Orienteering race (southern champs 2012) 1:25:02 [3] *** 14.04 km (6:03 / km) +290m 5:29 / km
spiked:18/24c shoes: Inov8 X talon 212 (old)
southern champs 2012 - epping forest
annoyed about this , 3rd bad run in 3 weeks , i went off at a crawling pace , maybe to slow , i felt like i was on a recovery run , i did this to be accurate, hit 1 fine , 2 fine , 3 was very bingo , lost 40 secs , then on 4 i drifted way to far to the right , and hit the wrong stream , relocated which took a while and lost 3 mins , i then went back to my slow pace , missed 5 , 6,7,8 ok , missed 10 , 11 fine , was pretty dissapointed with 12 as a control site, very bingo , lost 1 minute , 13 missed slightly , 14 ok , 15 i went off 180 degrees the wrong way but realised quickly and got back on track , then missed the control site in the circle by a fair shout +3 mins , then at the timed crossing i relaised just how slow i was going so i decided to pick up the pace .
bad selection
took me ages to relocate on 18 , straight wasnt a good route , lost about 5 mins , not pleased , 19 fine , 20,21 fine , i caught jamie parkinson here , fast runner , his navigation was all over the place though , accidently went off 90 degrees wrong to 23 , and hit the big path near the road , +2 mins , then just jogged in .
annoyed because i ran to slow , and stil managed to miss most of them , however i felt very fit , i felt like i was warming down the whole race and still managed an ok pace , vauge vague area, not to sure about the path mapping ? , vegitation seemed pretty legit though .
2nd to matt +59 secs , groin a little sore from yesterday near the end , but its fine just a wee tweak , knees down both my dissabilities were ok .
need to sort out my navigation!!
still southern champion , got my buff , job done