Yesterday was the last day of the FIN 5 orienteering event. All of us but Angela had found each day of orienteering was a serious challenge. The forest and maps were very different to what we were used to. As Angela say, the forest pushed you around and you have to work hard all of the time to keep focused and on the direction that you want. One small mistake means that you are slightly of course and it was difficult to relocate.
Angela had a very creditable 5th placing overall in D20E, with her first experiences of Finnish forest. The rest of us held up the bottom ends of our grades. Ian finally felt a bit familiar with the forest on the last day, with his best runs being his first and last. It was difficult to select a suitable grade for Steven to run, and he persevered in H21AL, finishing 3 of his courses, and he stated that he was almost 3 hours on the last day. Raewyn enjoyed the challenge of the forest and was improving each day. It was amazing to be at an event with 3,500 competitors, the organisation worked like clockwork and the forest was always full of competitors.
We are very appreciative of our local hosts and good friends, Ville, Karoliina and Villiina. We had the use of their apartment and they transported us to the events. THANK YOU so much! We hope to meet up again at an orienteering event in NZ or Finland.
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