orienteering race 32:16 [5] *** 4.8 km (6:43 / km) +140m 5:52 / km
spiked:12/18c
WOC Middle Qualifier, Heat C
Cokoladka, Czech Rep.
Counted 2:28 of mistakes/hesitations, 2:40 from qualifying, 7 minutes down on Thierry... room for improvement.
First control, didn't go to my attacpoint because I wanted to run up a ride that had a few too many blueberry bushed in it... started drifting onto the vague slope and got really nervous. Slighlty off-line but got the control OK in the end, 20s lost.
2,3,4,5 good but losing time on running speed despite pushing...2:20 lost on 10:40.
6,7 lost maybe 25s combined over almost 3mins, hesitations and possibly the wrong route to 6, 7 I took really nicely except leaving 6 I dropped to tthe path too sharply losing 5-10 seconds...
8 good, in hindsight should perhaps have gone to the further ride for better runnability, but no pbs.
9 lost 10 seconds, short green leg, run most of the way, then stopped, looked around while standing still, spotted it once I crouched...
11 lost 5 seconds to hesitation
12 fine
13 big mistake! head went silly and didn't have an attack point/plan for getting the control. just knew it was a patch of yellow tucked into some green at the end of some white forest... went too far following the estonian who started two minutes after me. stupid stupid stupid
we relocated reasonably fast, but 1:20 lost. GAHHHH
14,15 fine, 19s down on 1:58 running
16 was through the green, seemed further than it was... so I hesitated a little, losing 8 seconds maybe :)
17,18, & run-in was a sprint finish... destroyed myself! Lost 23 seconds over 3:27 running just on running speed... first bit was uphill
Reasonably happy with my run. Would have been V happy without the stupid mistake on the 13th...
Seemed to be orienteering at least as well as some of the people who qualified... need to learn to run a LOT faster though...
Estonian overtook me leaving the 5th as I hesitated over route-choice... I punched 6,7,8,9,10 before him... he was ahead for the rest, visible for 12, bits of 13,14, 16 (he went too far left before correcting), some of 17... and he narrowly missed qualification.
Within 2 years I will qualify for a Final!