Orienteering race (night) 36:15 [4] *** 5.4 km (6:43 / km) +260m 5:25 / km
22c shoes: Integrators
FVO night race at Dumyat East.
Great area for the nighttime and really enjoyed myself. I love how at 5.30 you can be sitting in your office doing boring things and just 1 hour later you can be up in the hills, testing your wits and legs; racing, adventuring. Awesome.
Ewan was making it look very easy at the front and I was doing my best to keep up but slowly and surely he pulled away. Finally by 13 I had to find them myself.... Got a little put off by all the folks on the short course at 16 so ran up the wrong wee hill (just checking) and had a wee pause in the circle at 18 but was fine apart from that.
Was lacking, though, in that relaxed controlled flow that proper orienteers have. Will I ever have it? Only if I am rigorous in working on: ensuring I leave the control in exactly the right direction, simplification, and visualisation. But I'm not sure that I have a personality that allows for rigor.... And I still need to be able to run faster through terrain. As Lard said to me last night - I just need to work on my orienteering. Cheeky bugger.