START - Pasza, Łukasz, Zielu, Klusek, Marko, Kubiak, Jasina, Kamil, Jacek and me in the 'A' category...1. (870m - 3:39) - an amazingly fast start and a long leg with a really easy route choice, me punching first just ahead of Pasza
2. (440m - 2:29) - first forking, mine was the longest one and not seen from the distance, what's more, wrong direction just at the beginning of this leg and losing some of my precious time, punching together with Pasza, however, his control was on a mountain, a bit closer to the next one, seeing Łukasz and Cilu just some meters behind us
3. (360m - 1:59) - quite difficult control, but found relatively quickly, punching first just ahead of Pasza
4. (820m - 4:29) - another long leg with very easy route choice, just the very end could be tricky, so I decided to slow down a bit and having led at the whole leg, I punched this control first 5. (160m - 1:24) - a middle distance leg, Pasza spotted a nice, small path close to the stream and took the lead, I lost some seconds fighting with the pricking blackberries
6. (400m - 2:27) - a very easy control, I decided to run a bit more to the left and punched the control first, just ahead of Pasza, again...
7. (210m - 1:05) - the second forking and the biggest one on the course, I was lucky cause I had the closest control to punch and left these control area first with a considerable time advantage over the followers
8. (730m - 4:25) - I felt a bit confused because I thought that they had punched my 7th control and were running in a completely different direction, that's why I felt very unsure of what I was doing at that time and lost some time running through some green area (not shown on the map:/), then, I saw Łukasz running from the right side and fell down, suddenly, I felt that my map was getting wet and I realised that my compass had been broken, from that moment I could not rely on it, what made the last part of the course incredibly difficult for me, especially technically, I punched the control first, ahead of Łukasz and Pasza following us
9. (100m - 0:43) - easy control to find when you just notice the mountain on the right of this hole, no problems, nothing changed in the lead
10. (330m - 1:49) - the biggest mistake of the whole course, I felt so unsure without my compass that I just could not concentrate to look for the big path in the terrain, I tried to look at the contours, but they were not shown on the map precisely enough for me and I punched the control just a second ahead of Łukasz and Pasza
11. (170m - ~0:55) - I really wish I had had a compass in that moment, due to the lack of it I ran too much to the right and Pasza took the lead, I punched second before Łukasz
12. (150m - ~1'06) - the 3rd and the last forking of the course, I saw Pasza running through the long clearing but I knew I had to turn right earlier and fortunately did it, however, some meters too far and lost some precious seconds
13. (390m - 2:19) - extremely fast leg, firstly, struggling with the bushes, then, seeing Pasza on my way to that control and just following him, punching second some seconds behind him
14. (240m - 1:06) - even faster! the distance between me and Pasza didn't change considerably, not yet;)
15. (220m - 1:06) - I knew I had no compass to look at, so I just followed Pasza and hoped there would be no forking and I was lucky, punching second some seconds behind him.......
FINISH (130m - 0:30) - I knew that my last chance to win the race was to run straight to the finish, however, it was quite difficult without a compass, but I managed to get to the huge track some 8 meters ahead of Pasza and ran terribly fast in order not to give this brilliant lead away!
My course was 5,62km and my running time was 31:32 (5:37/km). I made just some small mistakes and had quite a clear run. My speed was really good that day and I am very satisfied with my performance, because I got what I wanted... and it tastes great!
Results
2. (440m - 2:29) - first forking, mine was the longest one and not seen from the distance, what's more, wrong direction just at the beginning of this leg and losing some of my precious time, punching together with Pasza, however, his control was on a mountain, a bit closer to the next one, seeing Łukasz and Cilu just some meters behind us
3. (360m - 1:59) - quite difficult control, but found relatively quickly, punching first just ahead of Pasza
4. (820m - 4:29) - another long leg with very easy route choice, just the very end could be tricky, so I decided to slow down a bit and having led at the whole leg, I punched this control first 5. (160m - 1:24) - a middle distance leg, Pasza spotted a nice, small path close to the stream and took the lead, I lost some seconds fighting with the pricking blackberries
6. (400m - 2:27) - a very easy control, I decided to run a bit more to the left and punched the control first, just ahead of Pasza, again...
7. (210m - 1:05) - the second forking and the biggest one on the course, I was lucky cause I had the closest control to punch and left these control area first with a considerable time advantage over the followers
8. (730m - 4:25) - I felt a bit confused because I thought that they had punched my 7th control and were running in a completely different direction, that's why I felt very unsure of what I was doing at that time and lost some time running through some green area (not shown on the map:/), then, I saw Łukasz running from the right side and fell down, suddenly, I felt that my map was getting wet and I realised that my compass had been broken, from that moment I could not rely on it, what made the last part of the course incredibly difficult for me, especially technically, I punched the control first, ahead of Łukasz and Pasza following us
9. (100m - 0:43) - easy control to find when you just notice the mountain on the right of this hole, no problems, nothing changed in the lead
10. (330m - 1:49) - the biggest mistake of the whole course, I felt so unsure without my compass that I just could not concentrate to look for the big path in the terrain, I tried to look at the contours, but they were not shown on the map precisely enough for me and I punched the control just a second ahead of Łukasz and Pasza
11. (170m - ~0:55) - I really wish I had had a compass in that moment, due to the lack of it I ran too much to the right and Pasza took the lead, I punched second before Łukasz
12. (150m - ~1'06) - the 3rd and the last forking of the course, I saw Pasza running through the long clearing but I knew I had to turn right earlier and fortunately did it, however, some meters too far and lost some precious seconds
13. (390m - 2:19) - extremely fast leg, firstly, struggling with the bushes, then, seeing Pasza on my way to that control and just following him, punching second some seconds behind him
14. (240m - 1:06) - even faster! the distance between me and Pasza didn't change considerably, not yet;)
15. (220m - 1:06) - I knew I had no compass to look at, so I just followed Pasza and hoped there would be no forking and I was lucky, punching second some seconds behind him.......
FINISH (130m - 0:30) - I knew that my last chance to win the race was to run straight to the finish, however, it was quite difficult without a compass, but I managed to get to the huge track some 8 meters ahead of Pasza and ran terribly fast in order not to give this brilliant lead away!
My course was 5,62km and my running time was 31:32 (5:37/km). I made just some small mistakes and had quite a clear run. My speed was really good that day and I am very satisfied with my performance, because I got what I wanted... and it tastes great!
Results
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