Run - Trail warm up/down 12:40 [2] 1.8 km (7:01 / km) +91m5:36 / km shoes: VJ Falcons 2017
2 PM
Run - Orienteering race 1:59:58 17.14 km (7:00 / km) +630m5:55 / km shoes: VJ Falcons 2017
BOC Long, High Dam, M21E, 14.9km, 710m, 32 controls.
Looking forward to this as I think the '98 World Cup was the last time that I ran on High Dam! It's been a long time since I did a high quality race on an unfamiliar area in England, so this was really good. Struggled to read the 1:15 map through the detailed bit at the start (losing a couple of minutes in hesitations) but was fine once in the easier to read bits.
Technically actually fairly sound, one stupid parallel error at #6 which cost me a couple of minutes and the faff through #2-4, but only a few small wobbles after than, probably adding up to a minute or two. Could see Tom F for much of the race, although we rarely took the same lines but ended up back together a lot.
Legs weren't with me today, still tired from last weekend, which was a shame as it was a race that I really enjoyed and would have liked to be able to have given it more. Reckon I probably lost 6-7 minutes on potential pace, so although not disappointed with my 8th place, I could certainly have done better with fresher legs. (My new shoes were also a bit big and didn't give me confidence descending).