Run race ((orienteering)) 21:00 [4] *** 2.2 km (9:33 / km) +100m 7:47 / km
spiked:2/2c
Suspected I wouldn't be up to it but there was only one way to find out. Learned pretty quickly that I wasn't up to it - weak as expected, but also rather light-headed and finding it very hard to focus. Wasn't going to do myself any favours slogging it out for a couple of hours in foul weather (although it turned out not to get quite as foul quite as quickly as originally anticipated). Haven't seen any times as yet - will be interested to see what people did, and the routes on some of the key legs.
In anticipation of some really foul weather, I think this is the first time I've ever worn thermals to race (or even to train) in Australia. Less favourable in the gear department were the shoes - by mistake I picked up the retired about-to-fall-apart pair. Not sure whether they would have got through a full race but I didn't find out. The shoes went into the bin as soon as I got home....
Will take things fairly carefully this week until I get a better sense of running normally.