Mats Ogdén (mogd001) - NOC, NWOC and OK Linné Löpare

Nice end to the competitions! Full speed in a fun area. Not the best RCs to the 3rd and 27th, and then a kind of big mistake to the 8th, maybe 10 seconds. The black caps were training hence there was a compulsory taped route around 13-16 due to new fences.

Mostly a good race, despite being pretty tired from the previous two days. Shitty route choice to the 15th, left was significantly faster and then also quite poor to the 18th but I was satisfied with the rest.

More of a middle distance than a sprint, and in quite tough/green terrain. My technique was pretty poor in the beginning, as I struggled to get to terms with the vegetation and actually seeing the tracks in the terrain. Was perhaps too much in "sprint mode", and should have been more focused on slowing down and taking the controls cleanly. I took the coasteering legs quite safely, as I didnt want to hurt myself. 11 was a little frustrating as I missed the gap in the cliff and so took the longer, rockier way to the control. I then got into a good rhythm after that, only to lose it all on the 19th. My plan was to use the small track to hit the larger track and then drop down to the right of the green near 19. The small track however was very hard to follow, and a lot of people had made deviations from the track into the walls of fallen trees. I didnt even realise that I had hit the bigger track, as I was fafing about so much on the small track and so I ran 180 degrees in the wrong direction. The only other mistake was to the 23rd when I should have run straight, but instead opted for the left option to avoid running through any of the forest which I didnt really trust.

Overall, it was a pretty mixed race but fun to run in some challenging terrain!

A little scrappy in the green parts, but it was pretty green. To the 16th I didnt drop enough out of 15, should have run better on the compass.

Missed the 5th, green was worse than I thought so then avoided it by dropping, whereas it was faster to attack the control from above. Dropped to low to the 6th and then had to climb back up.

Strong finish, just one mistake to the 29th were I struggled to read if I could exit the control directly so decided to just go out the way I came in.