Orienteering race (Eagle Canyon) 28:08 [5] 4.3 km (6:33 / km) +70m 6:03 / km
shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212 Orange
Eagle Canyon - 1:5'000. 1m contours
Night sprint race at Eagle Canyon. Started mid-field so was continually passing people, which helped.
Had a good start. Small mistake at #2 (too early). Got the right route choice to #5 (in front of the houses). Another small overshoot at #6. First real mistake was to #7, wrong route choice where I went fairly straight, weaving betwen the dams and the vegetation. Should have run right on the footpath. Something wrong on the map at #8, I bounced through about 4 boulders before finding it in the high grass. Thereafter better again. To #11 I should probably have run the road instead of the open field.
Led for a large part of the race, but started giving up time on every split to Alex towards the end. Finished 15s down from him for 2nd.