orienteering race 1:01:38 [5] 4.3 km (14:20 / km)
POM day 1 Dunes da Toscha, (Palheirao) Middle race M60 (80/123) winner 29.45. It was a technical and bushy area
Well I did pick up no 1 well......but confused with the paths going to 2 and had no idea where I was at all and took ages to relocate losing 5 mins. 3 was ok, missed 4 but overshot to the path and bounced back to the control. 5,6 and 7 were ok and although technical I was basically in control. I did not sort out the area around 8 and 9 and ended up mindlessly searching, losing 6 mins at 8. 10 and 11 were similar not helped my misidentifying the attack point and lost 5 mins on both.
Run back through the nice forest controls fun and without incident.
Very depressed by this run and confidence shot...….it retrospect did not use the yellow enough -these tended to be strong when many of the low hills were disguised by thick bushes. I did lose heart after 8 & 9 and should not have allowed 10 & 11.