Running26:58 [2] 3.42 mi (7:53 / mi) +12m7:48 / mi shoes: New Balance 1064 (2)
Leg stretch. Got wet.
12 PM
Orienteering58:51 5.19 mi (11:20 / mi) +301m9:37 / mi ahr:143 max:154 shoes: VJ Integrator (8.5)
Scottish 6 Days, Day 4. 3rd place. Winner 53.46.
It was only a matter of time, and today I made my first 'I really have absolutely no idea where I am' mistake of the week, and I did it on the first control. I got pulled left, and was then convinced I hadn't gone far enough up the hill, when actually I'd gone too far. I just could not relocate, and eventually fell on the control. 5.30 lost. Bugger.
I then tried a clever route to number 3, staying left round the hill. Unfortunately it wasn't very clever, and nobody else had done it so I got stuck in tussocky bog and bracken. At number 3 my 6 minute man (who had won on day 3 and won today) had caught me. He got ahead when I took another rubbish route to 4, but I had him in my sights and ran hard to catch him again at 9.
Now the underfoot running was much better and I easily overtook him and was able to get out of sight and take a minute out by the finish, but still ended up 5 minute behind.
However, I did keep up the record of being in the lead when I have punched the finish control of each day. It didn't last very long today though!
So struggled with the terrain running on the first 4 controls, plus made one massive mistake and took a couple of dodgy routes. That all lost me about 7 minutes. The last section was good, running much better and navigating quite nicely. Very lucky to finish in 3rd place.