Orienteering 1:08:25 [3] 10.23 km (6:41 / km) +200m 6:06 / km
ahr:142 max:172
Military League Long Valley South
Brown course, 8.7/225
Really tough course today on what is actually a top class area - lots of sharp ups and downs and plenty of tricky contour squiggles (which I’m finding increasingly difficult to see; I really do need to have my eyes lasered...)
A decent effort, physically ok if not great and only one ‘proper’ mistake of c.90s when all 27 controls needed care. Although I lost 30s+ on a few other controls where I thought I’d done ok, it just shows how much time you can gain by truly picking the best line on an area like this.
In the lead halfway, but ended up 3rd, +3.36
The Southern (possibly British) champs should have been here in November, but the Army scotched it with max. numbers. A real shame.