Orienteering race 1:03:13 [4] 5.05 mi (12:31 / mi) +195m 11:11 / mi
ahr:142
MLS - Blue - 6.9km - Longmoor, Petersfield.
Drove over with Grev & Allan & Claire.
Started steady and difficult to find #1 which was on the other side of the map. Caught 2mins by John Simmonds (M65) which made me increase pace. Saw him punch #2 but then he was away. Ok into #3.
Second long leg to #4 and quite early I stabbed my hand on some gorse and drew a lot of blood. Whilst dealing with that distraction I proceeded to misread the paths & compass & accomplished a large banana - nearly 4 minutes wasted plus lots of extra distance.
Sorted out #5, thrown in the circle at #6 by map being wrong. Then was trying to shift through shorter legs. Pretty clean until #12 where I was in the correct reentrant but standing on the wrong side of a tree for 15 seconds. Last two controls fine.
Good run out.