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Saturday Jul 21, 2018 #
Running warm up/down 9:07 [2] 1.58 km (5:46 / km) +45m 5:03 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 212 (2017)
Orienteering race 26:06 [4] 3.05 km (8:33 / km) +105m 7:18 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 212 (2017)
Kopaonik Open Day 4 (WRE): dnf
Started carefully as it looked very technical. First few controls a bit hesitant, but I forced myself to keep taking it a bit easier as avoiding big mistakes was the most important. From the 4th - 5th control I started feeling more confident and pushing harder, while avoiding big misses.
I started to get really into the flow after about 15' but shortly afterwards disaster struck. I fell on the 10th in a marsh and my map was full of mud and in 20 pieces. Trying to clean it was just making things worse. Tried few minutes to run on compass but it was useless, I couldn't read anything and there was no one around me so waiting was not a solution either. Because I only have 1 WRE race, all the good runners were starting way behind me so even if saw someone to follow, it would have been someone very bad/slow.
Disappointment and frustration took over and I quit. At the finish the organisers and IOF Event Advisor were arrogant enough to say that the map quality is good (lol) and that IF I wanted a plastic bag, I should have taken one AFTER the start. Yeah right, I will loose 30" after my start to put a supposedly good quality map, into a plastic bag. In hindsight, I should have waited at 10th control though, even if I wait 5-10' for other runners, I would still have at least some points, now I have 0.
Edit: Splits show I am actually in the lead all the way from the start to the 10th.
Exactly 1' ahead of the 2nd, 4'27"!! ahead of the 3rd.
Before Kopaonik the plan was to see on the last day if I would push or not, according to the general ranking. Because I am mp now, I should take it easy, but probably I am going to push on frustration anyway.
Started carefully as it looked very technical. First few controls a bit hesitant, but I forced myself to keep taking it a bit easier as avoiding big mistakes was the most important. From the 4th - 5th control I started feeling more confident and pushing harder, while avoiding big misses.
I started to get really into the flow after about 15' but shortly afterwards disaster struck. I fell on the 10th in a marsh and my map was full of mud and in 20 pieces. Trying to clean it was just making things worse. Tried few minutes to run on compass but it was useless, I couldn't read anything and there was no one around me so waiting was not a solution either. Because I only have 1 WRE race, all the good runners were starting way behind me so even if saw someone to follow, it would have been someone very bad/slow.
Disappointment and frustration took over and I quit. At the finish the organisers and IOF Event Advisor were arrogant enough to say that the map quality is good (lol) and that IF I wanted a plastic bag, I should have taken one AFTER the start. Yeah right, I will loose 30" after my start to put a supposedly good quality map, into a plastic bag. In hindsight, I should have waited at 10th control though, even if I wait 5-10' for other runners, I would still have at least some points, now I have 0.
Edit: Splits show I am actually in the lead all the way from the start to the 10th.
Exactly 1' ahead of the 2nd, 4'27"!! ahead of the 3rd.
Before Kopaonik the plan was to see on the last day if I would push or not, according to the general ranking. Because I am mp now, I should take it easy, but probably I am going to push on frustration anyway.