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Disappointing selection races to WOC

This weekend were the Portuguese selection races to WOC in the north of the country (Gerês).Saturday morning, Sprint, 2,5K (95m), 18c - I wasnt expecting a map of this kind. I tought that the white areas were much more open than they were in fact. I did lots and lots…
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of mistakes and was never able to start anticipating. A total lack of focus that I am still not able to explain. Saturday afternoon, Middle, 4K (190m), 17c - The 1st control was my final cross. I leave the path, pass about 2m from the control and attack another big cliff (it was bigger than the other) that was not represented in the map. I looked at the map and that was the only cliff in the area, near the water, down to the upper rock, so it had to be there! But it wasnt... It was a matter of…

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