Orienteering race 1:04:20 [5] ***** 6.9 km (9:19 / km) +77m 8:50 / km
ahr:185 max:211 spiked:10/12c slept:7.0 shoes: VJs
Venla 1st Leg.
Absolutely mad experience. So so much fun. Started off in 310th position out of 1800 and by the end of the run out I'd already dropped 250 places. Raced the whole course but raced it carefully and controlled. Very pleased :)
Mistake at 3 where I just came off a hill at the wrong angle but saved myself and got engulfed by a train. - 20 seconds lost
Mistake at 4 when the train just stopped 100ish metres short. I was a little hesitant but decided to trust myself and ended up finding the control on my own :) - 5ish minutes lost?
Bit of a miss at one of the last controls but quickly corrected myself and changed my train. - 15 seconds lost
Most of it was just check compass and run in the right direction following the people in front. Kinda hard in the green when I had branches and leaves being pinged into my eyes and face. At one point the girl in front was going too slow and I couldn't get past so I just shoved her over haha.
Absolutely broke myself with how hard I pushed. Felt like death at the end but it was really good fun!!
I came back in 727th place. Wasn't expecting to be any higher than this. Pretty solid run excluding the mistake that everyone made. I wasn't quite under the hour but I was out for less then double the leaders time and I got a bronze time. Chuffed.
Perfect start to the summer :)