orienteering 40:15 [5] 4.8 km (8:23 / km) +135m 7:21 / km
British Middle, Stock Hill.
I was still experimenting with spectacles which I found quite distracting for the first few controls and also I didn't feel confident with where I was putting my feet. I resorted to putting them on top of my head while running and used them only to look at detail, but this was all a bit of a faff. Eventually they pinged off my head between 7 and 8 at which point I put them in my pocket and left them there.
A bit of a wander on #1, ending up back on the path and completely misjudging the distance, 30seconds. Nearly went to #3 before turning away from it, confused by the multiple extra pits on what was supposed to be a flat plateau. 1 minute. Came out on a path junction above the control at #8 and thought I needed to go right, but it was the wrong path junction and I needed to go left. 45 seconds, plus half a minute messing with my specs. Mostly ok once I had put the specs away, but I was back to guessing what was in the middle of the circle.
Not a very good result, 15th place. Just not fast enough. A perfect run would maybe have got me 8th.