Orienteering race 1:00:58 [3] 6.0 km (10:10 / km) +195m 8:44 / km
ahr:127 max:146 shoes: VJ Falcon
First event of ECKO 3-for-2 weekend, at Inverawe. Great venue at the Smokery with start, finish and parking all adjacent to the tea shop, perfect.
Not really up for it though, set off on the easy first section okay but not full out, achilles tight and struggled on the steep contouring section thru 5 and 6, especially when I overshot 6. Carried on jogging but found the tussocky sections pretty tough - it was very nice to be out there anyway so carried on, amazing views down the loch and across the mountains from some of the controls.
Running warm up/down 10:00 [2]
Before Inverawe, a bit of jogging and stretching.
Orienteering race 19:54 [5] *** 3.0 km (6:38 / km)
ahr:148 max:159 shoes: Brooks Ghost
Race two, Oban Urban race.
More up for this and less concerned about achilles in trainers on the road. Heavy legs but pushed hard and a little disappointed with my time.
Can find some time with small miss at #4 (wrong side of thicket, not sure how I lost nearly 30secs) and wrong gap out of McCaig's Folly at #6 (there was only one gap on the map.....). Also went down the steps on the long leg from #6 to #7 and this was probably 15secs slower.
Finished 9th, just behind paw and bradc but a minute behind Lard and Colin Eades. Andrew Dalgleish won in 17:31 ahead of Rosco in 17:39 - Rosco passed me at #10 going quickly but by then had gone through the unmapped gap at #6 and lost 30secs.
Running warm up/down 20:00 [2]
shoes: Brooks Ghost
Before Oban plus jog back to B&B afterwards.