orienteering race 1:06:02 [4] **** 9.4 km (7:01 / km) +280m 6:07 / km
spiked:14/30c shoes: inov8 O-rock 280
decent race, just need to cut out the hesitations ans try not to stop too early.
#1- ok, just a bit slow once near the control
#2- stopped way too early- miscounted roads and got confused by the open area ( lost nearly 1min to Brad)
#3- ok
#4 slowed down too early
#5- ok
#6- ok
#7- really stupid- went off to the spur further north fist (close to 1min)
#8- ok
#9- went a bit further right than I was wanting to, and then had to go round the green
#10- didn't take the best exit out of #9
#11- ok
#12- quite a big mistake- had a pretty good line coming in, but ended up in the re-entrant slightly to the east of it, realised the mistake and went over the ridge, but still couldn't find it ( I knew exactly where I was, just couldn't find it) went into it again from the other side and eventually found it ( nearly 2min)
#13- ok
#14- another big stuff up - thought I had taken a good line and was where I was supposed to be when I hit the main road, but was obviously way too far south ( the open area confused me here- it seemed a lot further away than it must have been) carried on down into the forest, ended up at the rocks near #22 and then had to go back up towards #14 ( just over 2min)
#15, #16, #17 - ok
#18- stuck a bit close to the ridge and then slowed down too early
#19- ok
#20- didn't read the map properly and was expecting it to be in the re-entrant- so I followed it down and ended up at the road and had to come back up ( 30 secs)
#21- was trying to run too fast and wasn't paying attention properly- ended up too far south of the control ( 20sec)
#22, #23- ok
#24- hit the road a bit further east then I had wanted to and had to go through the boulder field( slow running) and then stopped short of the control
#25- ok
#26, #27- just a bit hesitant- really technical area and I didn't want to mess up
#28- stopped just further north off the control
#29- just a bit slow again
#30 - fine.
Should have been under 60min on this course. finished 4min back on Brad for the day and 10min for the weekend.
Running distance was probably about 11km