Orienteering 38:56 [4] 4.3 km (9:03 / km)
shoes: Black Inov8 X-Talons
Fin5 Day 4 - Middle(2)
Pretty happy with this race. Been dissapointed with my technique in the last few forest races - making mistakes I really shouldn't be making, and just generally being slow and sloppy. Focused on really having a plan, with features to pick off as I was going, instead of just running in generally the right direction and hoping to find things (works in lots of places like Scotland, but really really not here). Anyway, really good for the first few, knew exactly where I was going. Then lost some concentration coming in to a tiny notch in a contour (apparently a re-enterant, but I wouldn't tell anyone...), so lost quite a lot of time messing around on a hillside. Then a really bad routechoice to the next control. After that I was angry with myself so actually orienteered really well - fast and smooth and always with a plan. Once again felt pretty strong.
Definitely the nicest forest of the week!! So so good