Running warm up/down 21:30 [1] 3.6 km (5:58 / km) +20m 5:49 / km
WU and WD at Taita. Found a fig tree. Unfortunately not ripe.
Orienteering 17:52 [4] 2.55 km (7:00 / km) +90m 5:57 / km
Evening Sprint event around Taita cemetery. Not sure how comfortable I am about racing around a cemetery, but have to admit I did have a lot of fun.
Steep course with plenty of map reading. Made two massive mistakes, one when I got confused as by what was an open area on the map, but more graves on the ground. By the time I figured things out and reoriented myself, I ran straight to #13, not 12. Oops. Didn't even get 12 cleanly once I figured it out either.
Lost another minute and a half cutting through some green to #16. Cutting through wasn't the problem, but a combination of the scale and my direction meant I missed the control by a long long way. Got my direction wrong when correcting the mistake too, so ended up doing 4x the necessary distance on the leg overall.
Probably need to get a SH thumb compass aye.
But most important, nice to do a sprint again :)
Orienteering 11:33 [4] 1.75 km (6:36 / km) +55m 5:42 / km
Went back out and did the short course, which had none of the same legs. Much better, 2 small mistakes.