https://www.boc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#38&cour...Pretty happy with this result given my lack of running for the month previous and the variety of injuries. Navigation was pretty solid all the way around, but just lacked the fitness to really challenge for the places. Just off the back of the main pack. Really nice location and a fun day out
1 - Good bearing and hit the control well, but just a bit slow as getting into the course and therefore didn't attack the control too much
2 - Good initial bearing and saw other people going into the control so pretty easy
3 - Distracted by the photographer? Went to the wrong hill initially so lost 40 seconds here
4 - Very solid nav, again not massively quick running but did well here
5 - Good here and falling into a nice rythym
6 - Not able to run quickly but chose the right route I think and followed my plan very nicely
7 - Perhaps could have gone over the top here, but didn't and I doubt that it cost me too much time tbh
8 - This would have been a very god leg, but lost my bearing towards the end an not really picking up features as I ran along towards the end, but Adam helped me to find it in the end
9 - Nicely done
10 - Good again
11 - spiked
12 - spiked
13 - Was all going well but then I went too low and missed the control costing 90 seconds here
14 - Didn't initially spot the smaller wall on the map which threw me off and just in general pretty slow to this control with lots of hesitation. 100 seconds lost
15 - Went slightly too low. Groin was really hurting by this point. It is a minor niggle but was pretty painfull and disrupting my stride for sure, so having to stretch it as I ran!
16 - Was now about mking no major mistakes and finishing with all my little niggles. Nasty leg, but good nav helped me through easily until a slip up in the circle costing me 30 seconds
17 - Nicely done
18 - Easy again
19 - Solid stuff
20 - Came slightly too low here, but overall pretty good
21 - Feeling slightly unstable on my legs so not able to put it in as I would have liked to and came out slightly wide an was not able to beat jo goodwin which would have been nice
22 - solid but steady
Finish
Overall happy considering all niggles. Ranking points are pretty bad. Got 20 more at the welsh league event and I ran more accurately and quickly today over very similar terrain but oh well.
Main thing to focus on from the whole weekend is precision of navigation and focus on the circle, keeping my compass on the map where I am running will surely help with this and the main thing to work on other than my fitness
My route was very similar to that of Matthew Gooch who won so that is a positive for sure