orienteering 1:55:49 [5] 14.7 km (7:53 / km) +380m 6:59 / km
spiked:25/30c
Nationale - Toul near Nancy,
Plateau d'Ecrouves was the name of the map
one of my best races... really quite happy at the finish, although tired and cold - rained for the second half of the course. also fell on my left thigh around the fourteenth control and gave myself a dead leg - stiff afterwards...
most of it was on slopes or the edge of slopes so it was much easier technically for me than the day before. some route choices etc and a few small mistakes, but couldn't have hopd to do much better. only 5 minutes off fabrice and top ten (dr mispunched, tg absent, benoit cut short) in france... i think i lost five minutes max...
technical comments are on map. nearly fell into fortifications a couple of times, could have been nasty. sorry for not giving q more entertaining description to any readers out there :)
in any case, happy i can run and cope with simple orienteering at the same time. what a difference a year makes
ps francois gonon won in around 1h35!!!