SOC Level C, Queen Elizabeth Country Park.
5th / 25
http://socweb.org/system/files/results_65.htmWow, almost felt like being back in Hungary. Hilly and mostly runnable forest with well defined contours, 0 degrees and snowfall.
Wasn't strong enough for the hills, though, had to walk quite a few of them. I will be back here for hill training!
I am quite certain that 6 was in the wrong place, much higher up and closer to 5 then mapped, which cost me almost a minute because my plan relied on running up the ride and attacking from the junction, whereas those running up the parallel trail were able to see the control which was much earlier. Me, I had to double back and in the hillside with felling as I was way over. I am confident my plan would have been the fastest if the control was in the right place. Made a big mistake to 14 running up a trail too early which meant about 1:30 lost! Other than this, quite a few imprecise bearings and smaller hesitations costing about maybe 1 min more altogether. Either way would not have been fast enough to contend for a top 3. I might (might!!!) have just about caught Dave C but even that is unlikely.
Quite a few hungarians in this event compared to the usual ratio!