Warm up & strides 15:00 [3]
Jog about before the SHI. Not feeling particularly sprightly, I have to say. HR also high.
Orienteering race 1:11:15 [4] **** 7.2 km (9:54 / km) +230m 8:32 / km
ahr:190 max:202 spiked:14/18c shoes: Integrators
Hmm.. I was navigating pretty well for the majority of this course, until I caught people at the end and started to relax too much. Big error at number 17 cost me nearly 3 mins on Rach's split. But the rest of the course was steady - I can barely run these days, but at least that meant I was navigating well. Shame to let Fi sneak in front but I did what I needed to do for England - 5th place and we won W21 convincingly. I am however very concerned about my ridiculously high pulse - I have had blocked sinuses and felt like I'm fighting a cold for the last two weeks, and that clearly shows something as being not quite right! I blame it on final year PhDitis.