orienteering race 37:45 [5] 5.17 km (7:18 / km) +74m 6:49 / km
12c shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280 #2
Tiomila Junior Relay - set out in 63rd, came in 63rd.
Started controlled and made sure I spiked #1. Fought a lot through the green from the start kite but eventually reached the path and it was fine, good!
Lol. Then blew #2 and binned about 3/4 mins i’d say. Crossed the marsh and turned right, but there was no hill? so then i thought i must’ve ran too far so i turned back and did a loop, getting very confused. Then crossed the marsh in the exact same place, looked to my left, saw the hill, saw the control, crap! Had drifted right on my bearing and didn’t even realise so ran the wrong way, no wonder i didn’t find it haha. Dropped so many places here.
Then was behind a little train and followed for the next one absolutely busting my gut tryna catch up with the back of it. The next control the girls in front of the train went too far to the left but i stuck to my guns and spiked it, noice. Was then leading the train but quickly dropped them and was just picking off people in front of me on my own from then on.
Think I was running well through the terrain and was taking some good fast routes. Really enjoyed the end because I was ticking people off along the faster bit so was a good confidence boost. Such a good day!!
Also disappointed to not pull my team up to top 50 (the aim) but after the first radio control (about halfway, ~2.2k) i managed to pull us back up 15 positions from what i had lost. Fastest girl was about 31/32 mins and without my mistake I wouldn’t have been that far behind! More positives to take than negatives!