Orienteering race (Northaw Great Wood) 1:10:49 [4] *** 11.2 km (6:19 / km) +285m 5:37 / km
spiked:27/31c shoes: Inov8 Oroc 340 IV
HH Ace of Herts - Black - Northaw Great Wood
Nice little area of deciduous forest, pretty runnable. A little tired from yesterday and faded a bit after an hour. Caught by CS (reversal of SN Tro) at 22 and that helped to push and stay focused to the end. Straight was usually best so bearing practice from yesterday was useful. Nav was good apart from a blip around 15,16,17 bit rushed after the first mistake and missed them all left.
Mistakes ~2:45min
(2)(0:15) - RC brambles were well mapped, should have taken path
(4)(0:30) - Poor bearing/pushed left by veg. +150m
(9)(0:15) - RC didn't stay on top of progress on long path leg
(15)(0:15) - Missed slightly (30m) left
(16)(0:15) - Bit annoyed at c15, poor exit bearing
(17)(1:00) - Still a bit rushed, didn't read enough or have good bearing
(19)(0:15) - Hesitated, control came quicker than expected after map flip
Pos: 4/18
Winner: A. Llewellyn 1:08:47mins (+2:02mins +3%)
Actual distance 13.0 km (5:27 min/km)