Orienteering race (JK relay) 42:30 [4] 6.5 km (6:32 / km)
(sick) shoes: Freet Mudgrip
Pwll Du. My debut in the BOK men's 120+ team with Clive and Geoff. Me on first leg. Still not well, but well enough to give it an honest go, dosed up with paracetamol.
I'd heard the courses were going to be worth trying and I'd been promised an easy gaffle by one of the planners.
Despite not even being close to fully fit, my race could have gone a whole lot better.
My left shoe came off in the marsh on the way to #1, and I slipped over and had to scramble back through the first-leg stampede to retreive it from under everyone's feet, losing a good number of places that I'd just claimed by finding a sheep track along the edge of the marsh.
On arriving at #3 I discovered my dibber was no longer on my finger. Had to walk back retracing my route through the heather from #2 and miraculously found it, losing yet more places.
Other than that my navigation was fairly clean, once again presumably due to a slower running speed. There must be a lesson to be learnt here somewhere.
Found myself running with Cap'n Paul for the second half, unable to shake him off my back.
Finished well down overall but 12th in the 120+ race. Over to the legendary Clive to claw us back into 3rd place and then on to Geoff for a head to head with SYO for 2nd/3rd. Finished 3rd overall, so my first ever JK podium finish, despite being ill and losing my shoe and dibber. All credit to Clive and Geoff for making something out of my farce of a first leg.
And thanks to Keith and Mark for my easy gaffle and for a great day.
A fantastic result from Laura on her first leg W120+, finishing in 3rd place.