Orienteering race 12:08 [5] *** 2.5 km (4:51 / km)
14c shoes: Runners - old
WOC Sprint Qual, Prostejov.
Happy with this race, I had good concentration early on and had a clean run. Had to run my guts out because the course was fairly straight forward and running speed was important. 12th in my heat. A fun course with one long street/route choice leg and lots of controls in the parks.
Orienteering race 15:07 [5] *** 2.5 km (6:03 / km)
17c shoes: Runners - old
WOC Sprint Final, Olomouc.
32nd place. Not so happy with this race. I started well by choosing the best route to c1 which was the longest leg by far on the course. Got c2 but then lost it at c3. It was a 13sec leg, but I took 47secs. All I had to do was cross a pond and the control should be there, but I got confused with the map there and was fixated on the wrong hedge for way too long. When I finally interpreted the map clearly and got the control, I felt somewhat rushed through the next 7 controls which were all a bit tricky and I didn't concentrate that well, losing bits of time here and there (although no other 'mistakes' as such). Got caught by the French lady entering the streets for the last couple of controls and that motivated me to run hard at the end.
Anyway, it was a really good/fun course! (although I wasn't having that much fun because it was woc and I'd lost time, but under different circumstances....).