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Saturday May 19, 2018 #
1 PM
Orienteering race 1:09:18 [4] 8.7 km (7:58 / km) +310m 6:46 / km
BOC Long Distance Champs, Balmoral.
Nervous about this and not sure about my form but as soon as I was climbing over the hill towards one all thoughts were away and I was into the map and running for sheer pleasure. I haven't had that feeling of fitness and terrain ability this year yet and it was a real joy to be able to attack the course and feel like I was going well. Steve Nich was kind to us and we circumvented the first hill rather than climb which was a bonus for me. I missed big time at 4 (5 mins) but seen as I'd caught Fraser (who'd missed bigger) I assumed that most folk would miss time here and wasn't so neg'd out by it. Unfortunately I missed 5 too (1 min) which was all down to just compass running and not map reading. I wasn't that clean for the rest of the course but the combination of strong running and minor misses helped secure a SILVER medal, 4 mins behind Andy S. Yippee!
Nervous about this and not sure about my form but as soon as I was climbing over the hill towards one all thoughts were away and I was into the map and running for sheer pleasure. I haven't had that feeling of fitness and terrain ability this year yet and it was a real joy to be able to attack the course and feel like I was going well. Steve Nich was kind to us and we circumvented the first hill rather than climb which was a bonus for me. I missed big time at 4 (5 mins) but seen as I'd caught Fraser (who'd missed bigger) I assumed that most folk would miss time here and wasn't so neg'd out by it. Unfortunately I missed 5 too (1 min) which was all down to just compass running and not map reading. I wasn't that clean for the rest of the course but the combination of strong running and minor misses helped secure a SILVER medal, 4 mins behind Andy S. Yippee!