Orienteering race 37:38 [5] 3.6 km (10:27 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 200
JWOC Middle A Final - 38th place
(Straight line distance)
So my leg that was killing me before the sprint? Didn’t feel it at all today or in the relay. So weird.
I was nervous to actually run in my first A final, but I had a plan of doing the course nice and controlled and to have fun.
Big mistake on #1. I made a parallel error and ended up in a different depression than I thought. Eventually relocated and realized that I had to go further up the re-entrant. After that I re-focused and told mysel to make better plans. I was on my way to 4 but it was feeling shaky so I went out to the open to attack from a different direction. By this point I was getting frustrated with the juniper. I literally got so stuck that I was pushed back and ended up sitting in the middle of the tree where all the trunks come up. Not comfy.
Little hesitation in the circle at 6 but after that it was a solid performance and a really good final loop.
Very happy with this result - my best forest placing at JWOC :)