So nice to do some orienteering again. I pushed harder until 7th control (map1) and it was pretty OK. Afterwards I cut a bit and went home easy, observing other runners as well.

I did a 25" miss to 4th where I did not read the walls quite well in advance and I didn't even though about it enough since we went up to the castle through that stairway. Then a "hidden" wall that I didn't see also made my choice to 11th suboptimal.

I saw the wall to 8th but at the crossing I though, Ok I will get the next one and afterwards I realized I will have to make extra distance and turns because of the wall. Ff.
Also a miss to 10th because I got distracted by the construction works there.

That was dark. Luckily course without forking so I could follow the rest through the course without looking at my map. I tried but I couldn't see a damn thing :). Finished 6 out of 7 but in the end Artem (1) and Eskil (2) were mp so I was 4th behind the winner Eduardo Gil Marcos, Severi Kymäläinen and Matthias Reiner.
You see the 1st map BUT with Women's course:) and appx gps.

That was dark. Luckily course without forking so I could follow the rest through the course without looking at my map. I tried but I couldn't see a damn thing :). Finished 6 out of 7 but in the end Artem (1) and Eskil (2) were mp so I was 4th behind the winner Eduardo Gil Marcos, Severi Kymäläinen and Matthias Reiner.
You only see the 2nd map :)

Semi Final - Self choice splitting system!
I did one miskate right after 9th control but fortunately I had the legs to get back in the game for qualifying spots.
1. Eskil Kinneberg / 2. Ivan Sirakov / 3. Alvaro Casado Gomez / 4. Oystein Kvaal Osterbo

Big mistake to 6th - ~25secs. I just saw the control down the slope, also on "some" stony objects so I though - there it is. But it wasn't.
Otherwise it was generally fine - some hesitations in the area of 1st and 2nd controls.

Really tricky and interesting sprint. I didn't stay away from trouble. I made a miss to 14th - twice :) First I though I'll cut a bit and ended up on a dead-end street, realized quickly after seeing a finish girl coming back and then in the last part of the leg I did one more mistake mismatching the streets/stairs.

A major miss to 5th. I had to pass through a group of kids and didn't pay attention to the control. Grr.
Some hesitations to 6th and a bad route choice to 10th also cost me time.

Not satisfying orienteering - not prepared in advance for most part of the course and just taking whatever route I see first. Maybe once again started the training a bit too late and got a bit dark as an excuse... hah.

Some bigger misses:
to 1st - it was soo long uphill til start so I missmatched the pit with the small depression and then... +1:30
to 9th - I stood in the circle for +1:30 not seeing the correct big depression.
to 11t - I stopped on the way when I saw a depression with an old marking and not being able to find it on the map so afterwards I went a bit up to be more secure and that didn't help in the circle - +2:00.

In the beginning I was trying hard to find another solution than the obvious one but it was difficult :) still I convinced myself I should try the other option to 4th.

New PB at the N-course (daylight) - 18:25min - INCLUDING a 20-25sec miss on 3rd because I did not see the ribbon at first so I went up and then back.

I was not precise as last year - probably still missing some routine because of the training-pause. Check last years at: https://ivansirakov.com/maps/show_map.php?user=Bogle&map=1344

A nice sprint area/course. I did few not optimal route-choices.
7 to 8 - should've run on the right side of the hill.
12 to 13 - should've gone directly back and down.

Post race run. I did run the course to 20th control. Generally quite OK but with some mistakes here and there. In total about 2-2:30min. Not pushing much.
to 1 - ~45 secs
to 12 - ~45 secs
to 13 - ~20 secs
to 16 - ~20 secs
to 19 - ~10 secs

Many small loses. I had control but in some places I lacked the experience in the terrain. We came last night to Spain.
Not optimal route-choice to 3rd.
Not optimal micro-route choice to 6th in the mid of the leg.
I had to wait for a kid to cross the valley for 7th.
Not optimal route-choice to 9th and lot of hesitation.
I saw the flag to 14th but not the most western hill so I thought it's not my control. WTF.
Not optimal route-choice to 17th.
A small mistake to 19th in the circle.
In total I lost around 1:30.