Orienteering race 1:09:23 [4] 6.8 mi (10:12 / mi)
(injured) shoes: VJ Integrator (8.5)
Scottish 6 days Day 6. Poor ending to the week. Made a three minute plus mistake at number 3 when I though I'd overshot and turned back, but in fact hadn't gone far enough. Punched the control just behind Mark Bown (my three minute man) and then chased after him.
I then did something strange to the inside of my ankle jumping down a crag on the way to 5, and seemed to jar it quite badly. The uneven ground meant that every time I put my weight on my left foot I got a shooting pain up the inside of the ankle.
Managed to just about keep Mark in sight, and caught him back up when he made a miss on 16. We then lost a couple of minutes on 17 (the crossing point seemed too far up the wall), and I lost him again going downhill to 21 as the downs were really painful, got back with him at 25, but then lost a minute on the last km of the course which was all downhill.
Lost a couple of positions on the day and finished 16th overall. Overall, disappointed with my races (apart from day 4), but my navigation was rusty and my terrain strength poor - neither of which came as a particular surprise to me.
But I enjoyed the social side of it, it was nice not to be at work, and the weather was good.