orienteering 1:09:58 [3]
First time I can actually remember being excited to do a long race. Maybe because I knew it wasnt actually that long and I felt like It was just two middles. Which I ended up treating it as.
The first control was interesting. I climbed way too high and ended up on the knoll. I approached the control pretty well from here and then gained my conifidence in the map and decided it was time to run as if it was a middle distance. I concentrated pretty well and ran faster than normal till I got to 8. Had stop and drink here and decided to start the next middle distance bit.
I ran a bit high to 9 and had to come down the gully for it.
Fell over going to 11.
After 11 I looked at my watch and saw I had been out for 60mins and decided I owuld try and get to the finish in under 10min k's. So I sped up again. Faffed about on the track for some reason . Spiked 12, stuffed up 13 (Kerrin scared me because he was swearing lots here) And then sprinted to the finish.
Made it to the finish with 2 seconds to spare to make it under 10min k's.
Surprised that I felt a lot fitter. Surprised that I focused so well in a long. Taking out the mistakes I made, I think I would have only done 63mins which is still 8 mins off Hanny.