - I was floundering and couldn't drag myself out. Legs felt cold and tight for a while after that. Finished pulled up a handful of places to 38th, much better than last year but we can do better...most impressive was Jonathan Rosendhal, a young guy originally on the shortest ungaffled day leg who stepped in at the very last minute to run first! Thanks to VSOK for all their support!