Nydalen Klubbmesterskap H45 (04.06.2013)

Strained my lower back at work, could barely move for the first few hours but managed to get around the club championship course later in the evening:

OK to 1 and 2, never saw the indistinct path in the logged field before #3 and got stuck in a heap of windfalls just before the control. Lost about 30 sec here.

Good route choice to #4, avoiding the logged area, got some path/road and didn't suffer any extra climb.

I had intended to follow the paths to #5 and attack from SE, avoiding the green, but when I couldn't see the path in the junction I decided to go more direct, particularly since light green had turned out to be mostly old growth plantet spruce which is fairly runnable. This worked out pretty well.

Easy to #6 but many others must have had some problems/hesitations since this was my only winning split time. I punched this control just a few seconds behind Lars Krüger who had started a minute before me.

OK to #7, at this control I was in second place, only 1 sec behind Jon Iver Bakken who won.

Two mistakes to #8: I should have followed the path a little bit longer, and I should have checked my compass when I got stuck in incredibly dense vegetation and had to fight to get out of it. Lost 1:45 here!

Transport to #9 and 10, lost a lot of time to my club mates who were able to run properly.

OK to #11, although I could have aimed for the road bend which would have given a nice smooth slope downhill, then white forest to the ride.

I lost 32 seconds just on the final run in from the last control so I hope my back pain goes away before the 15-Stafetten relay this weekend!