orienteering 44:09 [4]
Le Lac Pavin
which is a lovely volcanic lake (apparently at least 92 m deep!!) is the nam of the map, we were running above it. Lost 2 minutes on the first control like a con... pretty clear apart from that... couple of small mistakes.... not fit enough... TG 31:22
orienteering race 16:18 [5]
Le Parc Fenestre, La Bourboule
Nationale 2 Sprint Race
TG ran 13:14
Lost maybe 1 minute total?? not able to run fast either... well, it's relative... I reckon next year I should be regularly top-ten in French Sprints...
The map was not particularly great... stuff was on it in the right place, just nothing close to ISSOM norms....... symbols the wrong size, 3m crags marked as passable, old path symbols, different size symbols for the same thing etc. etc.
The race itself was good, if not especially fun. Lots of direction changes, map-reading etc.