Orienteering race 54:02 [5] 4.33 km (12:28 / km) +225m 9:54 / km
Last day of the Swiss O-6-Day up in Sunegga. Grey, drizzly, wet day with having to start in the middle of the clouds/fog, visibility a nose length. It was better in the woods.
The O-course was basically on a very steep slope: follow a dirt road, head up off the road to the control, follow the contours onto the next and another one; down to the road again, follow a bit then head down steeply into the woods to the next control, contour to the following and get out onto the road again, etc. The flags in the woods were challenging, but I had no problems as I seemed to always find the right deer trails leading me into the control.
Later, I noticed that I seemed to have run always between 16th and 19th place until shortly before the end, when I had to descend a really very steep slope and I must have lost focus and started daydreaming. I did not know exactly where I was for a while but kept on my "path" and actually hit the control anyway. But I was slow and lost 2-4 min on that leg. The same to the next (second last one), took a trail the long way around and definitely fell back to over 30th place. Somehow, I had lost my motivation to push and finished as 34th.
Looking at the results, I felt annoyed that I had given it away, but also it actually did not matter much.
Oh well, could go home in the evening, what a relief after 2 weeks of "work" in Zermatt. I don't think I'll ever volunteer for that kind of job again. I felt way too stressed about it.