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Ross Morrison - Tiomila

Tiomila

That was possibly the most nervous I have ever been before an orienteering race. My first ever Tiomila. Running first leg for Pan Århus. The minutes being counted down before the start felt like an eternity. Finally we had the call 15 seconds then only 4 or 5 seconds later…
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the gun went off. With one big BANG I had 400 guys prematurely coming up my ass (in a totally hetrosexual way). The first kilometre was a blur to me, partially due to post traumatic stress but also from the intense speed. All I could hear were airhorns and people screaming. I just had to concentrate on not falling down and not getting stuck in the bottle neck of the start chute. (Its hard to put the 10mila start experience into words. This video from last years 10mila captures it pretty well - you have to skip through to about…

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