Orienteering race 35:20 [4] 6.93 km (5:06 / km) +143m 4:37 / km
ahr:149 max:159 shoes: Inov8 X-talon 212 Black
JK Relay - Caerwent. 6.3Km
Running 2nd (short) leg for the M120+ team with Nick B. and Andy P.
Fast and fairly easy, but had to be careful.
Set off in 2nd, with Jason (FVO) about 20s back being the main competition. He almost caught me at 3 (possibly different gaffling), then I made a small slip leaving 5 having got frustrated stuck behind other runners going into the control. Didn't look back, but then lost a few seconds at 9 when I couldn't see the depression, which was hidden by a pile of logs so gave it away to Jason and he was only just behind again. Different route to 10 and Jason was coming in to it as I was leaving having gained a few seconds. Managed to dig a bit deeper over the final loop, navigated very cleanly, and, possibly thanks to a slightly shorter split, got a bit of a gap.
Handed over with a 1-13 lead, which Andy maintained until right at the end. So close!
Legs were pretty tired after the last couple of days. Didn't have a lot of strength and glad it was fairly flat. Hard work.