SINS day 1 - Shrewbury urban - 5.4km (straight line)
Idiotic start - read map from start, not start triangle YOU IDIOT, immediately found myself in deep stinging nettles & a ravine with rocks, yobboes (yes really - stoned / drunk? yelling abuse) and a river. 45 - 60 seconds binned to no 1; then no 3, ran to the correct tree ,and shades of Winchester urban - what do i do now??????? "luckily" this time i saw a track into a tree on the WRONG side of the path. Dibbed, ran off.
By now I was over a minute down on Mike pedley..... even worse, overshot 7 so found no 8 first - comically bad.
Carried on with a bit more competence, tho route choice wrong to no 16. Also trying not to run too hard or try 100% as "mindful" of Midlands tomorrow. Also quite warm. Overheating a bit.
Ended up 4th on course, they took out no 3 (wrong tree, for sure), only 1 minute behind Nigel & Tim; that's OK but honestly need to address my concentration issues. My head was still on the cliffs of Upper Pen Trywn, Llandudno. With good reason.
result
http://sins.org.uk/Results2019/20190525_Shrewsbury...RG: - comedy of errors.
https://www.hoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#56&cour...https://www.strava.com/activities/2403617772