Orienteering Event (Yvette Baker) 43:08 [4] ** 5.84 km (7:23 / km) +35m 7:10 / km
spiked:16/19c
Messed up #1 and lost about 2 minutes ... Must have just missed the control and run right instead of left. Ran along the beach to 2 which was daft because it was like running in slow motion and I took forever climbing up the dune to where my control was because the sand kept giving way. Was in the right place for #4 but the bracken was so high that I stumbled around a bit to find it. I'm pretty sure the map was a bit wrong in a number of places which made it a bit tricky ... The fact that the controls were partly concealed by marram grass didn't help. I climbed up the dune to #10 then realised it was in the depression next to it. The rest were fine ... Just felt slow. But on my way to #16 I lost about a minute because the stepping stones that led across the lake were occupied by about 4 people who we making no effort to hurry across. Instead of going a long way around the rest of the lake I very slowly made my way over a stretch of curb that crossed next to the stones. It was about 35 metres in length, very narrow (15cm) and very slippy.