Orienteering 1:53:45 [4] *** 11.0 km (10:20 / km) +455m 8:34 / km
spiked:19/24c shoes: 2007 Falcons
Longshaw National - M21L. Absolutely knackered after the week's training and really quite slow. Made a conscientious decision to try to get things right, as didn't want to run further than I had to, so too many stops/slowing downs to check the map.
Started off at a comfortable pace to #1 and never managed to pick it up, too slow through the heather towards #4 and then really cautious down anything steep and rocky as the co-ordination seemed lacking and I didn't want to face-plant. Really hesitant out of #4, still hitting controls cleanly until #8 where misread a spur as a reentrant. Dropped down too early to #10, along part of the river crossing marked route. Then brain clearly wasn't awake as didn't take the opportunity to plan the rest of the course, struggling to work out the best way from 11-12. Then really slow round the rest of the course, losing a minute or so on #15 and #19, and a bit more on #22. Became a real effort to cross any rough terrain or jump streams/ditches and Scott just eased past me on the long run-in to the finish.
About 5 minutes of mistakes - 45" on #8, 15" on #10, 1' on #15, 75" on #19, 2' on #22. Route choices weren't so great on a couple of occasions but often couldn't tell from the map what the runnability of the areas would be like. Splitsbrowser shows that my pace was alright for the first 7 or so controls then I dropped off rapidly. Probably a result of the week's training after being ill, although my endurance isn't good enough anyway.
And this week coming is certainly intended as an easy week!