Orienteering 49:22 [4] 6.26 km (7:53 / km) +378m 6:03 / km
5th on Blue today, for the 2nd Middle at Mounds State Recreation Area
Oof, tired legs. But tried to just keep with it, stay focused, do all the right things. From 7 to 8 I failed to execute my plan of up and around all the reentrants, that's a shame. Also ran by #6, having run too fast on the ride for too long. Not exactly sure how that happened, I thought I was pace counting. Guess I probably need to be more aware of downhill strides being longer?
For the rest, it will be interesting to see splits and see where I lost time compared to Mattias, Hans, Eero, Mike!
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1 - B - There was a map sample in the call-up and I'd found the start easily during that time. With a first clue of trail junction, it was an easy first guess it would just be the first available, and yep. But still, 9 seconds slower than Mattias on that leg, he was out for it today!!
2 - B - Not yet feeling feisty through the thick at the beginning of the leg, but descended well and was just slightly right of what I intended.
3 - C - Straight up and over. Faster probably to swing a bit left and avoid a bit of climb.
4 - B - Legs feeling tired during the climbing bits, but a route up the first big spur and then across close to the y junction of the next streams.
5 - C - Made myself be feisty and work for it up the hill despite tired legs, but then was too close too the field looking for the control and had to correct.
6 - F - Argh! I sailed down the oh-so-tempting nice ride for too long. Realized I was going too far, stumbled down and found some little gullies, optimistically thought I was maybe on the early ones went further, then had to come back and actually find the control. The set of gullies I was on was maybe recognizable as those beyond my control (more linear, close together) if I really thought about it... (Edit: Many other people made this mistake too - gullies slightly too early?)