Orienteering race (JK Long) 2:00:43 [3] 21.54 km (5:36 / km) +331m 5:12 / km
shoes: Inov8 Xtalon 212 0216
Start-1: Decided to run along the path for most of the way. This quickly gave me an idea of what was and what wasn't actually mapped. Many mountain bike paths were not mapped which made it quite tricky to actually determine which paths you were crossing.
2-3: Bit hesitant and stopped a little early.
3-4: Could have picked a better line here. Was not very runnable so went close to the path and then cut in along the earth wall.
13-14: Picked a good line but then couldn't quite see the control in the re-entrant. Just so happened to be a large clearing in the area that wasn't mapped which threw me off.
19-20: Picked a safe route because I wanted to get into the map. Could maybe have picked the green splotches a little better.
24-25: Just couldn't find the control, was ridiculous! I feel as if there was a large open area slightly to the south that was just mapped as white.
25-26: Lost focus and didn't know where I was so headed a bit too far to the north.
29-30: Was running with someone so lost my head to get ahead, stopped too early.
34-35: Was going well and broke away from the guy that I had stuck with through the technical controls. Missed the one path that I needed to take at the corner of the fence, was following the gully so though that I was in the right place. Should have woken up and actually acted when I saw the fence!
36-37: Just couldn't find the gap so had to go around...
Looking at the splits I actually had a good race in terms of fitness. Undoubtedly I can beat a lot of the field just on pure running. However, I really need to be more consistent with the navigation. Again, focusing on the process. I know the feeling when I can tick off features and I have a plan going into a control. Just need to make sure that that happens for every control.