Yökuppi 8, Sammalisto (FC middle distance terrain).
It wasn't a mass start as it first was supposed to but a group start. I started with Antti Ö. He gave me the leading position since I had visited this first control twice (FC qual and last monday's weekly evening event). I made a very small mistake drifting a bit too much left but as it turned out, that was in the top3 of the biggest mistakes of the night.
First loop pretty well. Some hesitation at #3. At #4 teamed up with some guy that had some of the Finnish paper industry companies written in the back. He made a mistake running back to the #1 (this time #7) and I was alone. Next controls all alone and those went almost perfect. From #11 I left towards #16 but at the clearing realised the mistake and took the bearing towards #12. 12-16, no mistakes. Eventhough #15 had all the abilities to be the good performance crusher, I found it spot on. Close to #16 I saw a pretty fast train moving along from left and an enquiry about the train's kind, a familiar voice told me "the leading train kind". I had my doubts, since all of the guys had left before me but hopped on anyhow. It took me to the finish pretty well, with one small mistake.
I'm happy about the performance and the fact that quite a lot of good guys (Mamia, Reitti) are behind me. But can't help wondering how the hell it's possible to go that course in 43min...
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