Orienteering (FOREST) race 50:52 [5] ***** 8.15 km (6:14 / km) +226m 5:29 / km
shoes: Inov8 x-talons 230
Northern Champs - 1st (3rd on course 2)
Good start to the season with a rather surprising result. My plan was to play it safe and just get round with a decent enough result to put me in the top five. Took the first 5 controls easy making sure that I got a feel for the area before I started to go up to full race pace. Control 6 was the long one, I choose to go as straight as possible and luckily picked up random paths which led me perfectly to the control. Once in the open the legs were finally able to start moving and I didn't struggle with any of the controls. For some reason I was racing really sensibly only taking risks which were calculated as well as making sure I was traffic lighting. The control pick near the end was when I really started to flow and only made two little errors before a satisfying run in knowing I had done what I planed.