Orienteering race (Mohales Gate) 1:46:45 [5] *** 8.5 km (12:34 / km) +636m 9:08 / km
ahr:156 max:172 spiked:12/17c weight:83.5kg shoes: Salomon Spikecross Black #1
Mohales Gate O-ringen Day 2
Another day with climb well over 5%
Started off okay to #1, taking the river option, but only later when comparing with Paul did he point out the road option to #1. Lost about 45s to him. Lost some more time to #3 for some unknown reason, just not fast enough. Small mistake into #5 where I wasn't attacking enough. Control at 10 was hung on wrong side of thicket, 40s. Slow up to #7 as well, saving myself for the monster climb after #11. Control at #8 also off, but didn't loose any time here.
Paul started 6 mins ahead of me and I managed to get time splits on 2 occassions, en route to 9 and after 10, which showed that he'd pulled a gap of 3 and 4 mins.
Got lucky at #10, catching Hardy just as he spotted the control for us. Then long leg to the bottom of the mountain, where I went as far left as possible. Up the hill, took route choice inside the forest, staying just on edge of gully most of the way up. Good leg to #15, felt the best of the day. Then ended up slightly low into #16 but relocated off the spur below me.
In the end, 3 mins down on Paul who had a very solid run. I felt better than yesterday, but now lacking fitness and speed.