My WOC finally starts tomorrow with the middle qual. I start at 11:15am:
http://www.woc2013.fi/ssl/woc.nsf/0/1FBCFA25E2177E...
My preparation has been mixed, with a lot of good training in the winter and spring, but less than ideal in the last month or two. I feel confident in my technical skills and ability to keep focused under race pressure. I feel less confident in my physical shape, but hope that I can put it all together for a good, controlled race tomorrow. I would like to channel the way I orienteered in Moreau at the Team Trials middle distance, always knowing where I was going and speeding up when terrain allowed.
Here is how I have raced in the WOC middle qualification before:
2003 - 25th, 24% back
2005 - 22nd, 30% back
2006 - 34th, 51% back
2007 - 32nd, 66% back
2012 - 23rd, 27% back
Goals: I think finishing in the top 20 in my heat, less than 25% back would be a good result for me. Finishing in the top 25, less than 30% back would be an ok result for me.