Trails warm up/down 9:34 [2] 0.78 km (12:19 / km) +80m 8:08 / km
shoes: VJ Falcons 2014
Uphill to start, some of it with Neil, we didn't move too quickly.
Orienteering race 1:29:26 [4] **** 10.49 km (8:32 / km) +567m 6:43 / km
ahr:180 max:223 23c shoes: VJ Falcons 2014
Foxes Rock
Carlingford
Nice course which was well planned.
Started off grand but contoured lower than 4, so overshot it slightly and had to climb back up to it. Also ended up high for 9 but not by much.
Coming back across the mountain to 10 I saw the crags above (south) of the control which looked of similar shape to the ones in the circle, so had to drop down to 10 then.
11 was probably worst control for me, didn't make much sense of the map after climbing up and crossing the drain.
Ended up high again for 16, a few more boulders on the ground than on the map, all looked equally as big. Got caught then by the big re-entrant with steep cliffs going to 17. Made it down and then had to get back up again.
I knew 18 was coming, a tough time of the course to get this sort of leg, body tired. Ended up going for a straightish route, followed path up the mountain (unmapped, but there were arrows, knew it would go over the top), but then cut below the summit. Could see then the lakes north of the control, and was straightforward from there.
Got the last few controls fine but felt the downhill ones were coming up on me very fast even though I wasn't moving with much speed.
Well worth coming to Carlingford this weekend.