orienteering race 33:31 [4] 3.6 km (9:19 / km)
White Rose team race, Oliver's Mount.
Palpitations started as soon as we left the assembly field. Kept moving steadily and it was hard work - I was trying a lot harder than I would have done if it wasn't a team race. Got a bit desperate towards the end. The finish was a 400 metre sprint through the campsite. I was flogging myself to death and old ladies, small children and fat people were jogging past me. Desperate.
Palpitations stopped soon after finishing but I was in a grumpy daze for the rest of the day - I had really overdone it.
bad, terrible, the worst yet.
The team was disqualified anyway, Steve having failed to register a punch. I think it was at the first control which was a massive scrum of people all trying to punch at once.
I did try warming up like yesterday to ease myself gently into running but I was too tired and it wasn't really working, and also there was quite a lot of standing around before we started so I might as well not have bothered.