WMOC maps

In order of maps:

1. Sprint qualifier - As soon as my route to control 2 becomes clear, you don't need any further commentary about how it went. I only missed the A final by two places, so if only my brain was functioning at that place and I found the way through the town wall or went round the other way, it would have been in the bag. Such is life!

2. Sprint final - one or two questionable route choices, some hesitations and a slower speed than normal due to the heat. Finished 6th in the B final, which is not too shameful.

3. Long Qualifier 1 - Wrong route to 1 giving me extra and unneccesary climb, got confused en route to 4 in a myriad of little and not so little paths, started to look for 7 too high and on the wrong side. I was still 13th, so it wasn't too bad.

4. Long Qualifier 2 - The first really unbearably hot and humid day. 4 took a while to find in the very low visibility forest. Relocated from the ditch behind it. OK until 7, was unsure which path I was on before 8, so I fuffed around a bit there. 16th on the day and overall 13th, so made the A final safely.

5. Long Final - The really beautiful, clear and in places seriously confusing karst forest was left to last. The fact that it was the hottest day by far didn't help and I ended up with a mistake that could have been only a minute or two, but due to my brain having gone AWOL, it took a lot more to sort out. That was control 3, the rest of them were OK, although my speed was imitating a sick snail on a bad day. I was expecting to be in the midfield, but 63rd put me in the bottom third. I was glad to have survived it and that was a sort of result on that tropical day.

6. Budasprint - Same start, but a lot simpler course than when I last did it 4 years ago. The Fishermen's Bastion was not available this time, so the fun of hunting the flags up and down tourist infested steps was missing. The weather was still hot but I managed to run all of it, albeit slowly. One Czech woman beat me by 18 seconds, so I ended up second.

Back to the country tomorrow after a market and Tesco shop.