Running 20:00 [2] 2.7 km (7:24 / km) +77m 6:29 / km
running to the start (I was late and had to push quite a bit) and all downhill from the finish.
Orienteering race 57:59 [4] 6.2 km (9:21 / km) +50m 8:59 / km
Herzogenbuchsee Regional run. There were over 800 participants, on a regular O-meet!! Wow. And there were 16 in our age class.
I started on the wrong foot ;-/). I already had trouble to the first control as the trails just did not make sense. I followed my intuition, ignoring those little tracks and trails and eventually found the control. Left it, hit another little deer trail, followed it and did not realise it turned by 90 degrees, hit a crossing, went left, then came on a bigger dirt road, everything just the way it should be to number 2, except it all was 180 degrees opposite. Eventually, I realised that something was definitely off as a steep slope was to my right where it should have been flat! Utterly confused I ended up asking an older runner who seemed inclined to stop for a moment. I could not believe it, and my head just would not turn 180 degrees, but I forced myself to just do what did not made sense in my head but perfectly on the map. After this far detour, finding the second control was no problem. On 4, I did another detour as I could not see the flag when I was close (some of them were quite hidden). After that I had no problems anymore, probably by now, i was awake enough! Still a result to forget about.