Orienteering 26:22 [3] 3.13 km (8:26 / km)
ahr:132 max:163
Singapore Orienteering Series, Day Sprint
The map was a lot sketchier than last night, on a multilevel campus but they had only mapped “the ground level” - except that the are was quite hilly, so you often didn’t quite know which bit you were supposed to be on, or indeed if the mapped bit of “underpass” was at your level, above, or below!
They also put 40 controls out and said it was 5.6k based on a 1:5k map scale, but I only ran a little more than 3k and the scale was definitely at least 1:3000 if not 1:2500 (which I guess would explain it)
Plus today you had to run through some food courts, once you got over the “surely not” impulse in your head.
Jetlag was a little hardcore as the race started at 3:15am UK time, plus it was just a little bit warm again.
Got round ok although did not expect to be caught up by a visiting Australian chap named Grant, who was shifting but then got very confused by the mapping levels and finished behind. My SI download showed a control missing but I am 100% sure I was there so I’ll take it as a win anyway - the little things in life...
Today they still only had 15 open competitors but also 400+ schoolkids which was really great to see.
Organisation and planning were once again really good, so I suggested that they should host the World Sprint Orienteering Champs in 2024 or 2026. They have TONS of suitable areas in the city and a boatload of enthusiasm - so why not?
Running 43:05 [3] 6.95 km (6:12 / km) +215m 5:22 / km
ahr:134 max:171
Run back via the “Southern Ridges trail” - well mostly run until I got so flipping hot I had to walk a bit. Nice views and pleased to have found a cool way back.
My running kit was so wet that when I came back to the hotel I managed to wring out of it an impressive quantity of sweat...