Orienteering race 33:12 [4] **** 6.3 km (5:16 / km) +150m 4:43 / km
spiked:22/24c shoes: Inov8 X Talon 212 (4)
JK Middle. M21E
Last time I ran here I did appallingly, so was determined to get it right this time. Just about made my start on time. 1 was tricky and was not into the map at this point and overshot losing ~45s. Steady to 2 taking in more detail than ideal but hit the control ok. Bearing to 3 and then 4 was looking easier and as I decended into it noticed Sander just leaving it (2min man). Good confidence boost at this stage. Gain on him into 5 and were then together to 6. We took slightly different lines and both missed 6 losing another 45s at which point we looked up the hill to see HH quickly decending into 6. Led the way to 7 and 8 then we took slightly different lines to 9; all offline. So there was some faffing before we hit this one. I drifted much too left on 10 meaning HH and Sander pulled a 15s or so gap which gradually grew over the next few controls before they were pretty much out of sight after 15. Was clean bar ~10s at 16 though.
4th on the day. Pretty happy with that though it was through technical performance rather than physical shape.