Orienteering race 43:26 [5]
JK Middle
Like with the sprint, finished feeling like Id had a good solid run. Was actually really happy with this race, as with all the selection races my primary aim was consistency so keeping the concentration up all way round on this course was really important, and I feel I managed this. Despite this, there were a few silly blips which I sorted pretty quickly, but should have probably avoided.
1,2-good
3-slightly too far right (5secs)
4-shows a second fastest split although I left 3 in slightly the wrong direction and lost a bit of height unnecessarily. (5secs)
5-ok
6-accidentally mistook a wrong depression for my attackpoint and then decided to do a quick relocation off the fence rather than faff around, which meant running further than I would have needed but was probably a safe option to ensure I didnt waste any more time (1min30secs)
7-got a bit off-line while avoiding some undergrowth which wasnt on the map, should have looked up sooner to see the best route (30secs)
8,9,10,11-ok
12-slightly overshot, was struggling to tell up from down on the map. (45secs)
13,14,15,16,17,18,19-ok
20-after the section of tapes around the unmapped pile of cut wood that they warned about at the start, I got stuck on a path going in the wrong direction and had to fight through some undergrowth to get back on plan. (50secs)
21,22,23,24,F-ok
Was actually pretty terrified the whole way round that I'd make a massive mistake and was just so relieved when I finished without anything to regret. I might have lost almost 4mins in total but still pretty happy with this run.