Running warm up/down 5:08 [2] 1.0 km (5:08 / km)
shoes: VJ Integrator
Warm up for badge event. Supposed to be starting at 10:42 but wasn't ready until about 10:50 so thought I better keep the warm up pretty short.
Orienteering race 1:20:34 [4] *** 14.3 km (5:38 / km) +500m 4:48 / km
spiked:11/20c shoes: VJ Integrator
Badge Event at Umuna, 13.1km straight line. Not feeling very interested at the start and it didn't improve when I tried to navigate from the map change to number 11 instead of start to number 1. Fortunately it was short and I realised fairly quickly so only lost about 30 seconds but I was a bit unsure about where I was for the whole first leg and lost a little time at the end as well. I wasn't expecting a 1:10,000 map either so that didn't help when trying to get back on track. Tried to start again from number 1 but the way my legs felt going up the hill didn't help with my motivation. Got into my rhythm a bit better after a bit of downhill but still felt I was very inefficient for most of the course. I always seemed to be looking at the map to try to work out where I was rather than knowing where I was and looking at the map to plan for what was coming up next. Tried to increase the effort both physically and mentally after the map change and felt I was going better for a while but lost it again after losing over a minute fumbling around within 20m of 15. Really tired slogging up the hills from 18 to the finish. Much tougher physically and easier technically than I was expecting. Not very happy with my performance today, didn't cope well with having a late start.