Orienteering race 20:24 [3] ** 3.43 km (5:57 / km) +30m 5:42 / km
ahr:146 max:163 (injured) shoes: Jalas Black FLX
Glasgow Park Champs, race 1: Springburn Park. Men's Open: 2.9km +35m.
R achilles very bad from the off - was very sore this morning, after yesterday's race, and during warm up. Choice of dob spikes was a poor one: we ended up running on a lot of tarmac and it only exacerbated the hobbling. Legs shot after yesterday too, and I couldn't see the controls - no flags! So, all in all, a terrible run.
Orienteering race 15:57 [4] ** 3.15 km (5:04 / km) +65m 4:35 / km
ahr:150 max:163 (injured) shoes: Inov8 RocLite 305
Second race of the GPC: Kelvingrove Park. A more interesting park, hillier too, but simpler navigation than Springburn. That didn't stop me making a couple of 20s fluffs due to not reading the map properly! Trail shoes were much better, so whilst my R achilles was still sore, it was manageable. Particularly after the two brufen. So, a better run, only 3m40 down, but still slow: my legs were still on strike.
Running warm up/down 15:00 [2] 2.0 km (7:30 / km)
(injured)
Due to the necessities of split starts and dashing between venues, I managed only a short warm up for both events and no warm down - not good.
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Sadly race 3 proved to be a non-starter for me. We only had 7 mins between our starts, and Jamie was asleep in the car, so one of us had to stay in there with him. Easy decision - bad achilles, and Beccy's brownie point mountain = Brad in the car. I could, I guess, have dashed out after she'd ran, grabbed my map and done the course anyway, but given the half-hour delayed start it'd have been 3:15 before I'd begun the course, Jamie had woken up & was bored, so it was another easy decision - home, James. Sense prevailed. My achilles will thank me for it. A bit disappointed as I have fond memories of Cathkin Braes (yes, really!), but this time it was not to be...