NGOC-50 Middle, Black course, 4.1km / 225m (entry courtesy of Mark saunders - hope his ankle is well on the mend....)
(poor sleep last night - post 1917 at cinema - jeeez. 5 hrs?)
Dreadful error (didn't see SI/ stake peeking out of the dip) at no 3 - missed by 5m, went further, though i'd overshot - I had - back again - miss by 5m again - back 80m; what's going on here????; up hill, saw flag - it's my no 4, back to no 3 , I've been here twice before - what's new? - oh there's the stake peeking up. Game over. Dib. Back to no 4. Except. Where is it? quick loop. another 60-90 secs. So much for winning a split you've just done in reverse. lost over 5 mins in first 12 mins.
OK from there until again, a tiny "niche" (no 18) by a boulder (as no 3) - wtf? No. over 3 mins on a leg that took 37 secs for someone else in my car.
Hard not to be very, very disappointed as I never run Black, this was nearly as terrible as the dark, days of Dolomites 5 days stages 2 & 4, plus the horrendous 5 minuter at VHI relay whilst leading for England.
R foot sore in the hours afterwards. Hmmmm. Don't remember doing anything, but found the rocks, mud, & slopes very hard to navigate & was mincing & also wincing. Low point.
http://www.ngocweb.com/results/results_20/N1res.pd...RG:
https://www.ngoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#145&ro...https://www.strava.com/activities/3021943333