Orienteering race (Holmbush & St Leonards) 2:05:58 [3] *** 17.7 km (7:07 / km) +390m 6:25 / km
spiked:33/40c shoes: Inov8 Oroc 340 IV
JK Long - M21E WRE - Holmbush & St Leonards
Race on 2 areas; Holmbush had a technical slope but quite a lot of undergrowth in the rest of the forest. St Leonards more runnable with rhodos. Chest feeling sore after middle race fall but think ribs just bruised. Felt pretty good to 90mins but then got tired and brain started to go. Didn't fully bonk but last 30mins were tough, survival mode from there to the usual just-over-2hrs result. Some early mistakes - first race on a 1:15k map in a couple of years, then a few RCs (c9,10,11) not ideal, caught in brambles. Caught by BenS 3min man at road crossing which helped push through the first half of St Leonards, but lost him with mistakes at c23&24. Also felt a bit of ITB knee pain on downhills in last 45mins.
Mistakes ~4:45min
(1)(0:30) - Very cautious, dist judgement
(4)(0:30) - Undershot, dist judgement, poor bearing
(14)(0:30) - RC, paths better, dropped too low on slope
(16)(1:00) - Weak AP, v close but reloc. off c17
(23)(0:30) - RC, dist judgement, cut too early stuck in rhodos
(24)(0:15) - Didn't read CD
(31)(0:30) - RC, tiring, lack of plan, switched off
(33)(1:00) - Bearing, parallel error off wrong fence
Pos: 45/80
Winner: G. Gristwood 29:13mins (+10:41mins +37%)
Actual distance: 21.28km (5:57min/km)