O - Race 1:14:47 [5] 14.25 km (5:15 / km)
shoes: VJ Bold SM 15
We won Tiomila. Damn. Got reasonably and unexpectedly emotional afterwards. Best ever orienteering feeling I have had.
6 year project for the club, 5 for me, with 4 years of living and training with the guys, so yeah a really team and then whole club feeling.
My race. I went out knowing I had somewhere between a 1 minute and 3 minute lead. My plan was to try and make everything as safe as possible and take the time to do this properly, and if people caught me then hang on.
I had a couple of dodgy moments but nothing major, potentially a couple of routechoices that I would maybe do differently in hindsight but otherwise everything was good.
Got a bit stressed towards then end when I thought I had been caught and really tried to push hard into the end. Fell near the second last and bashed lower inside/front of left knee/upper shin. Sore and swollen, but no serious cuts. Hoping easy days and ice/compression etc will solve