Orienteering race 1:40:00 [3]
OOCup Day1:
I was told by some Slovenian friends not to miss this year's OOCup, and they were right! Great first stage on the plateau called Velika Planina, with beautiful open areas, great views of the cloudy mountain ranges nearby, and a tricky wood on the far side of the map. Also, some very peculiar mountain huts were scattered all across the plateau, between one herd of cows and another.
My ONLY goal for this week is not o get my ankle twisted again, and that goal was beautifully achieved today. Had to walk large parts of the race, slow-jog the others, as Slovenia is not the most forgiving terrain for injury recovery, but achieved my goal. At slow speeds the taping held well, and I was surprised to actually not lose too much from the leaders doing this. I guess it does pay off sometimes to be clean, and I hardly ever moved from the red line today, making no mistakes.
I also really enjoyed running up and down the plateau from/to the parking-lot, making it a 1h40min session overall (Race 58min, + 10 on leader).