Orienteering race 1:08:00 [5] 9.3 km (7:19 / km) +116m 6:53 / km
shoes: Saucony Progrid (Orange)
WMOC Long - Grib Skov - A Final
Early starter so perhaps a mite cooler but no nice tracks in the brackeny or long grassy bits. It was still very hot anyway.
Lost 2 mins+ at 2 misreading ride ends in the brackeny clearing, and a lesser amount at 7 and 13.
Ran out of steam in the heat over the last km or two but held it together albeit running slower.
56th and 5th Brit behind Dixie, (60), JohnE (63), JamesC (64), and Keith T (67). Probably the est I could have hoped for after a topsy turvy week but it would have been nice to make the top 50.
Didn't have the confidence or terrain experience to run straight on enough occasions...apart from not being quick enough.
Westlund and Lund at the sharp end are so quick....but that guy from Scotland with the fastest run in split took 4 and 8 secs out of them respectively :-)