Orienteering race (Lipipca Open Day 1) 33:01 [5] **** 4.4 km (7:30 / km)
spiked:12/13c
Day 1 of Lipica Open. Fantastic terrain. Had a very good race except for the second control where I lost 2 mins. Poor concentration and went in off the track too early, fiddled around on a parallel spur/stone wall. rest of race was excellent - felt strong, ran hard, read the map well, ticked things off as i ran straight line most of the way. Won 8 of 12 legs and won overall by nearly 4 mins. Very pleasing except for lapse early on. Seems to be a feature of my o-races - one poor control where i lose a lot of time. Also happened last week at the IDF Champs where i blew several controls in the middle of the course. Solution is not running too hard and maintaining focus on map.
