Orienteering race (Big 5 Middle Distance) 59:17 [4] *** 6.0 km (9:53 / km) +95m 9:09 / km
spiked:14/20c shoes: Asics Gel Trail Sensor 5
First race of the Big 5 O week and my first ever forest run. The pit at #1 had me off to a superb start with loads of grid searching. Made sure I slowed it down after that and focussed on ticking off features along my planned routes which helped. Very slow in the terrain and we all got caught in a massive lightning & hail storm for the 2nd half of my race. 15 & 16 out of the forest on the boulder outcrops were pretty scary...