Training Log Archive: ernst

Relay, mass start. Humid, overcast, dark. Same issue as yesterday with the map, but this time even worse. The control codes were printed with the numbering near the circles, which made it even more difficult to find the course on the map, given all the darkish features. The start triangle and the 1 of # 1 were badly obscured, so I spent the first 3 minutes trying to find the course, eventually worked my way back from 2 to 1 to the triange. Ahh! Of course I lost contact with the people upfront doing this. Then a serious istake to 2 - came too low and then mistook the reentrant for the stream - I was not alone doing this...
Then serious fogging of the glasses from 3 to 4, so missed 4 entirely and had to relocate (literally) by the trail N of it. Not a nice experience during a relay.
The rest was fine, just orienteering, not seeing contour details etc. Just going slowly.