Orienteering 55:10 [4] 8.0 km (6:54 / km) +250m 5:58 / km
ahr:172
Gränsjakten Long
Chasing start based off yesterday's results. However Miri didn't start, so I headed off 2nd, 15s behind Line and with Iliana another minute and a bit behind.
Line and I scrapped around at #1, and then faffed 1min on #3, where Iliana slipped by without us seeing her. We were too low (or actually correct height) in the re-entrant and missed the flag, which was tucked up in the top (where it shouldn't have been...). Anyhow, on we continued and I first glimpsed Iliana ahead on the long road to #4. Also dropped Line somewhere here. The rest of the course was playing cat and mouse with Iliana. We kept taking different routes up until the 10th control, but she kept popping out between 5-30m ahead of me. From there I was right on her tail, and took the lead down toward #12...which was on a rock like 5-10m from a track junction...I was surprised then, to see there was a control right in the middle of the track jn, which I was very wary of. And sure enough, not the right #. Our control was right where it should be, tucked behind the rock a few steps away. Obviously the distance rule doesn't count if one control is on a 1:10000 map and the other is on 1:15000??
Anyway, I got my control, and yelled at Iliana to make sure she got the right one. Which was just as well, as I glanced over my shoulder as I shouted, just as she was punching the track jn! Glad the hesitation she took meant we didn't have to sprint off in the finish chute ;)
I saw someone ahead of Iliana going out of #5, so have to admit I assumed there was another girl ahead of us both for the whole rest of the course. But apparently not. So I added a bit more weight to the theory that while I can't win individual races in Norway, I can if I just hop over the border ;)