Training Log Archive: pi

Middle distance in an old gold mining area. Very detailed hillsides with strange knolls and re-entrants. Lost about a minute on the first control. Came up just next to it, but did not spot the flag below me in a sharp re-entrant. Ran up to trail and hit it again and saw it this time. Also a big 3 minute mistake at 4, missed just to the right after misreading a small re-entrant and then it was impossible to relocate. Came out in an open area past the control with some rock and had to go back. Then another 1 minute mistake at 11, where I failed to check compass and ended up to the left.

Second place, but a nasty 10 minutes behind Oystein. Not good. But comparing splits I kept up to him on at least 8 of the legs and beat him on 2. If I have a 10 second hesitation, then I'm 10 seconds behind. If I have a little hook, another 20 seconds are lost. It adds up. When I have clean legs I have the same speed, but he has 25 clean legs and I have 8.

Warm-up/cool-down.