WOC Spectator Races - Day 1
I am running H21A here. Today we ran in the wooded part of the WOC long qualification terrain. It was pretty tough going most of the time, and trail routes were desriable, as were safe attackpoints close to the controls. I started off with a 2-minute mistake where I ran right past the control without seeing the flag, looped around and came back to it. I then ran quite well for a while, but had hesitations on virtually every control starting with 11, and then a big mistake (2 minutes) on the tough #16. It was a fun and challenging race, and I really enjoyed myself out there. Looks like a lot of people had some trouble, as I ended up 5th in the class.
Results:
http://www.woc2011.fr/images/ofestival/resultats/E...
Winsplits:
http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.a...
QR:
http://www.dxdeluxe.se/linnekartparmen/show_map.ph...
After the races it was time to spectate and cheer. It was awesome to see Ali flying into 7th place in her heat, and equally great to see the guys have some good races. In the last few years the middle distance has been a bit disastrous for our men, and this was a nice change with three good runs by Ross, Ken, and Sergei. Ross' 20th place was the 6th time our men have had a 20th place since Brian May qualified for the sprint final in 2004, but no one has done better than 20th. Time to break that trend in the sprint?
Also, Alex had a really good run, and that made me really happy for the rest of the day.
1412/2000