Orienteering race 54:00 [4]
Tiomila last leg. Got out as 9th runner in a big group. The others pushed hard and I lost some meters to the start point, but was still in good contact. Oriented individually into the 1st control and got it first of the big group (different forkings), and leaded the girls having this forking to the 2nd control. Out of the 2nd I didn't watch my compass well enough and ran a bit wrong before I managed to correct it and lost some meters, but still in contact with the others at control 3 and 4. To the 5th I had a long leg and chose to run on the fields. Started running towards the wrong edge of the forest out on the fields, but realized before it was too late but lost again some seconds and meters. Into the area of the 5th I again chose to run safe and individually and lost sight of the others eventhough I found my control safely. To the 6th I had a short leg in green and found an other control first, and lost 30 sec. To the 7th I got confused by the bad visability and hesitated as well as not using my compass enough and loos some more time, and get catched by tamperen. Run with her to the 8th, have different control on the 9th and eventhough I oriented well to this control I got confused by several small heights in the control circle and loose again time. To the 10th I meet again with tamperen. To the 11th we run different micro routechoices and I loose some time in the first part of the leg. Then I almost catch up again. The last part I somehow forget my compass some meters and run in the wrong direction for awhile, realizing but loose sight of tamperen and get catched by koovee. To the 12th I ran with koovee, but when she hesitated into the control I pass and get a gap. 13th went well, to 14th I run too fare and have to go back (15-30 sec) and to the 15th I get lost in the diffuse and green area by not finding the path I thought I was on, and not seeing the marsch that I am in (1 min +?) and get catched and passed by koovee. Finnishing in 11th position after several small mistakes through out the course.
Anyway, nice behing up there with the best and an 11th position is good! It is also motivating to see that we have potential to do even better.