Warm up & strides 19:25 [2] 1.5 km (12:57 / km) +200m 7:46 / km
ahr:162 max:140
Started off jogging to the start, then got chatting to Trish Coombs and switched to a brisk walk, which was very pleasant. View of Schiehallion at the top was awesome!
Orienteering 1:25:07 [4] *** 9.0 km (9:27 / km) +320m 8:02 / km
ahr:178 max:188 spiked:24/28c
Plod plod plod. If I want to start orienteering again, I seriously need to do some speedwork. Navigated well today, a couple of small misses, and kept going to whole way, which was tough with my little legs in the heather. But it was a plod, and not a race. I have raced SOLs this tough before, and fared far better. I am really pretty disappointed with my shape at the moment. It might just be a lack of terrain fitness. I hope it's not something more sinister.
On the upside, I ran in my new MudRocs, and despite a severe test, I have no blisters. A couple more runs and hopefully they should be GWC ready.