Real Orienteering (Chewton Diggings) 36:44 [4] *** 4.31 km (8:31 / km) +115m 7:31 / km
spiked:16/17c shoes: Nike Trail
Only one locational blunder, but a mediocre time. My mind was on the Roses Gap Music Camp, and orienteering was something to get over with before driving away. Pity really, as I had chosen to miss much of the first day of the camp to fit in this event. I like the map and I like Warren's course setting. I found the navigation surprisingly easy for my distracted condition. The only minor blunder was assuming a dirt wall would be passable and trying to go straight. I should have been safe and gone round. Maybe thats just bad luck. But I didn;t think about route choice and just went straight. As a consequence I dropped from 6th to 11th over two legs, 6 and 9. Both times I didn;t take the track option. For 6, I just didn''t see it. For 9 I saw it but wrongly assessed it as slower than straight.