Orienteering race 1:23:09 [4] 11.25 km (7:23 / km)
shoes: X-Talon 212 2017
Southern Night Champs Caerwant
Military training area and abandoned ammunitions store. An interesting place to have a run round! Quite rough in places but also a fair bit of road running.
Quite cold so didn't know how much to wear, went for base layer and t shirt and that may have been too much. Messed up number one, must've run through the ditch by the control and ended up a bit lower by the pit (which had a bridge over it) about 1min figuring it out. A bit slow through the woods, followed the fence line but it kind of disappeared near where I needed to head up the ride. Right foot still a bit painful, felt more like muscle this time rather than the pad (from Tuesday).
Would've liked more grip at times but also not so good on the roads in xtalons. A few times I was hesitant or stopped to make sure I got a good route or confirm where I was. Made another mistake in the woods, thought it was going to be trickier but still messed it up. Must have ran over the earth walls but didn't think they were big enough. Overshoot then came back onto the control. Should've actually taken it even safer and maybe paced/done some distance judgement. A bit hesitant on the long leg back, could maybe have run a bit straighter at times for the whole course. Then upper the speed a bit towards the end, bit of a head to head with Matt.