Terrain Run (Orienteering section) 2:19:50 [3] ***** 16.16 km (8:39 / km) +520m 7:27 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Mudclaw
Glegarriff Horseshoe, started at the forest park carpark, ran the Big Meadow walk to Lady Bantry's Lookout to warm up then crossed to Magic's Shrone Hill map for a short middle distance training then ran (and scrambled) to the summit ridge, followed it to the col between it and Derrynafulla, (used the 1986 CorkO map from here) contoured around DnF above the tree line until I dropped to join the road into Coomerkane Valley at the bridge. Left the valley on the road then entered the mostly felled Coilte plantation on the West of the Forest Park and made my way to Pooleen (impromptu bath in stream) from here up the forest roads to the North edge of the Forest Park, joined the Esknamucky walk and ran it in reverse. Beautiful evening, very variable runability, 1986 map useful for route finding in the open.