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Sunday Sep 7, 2014 #
Event: British Middle Champs (UKOL)
12 PM
Running warm up/down 15:00 [2]
Far too fast after not leaving enough time but in the end I got there with 7min to call up
Orienteering race 37:21 [5] 4.1 km (9:07 / km) +210m 7:15 / km
Really wanted a result here but want doesn't overpower how little orienteering/hard running I have done in the past 18 months.
Start was too easy=too fast for me and felt on the edge going into 4 onwards which showed when I missed 6 and went to 8 before 7 but didn't realise and had to use road to relocate. Saw Megan on the way to 9 ahead of me so assumed she had caught me and was I hell going to let her go easily! She was flying along and I was clinging on for dear life probably on my VO2 max! Made for easier nav though because she wasn't going clean on many and I did lead a few. She left me at 16 and caught her again at 22 or something but she dropped me into the last control. Not going to deny running with Megan changed my race and therefore result but that was a mixture of start list luck and the sport of orienteering.
So yeah I'm pleased with one: the result but also my mental willpower/competitiveness/effort to push hard and hang on, less pleased with my actual orienteering performance.
Anyway I'm SO HAPPY to be back at some respectable level, a lot of patience and rehab has gone into getting back running and I'm just so pleased to be orienteering again :)
Start was too easy=too fast for me and felt on the edge going into 4 onwards which showed when I missed 6 and went to 8 before 7 but didn't realise and had to use road to relocate. Saw Megan on the way to 9 ahead of me so assumed she had caught me and was I hell going to let her go easily! She was flying along and I was clinging on for dear life probably on my VO2 max! Made for easier nav though because she wasn't going clean on many and I did lead a few. She left me at 16 and caught her again at 22 or something but she dropped me into the last control. Not going to deny running with Megan changed my race and therefore result but that was a mixture of start list luck and the sport of orienteering.
So yeah I'm pleased with one: the result but also my mental willpower/competitiveness/effort to push hard and hang on, less pleased with my actual orienteering performance.
Anyway I'm SO HAPPY to be back at some respectable level, a lot of patience and rehab has gone into getting back running and I'm just so pleased to be orienteering again :)