orienteering race (WMOC sprint qualifier) 19:54 [4] 2.2 km (9:03 / km)
shoes: Asics Trabuco
Old town, Pecs
I thought I should manage the sprint qualifier all right, having some familiarity with the town, and it definitely helped being able to look at the map and straightaway have a mental picture of how some areas would look. Ran hard, and kept passing women who I knew had started before me, got through the NW castle wall section fine and then did a bad thing at 9. Which is to say, I punched, took 2 steps forward by which time I had landed at the bottom of a small wall, looked at the map and had an "oh shit" moment because the wall was clearly mapped as uncrossable, decided the best thing to do was climb back up the wall, go 5m to the right and down the steps (all 6 of them).
Heard the observers mutter but it must have been okay, because I've qualified in 6th and Susanne in 4th. I was a bit flustered though and definitely lost a bit of spark after that, missing a through-courtyard route choice on 11 and going around instead. But I am really stoked with a top-10 time, probably means the field isn't particularly strong but I'll take it :)