Orienteering race (London City Race) 54:00 [5] 13.0 km (4:09 / km)
shoes: New Balance 769
2nd to Murray by 45secs, so happy with that. Quite enjoyed it, more in hindsight than at the time though. First 3 controls in the Barbican were fun - found routes ok and did them as planned. Turns out there was a much better way to #3, so lost ~30secs there. Then it got easy and a little boring for the next 40mins. Having said that, I did make a silly mistake on #4 (15secs) and lost 30secs at #10 - went up the wrong alley which had workmen blocking it off, still assumed it was the right alley though so had to go a long way round instead. 20secs on route choice to #21. Then did the last bit of Barbican quite well, although took the wrong route to the last control (20secs). Maybe set off a bit hard and had to slow a bit in the 2nd half to catch my breath. Murray was going quicker through most of the course and dropped a bit of time in the Barbican himself, so don't feel like I threw anything away.