SM pitkä
B2 finaali
Routegadget!
WRE, but it turns out only A and B1 finals get points, sucks for almost half the internationals (me, Tommaso and Will). Oh well.
I ran pretty well, but not fast enough, had energy at the end (not that I wasn't tired after). Had a headache pre-start from yesterday's racing, but that disappeared on the way to 1.
It was a little foggy to start with, just enough to hide the sun. There were cobwebs everywhere, gazillions of them, in places the woods turned almost white. Pretty out. And coming up from three to four as the sun burnt through was magical.
Anto caught me 2 minutes en route to 6, I'd caught a guy from Ulvila at 1 already, and kept meeting up with him... three of us went to 7, 8 with a wobble (my biggest control circle mistake - 25s), then we took different routes for the long leg to 9. Anto was the fastest of us, nominally. I took the straightest line, playing to my strengths... coming into the control, Ulvila guy arrives as I punch... I stay higher the shortish leg to 10, and spot Anto halfway heading to 9, what?! Good down out of 10 to the trail, but then I stay on the trail instead of cutting where I ought, lose 30s here. Stop for water to think about the second half of 11 again, Ulvila passes, as do two others. I decide to go road as well, pass Ulvila, get control, think I see him as I leave, he coming from below. Push to 12, hit it well, scoot around the slippery bare or mossy rock, manage not to fall, to 13 then down the hill to 14 (same leg as yesterday) and finish, happy.
As always, should be doing it faster and with fewer hesitations.
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91.5% success, 79% routine speed. 5 mins errors, which I don't believe, I just ran a couple of legs too well :) Eg, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, no mistakes in the circle... 6 I lost some time en route, bu I wouldn't have said a full minute... 5 I did waste 15s at 4 deciding my route.