orienteering race 1:48:30 [4] ***** 16.1 km (6:44 / km)
ahr:177 max:192 37c
TIOMILA
Äkataboden
IFK Lidingö 3
125th
Five years after my last outing in 2004 (IFKL 4), I was running last leg again. The race went quite well, probably only lost five minutes and was able to keep running. When I analyse the race I'll find another couple of minutes I'll have lost somewhere. As belied by my AHR, I wasn't racing particularly hard. Running ten minutes faster shouldn't be difficult. Second team last leg runner ran 96. Wingsted ran 77, sub 5 min/km!!
Garmin distance ran: 17.56km
Quite pleased with my race. Ran less than ten controls in company. Before Christmas I couldn't concentrate for more than 40 minutes. In Pataias I did 16km in just under 2hrs, but in runnable (if a little more hilly) terrain, and suffered immensely from the end of the first hour. So training without sickness/injury for 8 weeks in a row appears to pay dividends! Knee is sore after, unsurprisingly. Must make sure it doesn't stay upset.
Place 125 (started in 134th), about 133rd fastest on the full last leg. Ruairi S had an excellent run, ten minutes faster and 60odd on the leg!