Orienteering race 1:47:05 [3] 9.6 km (11:09 / km)
Arthur's Seat Brown course mayhem. Forgot my Garmin watch so distance is course length. Impaired by blister under foot from yesterday so tried to go round steadily and focus on navigation and slowing down on the map scale changes. No major mistakes so did ok on that. Enjoyed the first middle style section. Thought the special feature was going to be the very top of the Seat. Couldn't believe it when I checked control description approaching 14 and it was top of climbing frame. Hesitant despite recent visit to a climbing wall, but managed it. Leaving 16 to the north I found a gap in crags to be somewhat dangerous but managed to slide down it without injury. On the long leg pondered the road option but thought it looked rather long, so went straight. Should have taken it, as steps down hill were really slippy and had to walk to avoid mishaps. Slowed right down for micro-o and got it right (46th on this section). But fading physically for the last loop. Strange things going on with gorse on approach to 27. DaveR motored past towards 32. Almost slipped down the hill at 33. I did say I was going to revert to blue this year. 58th out of ~80.
