Orienteering race 1:28:57 [4] 6.86 mi (12:58 / mi) +234m 11:43 / mi
14c shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D M+ 11.5
Classic Champs - Day 1.
Open fast running. Pretty clean with a couple of minutes of errors, distributed in little bits throughout the course. Largest problem was loosing touch on the way to the 2nd to final control. Fortunately, there were good features to blast forward from, so only 20-30s might have been lost in reduced pace and a small diversion.
NB:
I had forgotten about C2. I ended up 3 contours high and 200 m E of the control. This was my biggest error. The mylar balloons at the top were useful as I saw them again on day 2. I had a super nice approach to C8 crossing the ridge right to the control wedged tightly between two rocky hilltops. Then, I went S of the line to the next bag which was a small annoyance because it climbed too much.