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Sunday Jan 26, 2020 #
11 AM
Orienteering 49:56 [3] 7.59 km (6:35 / km) +78m 6:16 / km
ahr:135 max:168
GO Middle Distance Farley Heath Black course, 6.4/150
First proper orienteering event in ages, and it wasn't a classic. The area was grotty and the map a bit approximate, which meant some of the controls weren't quite where I expected them.
As a bonus, the new-looking O shoes I found in the cupboard completely fell apart over various stages of the race - first the sole came off shoe 1, then the underlay came off too, so by the end my toes were poking out. Shoe 2 managed to last a bit longer, but the sole was still halfway off by the end.
Having said that my orienteering was rusty so I lost a good 4 minutes on 3 biggish mistakes. The fitness was better than expected, especially in the second half. And the calves were fine.
So on balance, something to build on.
First proper orienteering event in ages, and it wasn't a classic. The area was grotty and the map a bit approximate, which meant some of the controls weren't quite where I expected them.
As a bonus, the new-looking O shoes I found in the cupboard completely fell apart over various stages of the race - first the sole came off shoe 1, then the underlay came off too, so by the end my toes were poking out. Shoe 2 managed to last a bit longer, but the sole was still halfway off by the end.
Having said that my orienteering was rusty so I lost a good 4 minutes on 3 biggish mistakes. The fitness was better than expected, especially in the second half. And the calves were fine.
So on balance, something to build on.