Orienteering Forest 37:07 [5] 6.11 km (6:04 / km) +167m 5:21 / km
VIP race after the WUOC relay. This was a mass start unforked race for coaches, officials and other guests. It was one of the forks of the women's relay. Terrain was super fast with open woods and lots of trails in some negative topography. Started out running with Neil Dobbs and Samantha Seager, as the Norwegian and Swedish coaches were too fast and pulled away after the first control. At control 4 I could no longer keep up to Neil and Sam and they pulled away. I was now fighting it out with a Japanese, but he made a hook to 7 and I was alone. I made a hook to 8 and I could see a chasing pack behind me, but then I had a good route on the long leg back to the arena and I was alone all the way to the end. Finished about 2.5 minutes back of Sam. She is strong! I did beat Carol's time of 38:58, but she is really fast too!