Orienteering race 1:58:43 [4] 16.24 km (7:19 / km) +590m 6:11 / km
shoes: VJ Bold 2017
BOC Long - Balmoral - M21E
This could have been better but lacked confidence in my oing and binned quite a lot of time early on. Physically struggled the last 30mins.
3/4 1min mistakes in the 7controls, where if I'd continued just a bit further on my bearing I would have found the control, allowed Ali (3min) and Rhys (6min) to catch up. Followed Rhys over the top on the first long leg which he quickly dropped me on then reappeared in the circle. Then went over the top on the second but messed up and dropped too low towards #17. Caught Duncan (6mins) at #15 and he decided to try drop me though to #20. We then both plodded our way to #24 together both dying. Managed to gap him to #25 when he just seemed to disappear and then put a hurry up to myself to dip below the 2hour mark.
There really should have been some water out there.
Orienteering warm up/down 11:28 [3] 2.0 km (5:44 / km) +55m 5:02 / km
shoes: VJ Bold 2017
Jog to the start. Got accused of trying to kill ponies which seemed a bit melodramatic.