Orienteering race (Christmas 5 days ) 49:24 [5] *** 6.35 km (7:47 / km) +141m 7:00 / km
13c shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212 #3
Day 3 - Penrose State Forest
Okay run, there were some good bits and other not so good bits. I think the routes I was choosing weren't particularly well suited to the terrain, as taking the track options each time would've been a lot quicker due to the thickness of the vegetation underfoot.
Got caught in some green on the way to #1 as my bearing wasn't great and within a hundred metres I was off it anyway. Went in a bit too early on #4 from not concentrating and checking distance enough and then had to retie my shoelace which cost me around a minute in total. Had a really bad headache at #5 (the ones where you can feel your brain bumping into your skull with every step) so took the gel I had with me in the hopes of it somehow helping and it went away fairly quickly which was lucky!Was getting a bit uncertain as I approached #6 so slowed down but was actually going okay. Should've checked direction better going to #7 and should've definitely taken the track options to #9 and #13.
Knew that this wasn't the best run but was still a little bit surprised by how much Anni beat me by, but I guess that there were a fair few places where I could've saved time.
Fun though and its all good training anyway.