Orienteering race 1:26:08 [3] **** 7.93 km (10:52 / km)
spiked:16/20c shoes: Jalas Olway '2010
9th OS Ketvirtadieniai race in Belmontas.
Stupid 1st control - 7 mins of running on Batoras speedway. Was tired already there and made 5 mins error. Soon was caught up by Rusla and Dzukas, and run first section of line orienteering with them. Missed 3rd CP, found 4th, so returned all the way back to the 2nd, and anyway didn't find the 3rd despite the fact that on the slopes we were keeping good distance one from another to cover bigger part of the area. Returned all the way back to 4th and then went to 5th using the line - still hoped that maybe just control numbers were incorrect, but no, we didn't find 3rd control (no 32) at all. After the finish found out that 3rd CP was not on the line - it was standing at the bottom, while the line was marked 15 meters up the slope.
Very strange feeling: after 53 mins of running had found just 3 controls. Crazy. Wanted to go straight home. But decided to do some training and completed whole course. This training part was much much better than "race" part. Didn't keep Rusla pace, but finished ahead of Dzukas.