Orienteering race 56:23 [4] 8.73 km (6:28 / km) +262m 5:37 / km
shoes: Integrator Oct 2013
SYO Canklow Brown
Not a bad run technically, physically felt pretty rubbish when ascending.
Leaking little bits of time throughout, but probably the most significant:
#9 Stuck behind walkers on path, hence left the E-W path to cut across the terrain - pretty grotty. Tried to pick up the 'corridor of white' when leaving the NW-SE path but this did not seem to exist - brambles were pretty bad. Then proceeded to miss the depression at the end. 45s
#13 Plan was to pass #19 and pick up the small paths. Instead I was too far north and had to battle through some very slow green. Unnecessary extra climb to reach the small path on top of the open ridge then went to visit #3 again before eventually reaching the flag... 1m 45s
#19 Overshot the pit a little but didn't think it was this significant? 20s
I did have plans for most controls (as instructed by 'coach' Parkin), but these tended to be very fluid based upon both what I saw around me (not necessarily a problem) and where my feet took me (more of a problem).
7th; 9min down on Crickmore / OJ.