Orienteering race (WA Long Champs) 48:55 [5] *** 6.33 km (7:44 / km) +181m 6:46 / km
spiked:10/11c shoes: Inov8 Trailroc 255
Hard to image a worse preparation for a race. Arrived at the Campervan hire place to be told our van had a broken window and would be an hour's wait. With Deb starting at 10:30 we were already on a tight timeframe. The hour turned into 2 and 1/2 and my start at 11:30 was also in danger. Wet and windy weather meant a slow trip.
I missed my start by 25 mins but had easily my best run of the year and my elapsed time would have had me 3rd, less than a minute behind Geoff Lawford and 3 behind Rob V!
Deb, who was 1hr 25 late, arrived at the Start to find that, somehow, there were no W55 maps left! So she grabbed a W50 map and ran well enough to have placed 7th on elapsed time.
Unfortunately, as our van problems were not the organisers fault, we couldn't be reinstated.