Orienteering race 1:18:56 [5] ***** 8.15 km (9:41 / km) +220m 8:32 / km
ahr:174 max:184 spiked:21/27c shoes: Inov8s
Brown course at Gullane. Legs were heavy the whole way, but kept turning over none the less. Totally misread number 1 and went over the ridge which was a bit silly. Then went past three and had to battle through eons of shit in a very unconfident fashion to get to it. Nailed 4 in front of Pip which was good, then had a good run, although could generally see Pip and Helen dropping into controls. Screwed up the end of number 20 by not following my plan, then dropped too low on the path to number 24 and missed it. Not confident at all with 25. Good route to 27. Ended up less far down on the girls than I thought I would, but it's hard not to get depressed when they rush past. It weird, I know that I haven't done the training and can't expect to be there. I know I can get there when I do do solid training. But it still makes me feel a little bit rubbish. Silly girl! Nonetheless, today was fun, although I do have a serious thorn that is embedded very painfully in my left thigh.
