Orienteering race (Schools league- delta) 22:35 [5] *** 2.6 km (8:41 / km)
ahr:186 max:199 11c shoes: New Balance 477
Schools league final. I had a pretty bad run. I just wasn't feeling it and my concentration was bad. I would like to blame the arm chair planning, the map which I don't think was entirely updated and the control placing which Henrik corrected slightly on the way round his course (not that I think I had any of those controls) but no one else seemed to complain.
I didn't feel like I was going very fast but my average heart rate was pretty high. I probably lost a few second at no. 4. I was confused at no. 5 coz the paths didn't match up but I shouldn't have worried about that. I didn't pace myself well so I had to walk up the hill to no.6. No.8 was much further down than I thought and the dry ditches weren't so dry. After struggling through the vegetation and long grass from 7 to 9 my legs were itchy and scratched and I was irritated. I definitely should have worn my gaiters. I wasn't concentrating to no.10.
All in all I wasn't very pleased. The navigation was pretty straight forward so I'm cross that I messed up so much. I grumbled a lot afterwards but looking at the map now I can't see much to complain about.
Stephanie won in 19mins, Zoe 2nd, Jess L 3rd. I'm not sure if Jess H beat me so I either came 4th or 5th.