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Sunday Aug 19, 2018 #
Orienteering 39:14 [4] *** 3.9 km (10:04 / km)
17c
NAOC Middle Distance - M35
After spending most of the morning announcing at the beautiful arena overlooking Lewes Lake and the mountains behind it, I headed out for my late start, looking forward to a technical middle distance.
I got just that - the course was such that you had to be focused every step of the way. Route choice also played a bigger role than in typical middle distance races, as the big open hillsides surrounding the thicker woods and depressions were often faster than going straight. I started off well and caught and passed Jon Campbell early on. I made two sizable mistakes - about 1:20 on #9 where I drifted left and relocated off one of the big yellow hills, and then about 1:00 on #13, where a parallel error led me up the wrong reentrant. I lost another 30 seconds on route choice to #16 - I should have used trails more instead of basing through the woods in the beginning of the leg.
Still, a very good race for me overall. I won M35 by nearly minutes, and was only beaten by the speedy German junior Riccardo.
It was nice to step into the beautiful cold lake afterwards, to wash off a bit of the arena dust.
After spending most of the morning announcing at the beautiful arena overlooking Lewes Lake and the mountains behind it, I headed out for my late start, looking forward to a technical middle distance.
I got just that - the course was such that you had to be focused every step of the way. Route choice also played a bigger role than in typical middle distance races, as the big open hillsides surrounding the thicker woods and depressions were often faster than going straight. I started off well and caught and passed Jon Campbell early on. I made two sizable mistakes - about 1:20 on #9 where I drifted left and relocated off one of the big yellow hills, and then about 1:00 on #13, where a parallel error led me up the wrong reentrant. I lost another 30 seconds on route choice to #16 - I should have used trails more instead of basing through the woods in the beginning of the leg.
Still, a very good race for me overall. I won M35 by nearly minutes, and was only beaten by the speedy German junior Riccardo.
It was nice to step into the beautiful cold lake afterwards, to wash off a bit of the arena dust.