The public race at the SM long finals:
A middle distance style and length course, in wet rainy weather. I woke up with a bit of a cold and I felt a little stuffy and just generally fuzzy as I went out on this course. I didn't have any trouble per se with the beginning part of the course, but I was going pretty slowly and not really anticipating features... more just reacting to them.
At control 5, Linus caught me from 3 minutes back and I used that as an incentive to push a little harder. I ran harder on the way to six but was a bit uncertain in the circle because of it. Then on the next one I decided that Linus and another runner were cutting in too early and consequently ran right past the control.
I had a nice streak of running for the next few but not always keeping on course, and it wasn't until the final 5 controls ( all quite easy) that I got a good rhythm and speed going.
Winsplits for the event here. I came in 73 out of 101.
Then cheering during the finals of the SM long. I am the loudest cheerer in Sweden, I think.