PIOM Long Distance.
Arrived at our accommodation 1:30am last night which was 2:30 Swedish time! SO tired!
First time running in Portugal and the preparation wasn't the best but wanted to run anyway and it was a WRE which was good. Didn't know what to expect but once I started running I realised it was very similar to Australia which was cool! I got told not to run in the green but I didn't listen so well :P Got very stuck on the long leg to 3! Decided to avoid the green a lot after that!
The second long leg I hit my leg in the same place I hit last week and it hurt like hell! Walked a bit to get up to the track and then decided to take the long route around which actually ended up to be ok.
Mistake on the control just before the spectator and running to the spectator control and lost a few mins together there...otherwise it was ok actually...a few silly routes but no other mistakes...tired in the end with the combo of arriving late and running a long!
Ended up 6th, 7min behind Svetlana and only 1min30sec behind Nadiya V. Without the time lost it would've been a pretty good result, but I'm happy anyway with my first time in Portugal and with the bad preparation due to our flight change...
http://eventos.coc.pt/archive/piom2018/results/pio...
Second best WRE points after WOC middle 2016 so I guess that is a good sign for WOC selections...we shall see...