Orienteering race (JK Relay, Hambleden) 31:37 [4] *** 4.5 km (7:02 / km) +155m 6:00 / km
spiked:16/16c (sick)
Felt like the coldest day of the lot, but nothing was going to stop me running first leg of the JK relay. However, felt terrible right from the gun and was soon dropped by almost everyone, regardless of age/gender! Tried to focus on navigation and realised by about 4 I was overtaking all those who went to wrong controls. Had identified a group by 5 and was able to use them to try and get a bit of speed up and locate my controls. Had useful help with 8, 11, 12 and 15 and stuck with a crowd I was fairly pleased to hang on to. Thought I'd handed over in quite a high position but was actually 26th! I'd kept the gaps to a minimum though and good runs by team mates brought us through to a respectable 12th in the end
