Will's MapKiller long. Lots of technical route choice with long trail runs over and around giant continental hills. Avoided any bad routes but could really use more training in this department. Lost contact chasing a Hungarian to #4 and missed my hill eventually getting dumped into a messy area of farmland. Took 3 minutes to relocate, lost 5 minutes in total. Rooky mistake and frustrating so early. Spent 3 minutes planning routes at #1 and that much again at #17. Was really nervous about these but I think I was too careful in the end, wasting time when I should have been running. Botched the big butterfly loop, spiked the little one. The sun was probably taking its tole at that point but weathered on, farely successfully until the end. Another 3 minutes lost on the last two controls but needed to be on the ball to avoid these.
100 minutes was for sure possible but I need to buckle down on my staying in contact, stop running wild. I'm ok with my result. First international race in two years and 20 spots up from my long race at WUOC 2010.
Winsplits