Orienteering race 30:55 [5] 4.67 km (6:37 / km) +100m 5:59 / km
shoes: VJ Falcon 2015
JK Relay, Graythwaite East.
M120+ with Steve F and Simon P, 3rd place
FVO teams 1st, 2nd and 3rd, I love it when a plan comes together!
Massively fun race on leg two.
Set off just behind Graeme and heard Will announced so knew Jase was close behind.
Passed Graeme to #1 and spiked it, ran out to see him ahead punching a lower control.
Passed Graeme to #2 and spiked it, ran out to see him well ahead going towards #3!
Jase also now appeared from the left and was just ahead...
The three of us close together until #8 where the code was wrong and fooled all three of us causing much puzzled swearing. Not as certain as I should have been so went off to check, by the time I came back and found the right code was on the unit, Graeme and Jase had just punched and 90sec had passed (and it turns out Ben had sneaked through for the other FVO team!)
Pushed on through the next couple and then at #11 good news, I had the payback short gaffle to the left whereas Jase and Graeme had one further right. This got me past them and going to #12 I saw Ben for the first time not far ahead. Chased a bit hard and then stupidly went to the wrong gaffle at #13 - Ben had my control so should have just tucked in! 25sec lost and Jase and Graeme got past again.
Fast and furious (by M120 standards!) through the spectator and short final loop, sneaked past Graeme on the run in but 1sec behind Jase in the finish! Ben changed over 20secs ahead, we were 1-2-3 at the changeover.
Roger dropped Simon and caught Marcus, a great race between them and a spectator-friendly sprint finish to decide the win (Rog by a stride). Simon did enough to secure the podium clean sweep, very nice.
Great day for FVO, as well as this M120 fun there were wins in Women Open, W120 and MW210, plus so close to taking JK Trophy as well (bronze in that and MW40-).