orienteering race 34:00 [4] 5.7 km (5:58 / km)
ahr:179 max:192
Coaches&vip race, wuoc
The terrain was pretty fast, top boys in the relay were breaking 5/km. Bjorn/SWE and Robert/AUS ran away from the rest of us after about two or three controls... I was pushing hard enough but only in maybe 6th place at the 9th control. Then took my own route choice on the long leg after hesitating for ten seconds watching everyone else, including Sam, go left. I messed up the start of the leg, but after that it was flat and smooth so I sped up... came to ten just in front of Sam and Martin/(swissnorwegian)... just made it through the spectator in front of Sam, she kindly gave me a push-start at the control :) I was almost a hundred metres behind a pack, but caught them at the 13th/14th. Punched 15 3rd of the pack and sped up, sat in behind the Austrian who zigzagged at a crucial moment, nailed 16 and didn't even need to sprint the run-in. Nice tactical finish.
Lost 25s to 8, 30s at the start of the tenth leg...
Lots and lots of fun!!!