Orienteering 40:21 [3] 3.29 km (12:16 / km) +114m 10:28 / km
shoes: VJ Irock 2
Green was a bit easy and orange a bit hard so I offered to shadow Aoife around the Orange. She did fine, but would probably have been more cautious without me there. I did ask at one point if she’d been looking at her map or compass “No...” but when I asked her to show me where she was, she knew exactly.
There were times I couldn’t keep up (in the open) and time she was a fair bit slower than I would have been. Also, I would not have detoured so far around the cow.
Orienteering 42:16 [3] 4.77 km (8:52 / km) +144m 7:42 / km
shoes: VJ Irock 2
Red4 (under time pressure after long drive and going out with Aoife...) sounds like a good option from the tales of woe with Red 3.
Trouble on 3 (too high and did not see flag) and nervous on 5 but kept going and got there.
Pretty scrappy forest underfoot, felt I could run ok but not willing to push it with poky sticks everywhere. Pretty special to see frost and ice out on the course, especially at this time of day!