UBOC Urban BOK O series. Middle course, as recuperating from injury. 4.1km, 100m climb? Trainers on.
Hopeless at start, but no worries. Caught early in a mini race with Jane Forrest, which is no bad thing, just behind Zac HUdd who was clearly running faster than me/us. They were on long course, so soon I was chugging along alone, til monumental error thru not seeing the thin line to no 11 - had to go all the way round, lost nearly 2 mins? John Orton (I think) caught & passed me here so I doggedly ran him down, painfully, limping a bit but unable to be 100% non competitive. He did an amazing leg (fastest split) to no 14 (me having dibbed 13 a split second before him), dropping me, but I reeled him in and then slowly moved away - shuffling, more like it. He must have died as I then gapped him by more than he'd caught me by.
Totally thrashed by Cecilie, and joe Hudd M12, but RCRO won, despite injury from a bad fall last w/e, showing his incredible (in terms of %) improvement in the past 5 years. Will I ever match him again? Not at this dismal rate. Don't bet against it, though..... :)
http://www.bristolorienteering.org.uk/sites/defaul...https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/7670419...thanks to UBOC - I have no map now, but that's OK. Great to see actuary tearing past registration - the fire's alive there despite his current injury tally of 3. I'll never beat him at Urban again... hang on.. I've NEVER beaten him at Urban!
See next entry for details of cycle home. Quite an extreme evening. Just the ticket.