DVO Level B, Birchen Edge.
Short Brown, 8.3km, 195m.
The weather kindly relented before I had to start so no glasses problems. Started 3 mins after Ali Thornton and, despite a good start, I never got close to him. Drifted off line en route to #6 hitting the edge a good 200m north of where I intended (-1 min). Got in a train of Black course runners through #7 to #12, then coming out of #12 my buff got pulled off by a tree. Stopped to pick it up and put it in my bumbag, by which time my train was in the distance. Chased off after them for a few 100m before realising they were heading the wrong way for my #13. Confused I wandered about a bit before relocating (- 1 min). Biggest mistake was at #18 which I thought was a bit bingo in the deep (but dead) bracken. Followed someone into the wrong control before eventually finding the correct one (- 2mins).
Finished 1 min down on Ali and 30s on John Duckworth. OKish.
Hamstring was problematic again.
Results:
http://www.derwentvalleyorienteers.org.uk/results/...
Routegadget (course 3):
http://www.derwentvalleyorienteers.org.uk/results/...