orienteering race 39:00 [3]
(injured)
Day 6. LONG walk and lots of climb to the start, but rewarded with fantastic views. Really sad not to have a camera! Very happy about the P (provisional, parent, punching ... take your pick) next to my start time, meaning that I was the second parent and could start at any time. It really takes the pressure out of split starts for parents!
Navigationally pretty good, though a bit hesitant at times. Could have simplified some legs a bit more, but it was satisfying to know where I was exactly at all times. Did have one error in the circle on one control (7?), looked down instead of up and did a loop around. I knew I was in the right area and very close - and when I didn't get to it I realized I had to climb up a little more ... and then found it. It was in a reenterant, and barely peaking out (though perfectly fair). Lost less than 2 minutes, I think. The rest was clean, but not flowing smoothly. I think my lack of fitness slowed my brain down.
Overall: joint first place (though if they did it on all 6 days or by total time she would have won!). Feeling proud of keeping my head and not making any big errors under pressure :-)
Feeling GREAT that I ran 5 of the last 7 days and I am NOT LIMPING!!!!!