Orienteering race 1:40:00 [4] 13.0 km (7:42 / km)
FCC on graythwaite. 71ish. 5th junior. Winner was sponge in 66ish.
Was a bit of a crap race. Before I start talking about the race I should point out that this is the first time I've finished a course on graythwaite. I'd been there twice before and retired twice I got so lost. Maybe wasn't in the best mindset then. Started the race terribly. Lost a bit on number one being hesitant and then lost 5 mins atleast on number two. Decided to go straightish and got very beaten about in the green and also very lost. Messed up a minute on 3 aswell. After that it was better, ralphy had caught me and we were going quite fast although not killing ourselves, we did distract eachother a bit though. He messed up no.7 and I got ahead more, and I messed up number 9 and 10 and he caught me back up. Then we took different routes to 12, mine coming alot lower but trying to find some runnable stuff, I just messed up the control. Then we were with eachother till the end. I started to drop behind him but beat him easily (he's not that quick :P) in the mad dash down the hill to the finish.
Note
Not sure it was the best idea to train everyday in the build up to the selection races but I figure that I need a decent, normal weeks training. Its been a bit broken up since I went to scotland 4 weeks ago, due to travel/illness/races/etc. I'm hoping that this decision will pay off in the long run even if it did mean I was carrying a little extra in my legs than some of the other guys.