Orienteering race (Southern Champs at Penhal) 1:56:16 [5]
shoes: MoreMile Cheviot
I was really nervous about the navigation going into this, and prepared alot for this with old maps. As it went I was really pleased with my navigation as I never once lost contact with the map or didn't know where I was, although my route choices weren't always the best. It turned out that the physical side was too much and around control 17 I realised that I was quickly running out of energy. It was actually pretty scarey, and by the time I decided to give up at control 21 I only just managed to walk back to the finish. It might have been a combination of a lingering cold and yesterday's run and lots of people said they were dehydrated. I certainly wasn't the only one to not complete though and it was a tough set of courses. Really nice routes though and the was great.
