Nice city sprint in Vasto. Mostly ok, but a few bobbles. The worst in an area we crossed a few times. Lots of circles there. I was headed right but convinced myself I had to go back one corner. So I did, and then realized the mistake. About a minute there. Others more minor. One where I thought the control was on an unmapped statue in a park, circled it, scratched my head, then found it on a light pole on the other side of a bush. Best time was about 24:56. I was 5th of 7.
Besides the usual Scandinavians, I chatted up the Belgians who had been in Laramie this summer, Dirk Goossens and Linda Verbraken, and also Nick Barrable and his young family, wife Sara-Jane and baby 9 mos.old.
Vasto sprint