Orienteering Forest 54:58 [4] 8.3 km (6:37 / km) +215m 5:52 / km
Final day of the WOC Tour in Open A1. Everything on the line in the overall fight with Thomas. I started with a mistake at the first control, came to the wrong control on a dot knoll, over-corrected and missed again and dropped 1 minute here. Ran well after this, caught up to a train with a NZ guy and a local Norwegian at control 4. Stayed with this group on and off until just before 10, where the group split in the attack. I took a longer route around to get it safe and it worked out. I got the control first and did not see the pack again. However, I was very tired in my running from this point, but had a clean run until the second last control, where I relaxed too much and thought it was the same control as yesterday. Lost maybe 30 seconds here. Was pretty sure Thomas would beat me when I finished, but it turned out he blew it at the end with a bad mistake. A win for me this time! I guess consistency pays off in a multi-day.