EOC Middle.
Hadn't run a proper competition in ages.
Ran too fast at he start.
Started with Merl and Lithuanian guy.
1: Straight, had same one as Merl, but went to the other one, only lost like 5 secs cos it was on the way
2: Easy pie. Same as Merl.
3: Just kinda ran? I don't know why but it was the wrong direction. Ended up too far left and lost ~30secs.
4: Straight.
5: Easy
6: Ran too fast and went slightly to far. Found 7. Not too far away but still ~60 secs gone. Daehli ran by then (I knew he was in my heat because they messed up the start lanes and I could see the descriptions were the same.)
7: Had a good split to his! I wonder why...
8: Slightly curvy route, but it meant I was on the flat stuff. Saw Daehli come out.
9: Could pretty much see it from 8. Avoided the cultivated land well though because they said it was out of bounds at the meeting the night before. They also said it wouldn't be important anyway and that it shouldn't affect any routes....
10: Straight. Had no attackpoint so I was a bit hesitant but only lost ~15 secs.
11: Why was this a leg??
12:Straight:
13: Could see it from 12.
14: Around the track to the left, really tired now, and not orienteering properly. Unsure in the circle ~15 secs.
15: Could pretty much see it from 14 but it did seem awfully close. Apparently the map was wrong.
16: Nearly messed up the taped route. The open stuff was really tough going, but I kept going and then wasn't sure. I was very concious of the spectators then too. Lost another 30 sec I guess, if not more.
17: Easy.
18: Apparently this was in the wrong place by 30m. I guess it came up a bit quick but I wasn't bothered.
19: Bearing was off because of 18. Couldn't really make sense of what happened. UKR and BUL(?) did the same thing and we tried to relocate. We realised we were to high and then saw it below. ~80 secs!
20: Slog.
21: Slog.
So excluding the wrong control about 2:30 of mistakes, so not great really. Take that off my time and I gain 0 places!
The terrain was very fast so not ideal for me.
BUT all heats are void so I'm in the final anyway.
Map:
http://www.eoc2014.fpo.pt/files/maps/middle-distan...
Why it was voided:
http://www.eoc2014.fpo.pt/index.php/en/198-organiz...