Orienteering 1:00:00 [2] 4.0 km (15:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talons
Mass Start Night-O. Woc 2013 training.
Some members of the Swedish team were down to race, they were people whose name I would definitely know, but wouldn't put a face to them, so whether they were actually there or not, results will tell. Although one woman I saw looked like she could well be.
Anyways, everyone started, I took the same route as most to 1, but I couldn't keep up, not that their pace was that fast, would have been fine, but I couldn't comfortably navigate at this pace, at least at night, so I just dropped off. As I got into the Area of 1 I was just very sloppy and had been put-off by everyone getting away, so I just wandered, slowly, finally decided to head down off the hill and relocate, and went in and spiked the control fine. Dang! To 2 I took the safe route and this went fine, a little sloppy again towards the circle I went too far around a hill and just added some extra marsh running. To 3, I once again took the safe route, and this control went really well. To 4, I decided to take the safe option, heading up to the track, hit a path, presumed it was my track, wandered for an age. I figured it out hit my track, presumed my junction was to the right, it wasn't, back down, up correct track, turned in too early to control, back out relocate, up a little further, than in, kept hitting the area I thought it should be, was pretty certain, but no crag, and no control. But after 3 goes of relocating of the path, and heading back in, and with my headtorch falling to pieces and eating into my forehead, I called it a day.
Yes, it was really bad, but I didn't seem to mind as much as maybe I should. I know that I just really amn't practiced enough in this discipline yet, so they were always going to be better. Tomorrow though and Sunday, I'm looking for good, but clean runs, it is my first proper chance to race against OLGy members, so I guess I have to prove myself!