Orienteering race (Cleeve Hill) 58:19 [3] *** 6.9 km (8:27 / km) +222m 7:17 / km
ahr:156 spiked:16/19c (injured) shoes: inov8 MUDCLAW 300
Harvester Relay Leg 1 B race 6.1km.
My request not to do a long course required late changes to the NGOC teams to accomodate me. This meant I was down for first leg of the B race. Never planned to get out of 2nd gear and to walk if feeling strained. Was feeling great through the first 10 controls in 25 minutes and was probably leading the pack. Woops may have got a little exited.
Then i started feeling my hip flexor and there was much more walking through the rest coming back in 6th at the handover. Still probabaly higher up than i planned to be when i set off. No major mistakes as I was going slowly and i have run on the hill many times. Got to watch a pack of juniors on my leg keep getting lost and I would overtake them. This leapgrogging went on from control 2 - 15
Really happy I was able to put a run together of sorts and run for NGOC in this their main event of the year.
Training plan now is going to be rather boring and involve a lot of swimming. Probably two weeks then see where i'm at. There's no races planned between now and Canada so I can't be tempted to race when injured.