Orienteering - race 54:12 [3] 6.5 mi (8:20 / mi)
Big weekend blue
Fun. Enjoyed it more today. Calves hated the climbs, so I walked them. Going well. Lost a little (20secs) on the control which was between gorse, but the gorse had been removed. The control was correct, and I went to the right place and saw the control, but saw no gorse so turned around before checking the code, then turned back when I realised I was being thick.
I went straight 14-15 which was much slower than Ray who went around. I went straight up after dunsapie loch on the long leg, skirted around the top of the dry bowl thingy, then right, down the ridge above the bog. Ray took 3 mins out of me by going around the road. Poor. The rest was fine but is was tired and not pushing it, whereas he was racing JayH. Calf survived. Phew! Pleased with that. No result as my so didn't pick up 11 and 16. Ho hum. At least Ray hasn't "officially" beaten me yet this year. He has won the esoc club champs and has got loads of ranking points so is insufferable just now. "Maybe missing out on the british long champs and esoc club champs on your inability to register punches is a good thing as it means you may concentrate on looking for the unit to flash in future" (I am increasingly deaf to si frequency). Gee thanks Ray.
Trail running 15:00 [3] 1.5 mi (10:00 / mi)
Shadowing Olly and Laurence around the white. They both went around by themselves, and Laurence only needed help getting past the dogs. Lucy and Ted did the course after with Pete. 4 very happy kids indeed. A bit of a fail results-wise for me, but a top weekend of fun with some great kids.