Orienteering race 38:20 [4] 5.0 km (7:40 / km) +180m 6:30 / km
NM Relay, HSK1 1st leg
Lucky to squeeze into the first team after Ida got sick and Bodil turned down 1st team. Still, was keen for the job in my last foreseeable NM race.
Long first leg and found myself a little back in the queue. Super heavy terrain and every time I stepped out of line to try and push ahead, I'd find myelf losing rather than gaining places. Dawned on me 3/4 of the way into the leg that there was no splitting to #1 either, so the 70% in front who weren't reading their maps were going to get away with it. Grrr.
Splitting to #2, but I slightly overshot mine, dropping 30s, the back in line for #3&4. Sigrid came past here and I took the chance thinking together we had better chance at running our way up the line. Unfortunately, #5 was the only control with significant splitting, and I had the long far left control. So instead of moving up, I found myself way offline and downhill, losing 60s to correct :(
From there it was a physical battle through he heavy terrain and marshes to the finish line. Came in 2mins down on Andrine, but 22nd(!) place. Eve pulled us up to 11, and Kine up to 5th, but very disappointed that I didn't put us in a better position from the getgo. On the other hand, its more than I could have hoped to manage 4days ago!