Jættemilen in Denmark, which is my favorite orienteering race. Long distance mass-start orienteering race with 50 controls in fast forest including a few kilometers in grasslands. A good opportunity to run in packs, trying to take shortcuts where possible.
The start wasn't as intense this year, so Mathias and I were with the lead pack for quite a while. Had the same fork as Mathias and we thought after the fork that we were in the lead with a few others, but turned out 2 other guys had gotten ahead in the other fork. Mostly followed another guy who was navigating well and we were in a nice pack of 4.
When we hit the second fork I looked back and saw that I was the only one on my fork. Got a 20s lead on the others after the fork and ran by myself for quite a while with the others chasing. Saw the lead group a few times, but they were running too fast for me to catch up. Meanwhile the others were slowly catching up, but never quite got contact. Ran all I had on the last 6-7 controls, which was control picking, but a bit more challenging than the rest. Managed to keep the others behind.
Finished 3rd, 2 mins back. Mathias with a good run in 6th.
Results.