Orienteering race 1:01:02 [4] **** 7.5 km (8:08 / km) +345m 6:37 / km
spiked:25/30c shoes: Jalas FLX
Hageby at Cotswolds running against a mixed pack including Anna, Steve Doyle, Chris Firman, and Lillian Burrill. Started off feeling tentative and dropped in behind Anna who seemed unflappable as usual. Sorted myself out a bit on the second and took the lead before a small miss on #3 dropped me behind Anna again. After that I very slowly edged away from pack, navigating quite cleanly with just a few slow or less than ideally executed legs but only until #2 on the 2nd loop when I took a bodgy route choice and then missed the control. Lost somewhere between 1 and 1:30, showed the pack where the control was, and with a wobble on the next one let Steve get to within 20s. After that I slowly edged away again and navigated cleanly - a few seconds lost here and there maybe. Gave my ankle a good roll near the end - felt okay running after so not too bad just frustrating. I wasn't holding a super fast pace but it felt pretty comfortable and the navigation felt easy. Pretty happy all up.