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Sunday May 5, 2019 #
1 PM
Orienteering race 48:32 [5] 8.13 km (5:58 / km) +250m 5:10 / km
(injured) shoes: Innov8 MudClaw 300 2019
British "Long" O champs, Kilnsey/Armcliffe, 7.3km / 310m
Nearly late for start. wore shorts. Felt confident, and started OK, small (45sec ) miss at no 6 - annoying. Took me til the huge climb to 12 to catch Jules Birkinshaw 2 minutes, straight past, no messing. Flogging myself - TODAY IS THE DAY.
Of course, being me, I threw it all away. Despite lying 2nd at one point less than a minute down, I SPRAINED MY ANKLE (shades of 1984 when i did the same thing here in M19 Northern champs) - yet I won that split - no 14) - how? Agony to 15 then red mist descended & i went bonkers to 17 (won that split too - in 2nd place now). But .....
Being, me, I threw it all away - stupid S shaped route to 18, and my luck was out as I struggled horribly on the steep-ish descent, witha ballooning ankle , to stay sensible . lost time on all these splits, and so ended up.....
4th
Like the JK
4th.
Tim T won in 46, me less than 1:40 down, Graham Patten fulfuilled his wish to run well here, and Nigel was strong too. Clive messed the order, Charlie was unhappy with the course / terrain / his Achilles, & Quentin is unfit I assume, so there was my chance. & I blew it.
The race wasn't good enough as a Long championships, I agree. From my POV, however, once i had hurt my ankle, I just needed it to end a.s.a.p., so I could get to First Aid, but that's only my own personal view. Had I not hurt myself, another 2km on undulating terrain after the "finish" could have got me back in the medals. Sigh.
Back to Tim's for ice, ice , drugs, alcohol , and ice, and nightmares about the relays with no ankle tape. (no shit)
http://www.boc2019.org.uk/results/boc/index.html#m...
https://www.boc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#38&cour...
https://www.strava.com/activities/2344436049
Nearly late for start. wore shorts. Felt confident, and started OK, small (45sec ) miss at no 6 - annoying. Took me til the huge climb to 12 to catch Jules Birkinshaw 2 minutes, straight past, no messing. Flogging myself - TODAY IS THE DAY.
Of course, being me, I threw it all away. Despite lying 2nd at one point less than a minute down, I SPRAINED MY ANKLE (shades of 1984 when i did the same thing here in M19 Northern champs) - yet I won that split - no 14) - how? Agony to 15 then red mist descended & i went bonkers to 17 (won that split too - in 2nd place now). But .....
Being, me, I threw it all away - stupid S shaped route to 18, and my luck was out as I struggled horribly on the steep-ish descent, witha ballooning ankle , to stay sensible . lost time on all these splits, and so ended up.....
4th
Like the JK
4th.
Tim T won in 46, me less than 1:40 down, Graham Patten fulfuilled his wish to run well here, and Nigel was strong too. Clive messed the order, Charlie was unhappy with the course / terrain / his Achilles, & Quentin is unfit I assume, so there was my chance. & I blew it.
The race wasn't good enough as a Long championships, I agree. From my POV, however, once i had hurt my ankle, I just needed it to end a.s.a.p., so I could get to First Aid, but that's only my own personal view. Had I not hurt myself, another 2km on undulating terrain after the "finish" could have got me back in the medals. Sigh.
Back to Tim's for ice, ice , drugs, alcohol , and ice, and nightmares about the relays with no ankle tape. (no shit)
http://www.boc2019.org.uk/results/boc/index.html#m...
https://www.boc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#38&cour...
https://www.strava.com/activities/2344436049