Orienteering (Pumicestone Road) 1:01:32 [3] *** 8.24 km (7:28 / km) +37m 7:18 / km
13c shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212 #2
Was looking forward to this as I hadn't run here or the nearby Beerburrum maps and was promised good running.
Run was not super great, I just think that I wasn't concentrating enough. Need to look at my map more and keep closer contact. Mucked up #2 a bit going the wrong way along a track, then wasn't far enough along the creek for #3. Should've been more conscious of my direction to #4 when I was crossing the creek, because I ended up way off where I should've been and thought I was which then confused me even more and I had no idea how far I'd gone and though I was off the map when I was actually right in the middle of it. I think that taking the wider track option would've been way faster than mucking around in the middle. I originally took the middle option because I wanted more practise with compass and bearings and thought that this vague terrain was a good opportunity. After that control, it was like I had settled in and then everything started to work a lot better. Ran on bearing for everything else but #11 (better track option to cross creek) and am happy with how they all went. I guess I just need to get settled into the map quicker maybe.
I should've relied less on the rides because not all of them were marked. There was also a few creeks and vegetation changes that weren't on the map, but that could have been from the weather changes over the summer since it was mapped.
Not super happy with today, but it's all good training. It was good to run in the pine forest because its a bit softer underfoot and probably more similar to Europe than the regular. Nice day though, pretty warm out too.
Running 20:26 [3] 3.13 km (6:32 / km) +23m 6:18 / km
slept:8.0 shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212 #2
Extra little bit to fill up time