10 AM
Warm up/down warm up/down 35:00 [1] 5.0 km (7:00 / km)
shoes: New Balance 750's 2.0
warm up before heats.
warm down after heats.
warm up before final.
Orienteering race 14:50 [4] 2.8 km (5:18 / km)
shoes: New Balance 750's 2.0
Mens heat 4
1- good, was pretty confident i knew where it was from my descriptions and the blank map.
2- easy, same as 1.
3- slight hesitation but good.
4- good.
5- slightly missed it.
6- ok.
7- ok
8- okay
9- ok
10- wrong route choice as i thought i was going to my number 14.
11- ok
12- ok
13- had to stop as i was leaving as i lost where i was.
14- good.
15- didnt execute my plan as intended so got a bit confused.
16- maybe went the wrong side of the building but only lost 12 seconds on the fastest time.
17- hesitated in the woods and went to the wrong control first.
18- fine.
19- didnt see it to start with but ok.
20- fine.
21- fine.
22- fine.
really happy with this race, made a few small mistakes but nothing serious, 15th in my heat and only 25 seconds off 10th place and 1minute off qualifying for the A final.
Orienteering race 19:29 [4] 3.0 km (6:30 / km)
shoes: Montrail
B - final,
never really got going, quite scrappy throughout and feeling pretty tired so couldnt push as hard as i would have liked. also lost about a minute on the last little loop in the forest. disappointing end to the weekend. but plenty to improve on and an enjoyable weekend in the lakes :)