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Running warm up/down 7:43 [2] 1.25 km (6:10 / km)
shoes: Saucony Kinvara 4
Jog over the peace bridge to the start
Orienteering 6:06 [4] 1.07 km (5:42 / km) +30m 5:00 / km
shoes: Saucony Kinvara 4
Sprintverals with Susan in Derry. Set off well and was able to focus on planning ahead and reading control descriptions well ahead of time. Made a slight mistake to number 4 which meant that I had to run down the stairs and then back up them again cos I hadn't identified the control was at the bottom early enough.
Orienteering 4:34 [4] 0.8 km (5:42 / km) +14m 5:15 / km
shoes: Saucony Kinvara 4
Set off a minute behind Susan on this one, which may have been a contributing factor to me stuffing up the first control. I was busy planning the route from 8-9 and so I took the first right instead of the second and suddenly thought this doesn't look right. Then saw Susan at 8 and had to leg it to minimize the mistake. Slight route choice error into 10 but that was more to do with a car blocking my route so i went up the near set of steps, which unfortunately led to another up and over so going round the car would have been better
Orienteering 7:53 [4] 1.63 km (4:50 / km)
shoes: Saucony Kinvara 4
Set off only 17s behind Susan on this one, and had nearly caught her by the first control, in this case the longer easier route was definitely the right choice. Spent the next couple of controls trying to get past her and then messed up number 16 cos I was so busy trying to get away I didnt notice the underpass on the near side of the building so took a looooong route round to come in the other side letting Susan ahead again. Pushed hard through the last control and to the finish to come in 3-4s behind her
Running warm up/down 7:32 [2] 1.15 km (6:33 / km)
shoes: Saucony Kinvara 4
Jog back to the car