Running warm up/down 15:00 [1] 2.0 km (7:30 / km)
shoes: Yellow Inov8 X-talons 212
Warm up. No idea how far/long this was as I was trying to save the battery on my watch
Orienteering 1:12:57 [4] 8.0 km (9:07 / km)
shoes: Yellow Inov8 X-talons 212
JEC Spectator Long
No idea on distance as my watch died at about no.2
Started well, going fast and hitting them well. Didn't see the round route to no.4, but straight was fine until I tried to cross the rough open. Was further right than I thought, so ended up battling through brambles and grott. Got to the track and decided that tracks were the way to go from then on. (Ran along the path to find the rough-open I wanted to cross, only to find it was a lot more runnable...)
Running well through the next few, using my compass well and was really excited to see there was a butterfly loop. Real mess of no.9, think mainly because the rides were really confusing me (not sure if me or them...). Then no.13 and 14 just couldn't use my compass at all.
Started to get really hungry now, but back out of the green again which was a relief. No mistakes after this, although got a bit confused when Abi and Matthew were running in completely a different direction to me (turns out they had already turned over the map...).
Really enjoyed the course, and good to see I ran felt strong the whole 70+ minutes, just kicking myself about the mistakes