Orienteering race (One-man-relay) 50:07 [4] 6.0 km (8:21 / km)
4/9. +6' (Sonja Liukkonen)
I had bigger expectations for this "one-man-relay". Ok, it was a mass start race so there was that "relay feeling". But I thought there would be more and much bigger butterflies... There was only one mini butterfly in the women's course.
I got stuck behind some slower people after the start and caught Tiina just after the second mini butterfly loop. It was clear from the beginning that I wasn't going to get out of my comfort zone today, I simply didn't have the legs for it. I stopped to drink at the refreshment control and Tiina got a little bit ahead of me there. She wasn't going to get out of her comfort zone either so I was able to catch her again and we sort of just jogged and chatted together for a while. I was afraid that she would decide to challenge me for a proper sprint in the inrun so I made my move already as soon as we got to the road on the way to the last control, and I didn't look back.
I have to say that I was slightly gutted after seeing in the results that the 3rd place was only 30 secs away... It was really hard to tell who was in which class because we didn't have number bibs. Top 3 would have been nice even though only the winner got a prize...