Orienteering race 1:59:00 [5] 17.0 km (7:00 / km) +600m 5:57 / km
Don't know what it is but I am determined to break the long distance curse on me.
Moved around the pack as usual for the first loop but then made a massive rookie error searching around a distinct tree where I thought the centre of the circle was. Was just stupid of me not to unfold the map and check the description.
After that I was well off the pack and pretty demoralized. Got some motivational words from Jim which spurred me on out into the rest of the course.
Got some glimpses of the leaders on the splitting in the rocks which gave me a bit of a gauge on how far back I was.
Pushed mentally through the rest of the course running a little with AB and MD. I was pretty happy to have completed it by the end, even with a terrible time and place, I felt I had overcome the big temptation to pull out.
But.. It turned outthe long distance curse wasn't done with me yet. MP in the splitting would leave me without a time. Shocker