Orienteering race (Open Fell) 4:45:52 [2] *** 25.0 km (11:26 / km) +900m 9:41 / km
spiked:9/12c shoes: adidas swoop 2 - 2nd pair
OMM Day 2. 15/206 (Matt Winn-Smith & Martin Asp won in 4:03:29). A couple of very small misses on 1 and 4 (both slightly too high) but lost a good few minutes on 6 way to far S of the feature. Running much less today and I paid for missing my noodle breakie between 3 and 4 hours and had to quickly munch a few bars.
Even though I hadn't done any training for this event over the 2.5 hour mark I don't think that mattered Sat but Sun we really slowed after 2 hours. A real lack of day 2 stamina. Need to train more specifically next year (meant to this year but injured leg/cold got in the way). My pack was much too heavy (guess 7kg) - need to...
1. Get a lighter tent.
2. Swop my roll mat for a balloon bed.
3. Get some lighter waterproof trousers and...
4. ...use them to double up the lycra tights in the evening/for sleeping instead of the usual jogging bottoms.
Also need to not make any significant navigational error either.