Orienteering race 20:41 [4] 3.13 km (6:37 / km) +102m 5:41 / km
shoes: NB wt00
Day 2 of SART!
Round 4: Shoreview Park
Now it was time for some not-so-white woods and a lot of climb. Ali, Peteris, and Eric Jones were in my heat with Nikolay not starting. Followed them on the climb from the start through whitish woods, got to the top and lost them shortly thereafter. Came down on trail to #1 and saw Ali hopping on one foot. Unfortunately, she was out :(. I continued on, pushing myself just because I wanted to, just because I felt I could. Coming into #6 I saw Eric Jones behind me, which was a surprise, but then he disappeared fast going to #8. I had a moment of hesitation picking a route to #8. Finally decided on the stadium border + steep hill route, which was Ok but going left, around and actually being able to run uphill probably would have worked better for me. Anyway though, hit #8 no problem and could see Eric somewhere in the green below the control, obviously, not having a blast. I knew I had a chance then to get second place if I finished strong. The last part of the course was something I would like to remember because there was that extra pressure to run fast and the necessity to keep your cool. I managed to do that. Happy with my performance.