Last weekend marked my first international win after comeback to orienteering. Well, almost international, since competition was held in Latvia just across the border, on a baltic sea dunes type of terrain which is somewhat familiar and suits me pretty good. Its mostly open forests with great runability, semi big climb, and I can take advantage of my long legs to the fullest and also dont get stuck in a bush :)
I ran yet another 'pussy' (a.k.a. 'not elite') group - men 21 long course. Competition was held in 3day format with separate start each day and time was then added up. In my group there were 85 competitors and after each day time difference between the top10 was very small, so there was some psycho pressure while running final day. Non stop rain that started on Saturday (2nd day) evening and didnt end till Sunday (3rd day) just before my start added to that. Maybe it was a bit easier for me because I started last from all the field on 3rd day so there were some tracks in the forest leading to the controls, however, there were almost no other runners in the forest so finding controls and keeping up the pace was all on my own.
Final results and my weee-third place :)
Each day I made 2-3 mins of mistakes so if I ran perfect race I did have a shot for the first. However I'm more than happy with my performance and stability during all 3 days. Came back home on Sunday, and on Tuesday another 5day event starts - biggest Lithuanian event Takas2007 ("path2007":) for which 650 competitors are registered, and I will run men 21 short course to recover from this one.
I ran yet another 'pussy' (a.k.a. 'not elite') group - men 21 long course. Competition was held in 3day format with separate start each day and time was then added up. In my group there were 85 competitors and after each day time difference between the top10 was very small, so there was some psycho pressure while running final day. Non stop rain that started on Saturday (2nd day) evening and didnt end till Sunday (3rd day) just before my start added to that. Maybe it was a bit easier for me because I started last from all the field on 3rd day so there were some tracks in the forest leading to the controls, however, there were almost no other runners in the forest so finding controls and keeping up the pace was all on my own.
Final results and my weee-third place :)
| 1. Arūnas Saunorius (LTU) | 52:25 (3) | 50:28 (2) | 51:13 (2) | 154:06 | |
| 2. Ēriks Lebedoks (LAT) | 52:48 (4) | 52:15 (5) | 50:42 (1) | 155:45 | +01:39 |
| 3. Andrius Simenas (LTU) | 52:55 (5) | 53:07 (7) | 52:50 (8) | 158:52 | +04:46 |
| 4. Martin Sundström (SWE) | 51:59 (2) | 55:39 (14) | 54:12 (16) | 161:50 | +07:44 |
| 5. Olof Borell (SWE) | 53:43 (8) | 54:40 (12) | 53:28 (11) | 161:51 | +07:45 |
| 6. Reinis Putniņš (LAT) | 53:05 (6) | 56:22 (16) | 52:26 (6) | 161:53 | +07:47 |
Each day I made 2-3 mins of mistakes so if I ran perfect race I did have a shot for the first. However I'm more than happy with my performance and stability during all 3 days. Came back home on Sunday, and on Tuesday another 5day event starts - biggest Lithuanian event Takas2007 ("path2007":) for which 650 competitors are registered, and I will run men 21 short course to recover from this one.
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