Orienteering race (Ightham) 1:03:41 [4] *** 8.1 km (7:52 / km) +200m 7:00 / km
spiked:21/22c
This went well. Brand new area for me too. Missed a micro-path near 1 and had to circle round from behind. Stuck with paths for 2 to 5 and caught Axel here so got a tow to 6 and was trying to overtake through 11. Felt alright running in the terrain even if I was walking the uphills when it was just as quick to do so. Opened a huge gap on the long 'dead-running' leg to 13 and just felt confident about the map through the quality forest to 18. Decided to contour over the spurs to 20 and hit the flag at the right height, but played safe for 21 by going round on the paths past the ponds. Probably only lost about a minute on leg 1 altogether, so apart from feeling cold out the start really enjoyed this.