Looking forward to being able to breathe through my nose. However I think the difficulty with finding any pace today is more likely down to the last 5 days - probably need a rest day.
#1 was a good leg - I think I did it okay, just very slowly with a lot of stopping and thinking - but I didn't get trapped...
Got the decisions right on 2 and 3, but not 4 - I'd decided to go south and so came out of the school that way, but then changed my mind and went north. I think south is better (although it's close) but should have come out of school to north if going north. Basically - should've stuck with original choice rather than changing! Good planning from Paul.
Happy with route to 7 - Adam went E here but I think W is shorter? Although potentially more climb and more complex/more corners - so it's probably close.
Didn't spot that river on way to 12 was uncrossable and so elected to run along it for a bit and see if I could spot a way through the green - then when I'd committed to that route choice, noticed the black lines...
route still wasn't bad, but I think east is better, and I'd have gone that way if I'd been thinking straight.
Lost a bit of time on 18 due to navigating to 15 (trying to go round the loop again); maybe 30s. More bits of time lost on 21 (confused by crossing - my fault), 22 (should have cut in at the last moment and stayed on the reliable road surface for longer) and 24 (took the correct route E but stayed on the slippery path rather than coming back to the big one).
Just over 4 mins behind Adam, and 1ish behind Tom - 3rd/42
http://www.bristolorienteering.org.uk/sites/defaul...Splits show that Tom was simply running faster than me - nearly as fast as Adam, actually - but made more mistakes. I managed to take one split away from Adam - 24-25 - by one second. #victory