Orienteering race 42:28 [4] 6.62 km (6:25 / km) +140m 5:48 / km
shoes: O-VJ-Grey-Spikes
Too hot for a warmup as the limiting factor on this RF 95-100 deg day was going to be overheating.
Format of 2x 20 minute races added up suited me fine, though despite running in shorts, carrying ice in a cooler for before/between/after the loops, and consuming 4 Excedrin in the hours after the race, I was still fighting a mild migraine for many hours that evening.
Navigation was really sloppy with ~4x 1 minute errors - that really won't cut it with Vadim running as fast as me now, Clem not having slowed much, and both of them only making 1 minute of errors...
And on top of that, I had download issues - going straight from finish to download, hearing the beep, and then not waiting for splits as I would sweat them to pieces. And as the finish/download crew was busy hounding someone who'd forgot to punch the finish, I didn't get any verbal confirmation either, so I walked away thinking I'd see my result posted later. Apparently the download hadn't worked somehow - maybe they were in some odd mode. I guess I can download _before_ I clear and check at the next event (which I'm co-CS'ing) to read the epunch then, if it becomes an issue. Currently it's not, because the course isn't being ranked, though I may still download so I can compare splits and see which mistakes were most expensive, and focus on them. Gotta to that if I want to beat Vadim (& Magnus, & Clem, & Jenni - yikes) for the cup this year.
Actually, I wonder, if Jenni wins the rankings outright (maybe not this year, but if she gets to training, then next year it's even more plausible), will she get her name on both cups - e.g. is it 'overall' and 'women's' cup's, or Men's and Women's cups? I'm thinking people normall separate it as Men's/Women's, but if you look at a different angle - age - I think we do let people win both the Jr. & overall title if they so deserve it.