Orienteering race (Score) 59:17 [4] **
spiked:23/25c shoes: Silva K80 dobs
TAY Xmas Score at Glenalmond School. Felt fit and bouncy, and (of course) the plan to take it easy was forgotten in seconds. Simple navigation and lots of running hard; a bit like a very long Sprint O, really! Didn't quite keep up with Ben (Stansfield) - him fast! - but was pretty loose. Decided to answer the questions at each control to get the extra points, but that meant that I didn't quite have enough time to get all of the controls; Dave Weir did, but didn't do the questions, and Ben did and DID answer questions but was 6 mins late. So, er, I somewhat surprisingly WON. Which was great because then we had a bottle of pretty decent vino to drink with our super-duper 3-course meal at the college. :-)
Great event, lots of people (150 ish, and 112 at the meal) and a lovely day. And - my back only aches a wee bit afterwards, result.
PS It transpired the next day that the results had been miscalculated and Ben HAD won by 20 pts, but I'd already drunk the prize - tough luck, Ben!