Orienteering race (Bishop's Park Parkrace) 30:04 [5] 6.3 km (4:46 / km)
(injured) shoes: Brooks Ghost 4
Official distance 4.5k. Distance taken from Dimitri's Garmin (forgot mine)
Mixed race. Seemed to go ok overall, but lots of smaller errors, and a significant loss of pace during the 2nd half as my left knee started playing up again. Angus was chasing me and every time I looked around he was getting closer (luckily he'd missed a control).
Errors:
#1 - #2 taking the road left for 15m before doubling back
#3 - #4 switching across before the control 20m too early, adding distance
#6 - #7 thinking of going through the light green, which was 5ft stinging nettles so ended up round the path
#9 - #10 pre-planned 3 ahead and did not spot the stairs and diagonal across the field, went across the pond instead
#10 - #11 thought the wall was un-crossable, went round, it wasn't
#21 - #22 overshot looking for a bench, it was the stairs
#28 - #29 tried to go in a locked gate, lost a couple of seconds
#30 - #F tried to go in a locked gate, lost a couple of seconds
As the above shows, not a clean run at all, and at least a minute (maybe more?) lost over many smaller errors. Still managed to avoid the big traps around #14 and #15, so not too bad. 7th place is worth some good points!
Great course! Well done Libby and Vince!