Yeah it was such a long and tough one! One thing keeping me going was knowing I’d raced longer than that in orienteering plenty times, but it does feel so much harder when you don’t have a map. Still glad that they equalised it though, good to mix it up a bit
You did so well! It was definitely good training. I think my problem is that I never do a long orienteering race without having to walk to relocate hehe
When I ran at Prestwold in 2017 they mis-measured and we ran 15km instead of 12km. I was so scarred I've not been back!