orienteering race 1:16:49 [5] 11.0 km (6:59 / km) +300m 6:09 / km
CS Cup final. Quite enjoyed it - it was a nice day. The orienteering mostly seemed quite easy but I think every time a control might have been a bit tricky I would see somebody punching, there were so many people about. I lost a bit of time at number 1 because I took a path route which was a bit unnecessary but I didn't feel like throwing myself straight into a steep climb through terrain. The only other time I lost was being off-line slightly going into 23 but it meant I passed the control on the other ditch and gave me a better attack point anyway.
Got into a little pack at 5 with Paul Gebbett and a couple of others who we soon dropped (and Oleg came past but we ignored him). Paul could leave me behind on the paths but I was faster in terrain and eventually dropped him across the moor to 10.
From 20 to the finish I was chasing a bloke from South London. I eventually got in front of him at the 2nd last but he came straight back past me up the hill to the run-in.
39th place, 13 minutes behind James and also beaten by Steve W and Simon Patton and a non-comp John Duckworth. I did beat Jase, Martin, Simon Bourne, Peter Ward.