BRL Lang Wetter (03/06/2012)

BRL long distance. 6,3km + 235m

A run to forget.
Pissing rain all day, late start times (12:15), most earlier starter coming back telling me that it's shit, lots of super-slippery slopes and ugly forest - well, that for sure keeps the motivation up... Started anyway and what shall I say? They were right: ugly forest, no fun course (but maybe this would have felt different in better weather), starters that were unable to start us at the proper time (upps, yes, you should be long started by now) and the already not to big motivation totally left me somewhere around control 2 after the first mistake and when I realized how much up and down steep slopes will await me - unfortunately, no motivation also meant that my brain somehow thought it was appropriate to shut down and make dumb mistake after dumb mistake...as I said, a run to forget about and I'm only doing a more detailed analysis now because I'm curious if my initial guess of "30 min mistake or more" is right...
Details:
2) Was near the control, but didn't see it, confused by vegetation and quite clueless. Another runner coming along showed me the control... 3:10
4) A little bit insecure with fine orienteering in the end. 30s
6) No mistake, just super-slow up the hill and super-slow down the slippery slope
11) Came to far left and was completely confused and clueless about were exactly I am - lots of aimless circling. 3:15
12) Big, big direction mistake. 3 min
13) Left the street to early and was mistaking something else for the big path. Moving super confused and slow for a good while until I realized what's really happening. 3:30
16) Was more or less next to the control but didn't see it cause it was hidden (plateau in green 3, silly place for a control). Searched for a while, then bailed out to the easy route over the path and managed to first miss the control again. 5:25
Around 19 min. mistakes. As I said, a run to forget. Only good thing to say is that despite of my mood and motivation and the shit weather I finished it - and even managed to arrive at the finish 3 or 4 minutes before closing time ;)