Orienteering (British Champs!) 1:08:46 [4] 8.0 km (8:36 / km) +170m 7:46 / km
spiked:11/16c
W18 Elite course.. Must have done about 10km; well thats what im claiming anyway :)
Thought the area was ok, especially liked the wooded areas because they were runnable; just didn't enjoy the actual course that much! Plus some of the marshes went up to the top of my leg.. NOT GOOD :p
Went OK. Started off quite slow so that i didn't go wrong. Maybe could have gone off a little faster?
Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 were good and i spiked the control; this probably got me too excited because i then lost myself at number 5 - probably a 2minute+ error! Then 6, 7 and 8 were good and i got them spot on in the tricky area of pits/depressions.. However, i lost myself at 9 again, probably over-excitment from the previous three.. *MUST remember not to get toooo excited!* Porbably lost about 4minutes again on 9 :(
Number 10 and 11 were fine also.. But on 12 i was wondering around the top/sides of the spur when i should have been at the bottom; lost about 3-4minutes once again!!
After that, i took 13 quite slowly and got it spot on and 14 was also quite good.. Found 15 a tricky control and didn't have a plan for it so lost about 1minute on that because of panic! And the final control, 16, i went 45 degrees the wrong way, but realised half way down so carried on to the track along the fence to the control..
Overall i think i lost at least 10minutes, if not even more!
This is starting to really irritate me now; eliminating the mistakes would make me so much better!!! Rather subdued i think =/