Orienteering race (North Ledge H2) 1:07:27 [4] *** 8.53 km (7:55 / km) +333m 6:37 / km
spiked:12/19c shoes: x-talon 212
Got started much later than I'm used to, and with totally insufficient warm up after getting the family + 1 started on their VE course. Really felt the need for the WU after actually runnig for the last few days. Oh well.
GPS trace will make for pretty interesting reading. Didn't go anywhere near where I plannjed for #1, but got it OK in the end. Made a total hash of #2 in the rock detail. Had a few friends in there doing the same thing, so will be interesting to see how the detail matches where I actually went.
Slow to 3, but OK. Took a slide on a wet rock face on the way to #4. Have a pretty sore thumb and a hole in my hand now. 5 and 6 OK nav but both slow. Just couldn't get going in the terrain. Really needed to be feeling fitter and stronger to have any hope of getting aggressive enough to bach through at pace. Certainly not up to it today.
Got way off line on 7 and still missed even after relocation, then followed the wrong line of rocks up to 8. Was about 45 degrees off where I was meant to be going...
Super hesitant downhill to 9, but got there in the end after stopping on one wrong set of rocks on the way.
10 and 11 were long transport legs, but at least I got running a bit. Going past all the MTBers getting their bikes driven back to the top of the hill made me think I was doing the wrong sport for the day.
The rest was pretty bland, either straight line running or track options. At least I started to hold a straight line a bit better and the bush was more runnable, so felt a lot better physically. Stood around on the wrong side of the right rock at 15 and a bit hesitant down the hill into 16 where I didn't see the flag tucked in behind a shrub, but otherwise OK.
Knackered now.