Today I attended the National Championship Mountain Bike orienteering. The weather was excellent, just good for riding the bike!
The first impact was related to the first two controls which were missing. While normally this would upset me, I had the experience of the last week (when missed three controls) :). I found codes and confetti on the ground, so I cycled on …
The route was excellent, with interesting sections (which I ride without mistakes), and a long course. Even I was surprised and also glad that I did great on such a long distance. I can say that at least for me it was the best mountain bike route guidance so far.
Below you can see a map and some pictures from the scene.
Stage I 7/9/2010 – Sprint
Although the day started pretty bad and my mood before the first round was not ideal, the race had an unexpected end. I started to the first control after hard rains in recent days and I did no mistake until control 4. Here, map was blurred and confused me, and rather than take the first left on unpaved road, I took another road. It took me a few moments to realize where the mistake occurred. On the other controls I had not problems and I finished the route with the best result in class.
Stage II 10/07/2010 – Long distance
The second stage was definitely more than my physical training could deal and I felt this especially from control 7:).
Guidance to the National Championship Mountain Bike – Baia Mare
Stage III 11/07/2010 – Middle distance
Average stage distance has continued with the same hard mud. I chose a totally uninspired route between item 3 and 4 and made a major mistake between controls 7 and 8, which I cut me the chances.
Guidance to the National Championship Mountain Bike – Baia Mare
Overall results were satisfactory in this competition and hopefully next year will be even better:)
Saturday I took a short run until Cj and I attended to the first stage of the Romanian Cup in orienteering with mountain bike. I have not done a bike trail for two years and difficult weather made the situation harder. I took the “wise” decision to take my map with the needle, and after I made some mistakes at second and thirdc control I decided to keep track of it in hand. Total surprise was the sixth control where I had a wrong direction and I woke up … hehe … away: P
Overall I felt very good and I’m sorry I was not competing also at the second stage, but maybe next year … 
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