9 AM
Running (road) warm up/down 11:16 [2] 1.67 km (6:46 / km) +13m 6:31 / km
shoes: Inov 8 Oroc 2016 2
Jog to the start with Aine, Conor and Jonny. Lovely day and feeling nice. Met Greg and had a chat before some strides in the forest.
Orienteering race 37:39 [4] **** 4.94 km (7:37 / km) +101m 6:55 / km
spiked:14/18c shoes: Inov 8 Oroc 2016 2
ROC day 3 open 8 course, 4.3 km
Started 1 min after Jonny and 2 mins after Conor. Went direct through the green for 1 and had the confidence to move well. Really enjoyed this. 2-3 were fine, paying attentions, route to 2 would have been better straight. Was super silly on 4 and just didn't pay attention to what I was doing. Had like 3 plans and didn't pick any of them. Need to pick one and do it. 5 I lacked confidence when the whole plan was to be confidence. 6 & 7 were goo. It helped to have been in this area before. I made the same mistake as before on 8 though. Didn't look at how much climb actually needed to be done so was too low. Line wasn't perfect for 10 but was getting my act together and then I was much smoother after that. Focus was better and I had a good grasp of what the map was telling me. Apart from getting stuck in the marsh going to 11 was happy with the finish, and had good legs for the last few.
Points to note:
Direction out of control is huge.
Be confident in my decisions
My legs are decent.
Running (road) warm up/down 9:34 [2] 1.44 km (6:39 / km)
shoes: Inov 8 Oroc 2016 2
Jog back to the arena with Conor and Kris J and Jonny was behind us. Warm out. Good bants.