Orienteering race 1:06:08 [5] *** 6.0 km (11:01 / km) +230m 9:15 / km
spiked:15/18c shoes: Jalas
Day 6 of Scottish Six Days. No, no, no! Did it yet again! Got off to a good start and spiked teh first control in a decent time. Then was travelling well to the 2nd and then didn't quite finish off, veering off close to teh control and losing around 2 minutes there. It was proving tricky to navigate/relocate in this open moorland terrain and I was having trouble coming to grips with it. The terrain was tough to run through with knee high heather and swampy marshes. But that is no excuse. Then on the 3rd and 4th controls, just got completely lost, esp on the 4th. I really have no idea what went wrong or where I wound up, but it took me ages to find 4 (around 10 minutes for a leg the winner did in 1.45). After that, I ran really well and my splits were very respctable in the top 10 and not far off the winner. Then tired over the last part of the course and just jogged it in. Big downhill finish that would have been good if I was feeling fresh and happy with the run. But i was feeling fairly disgusted with the lost opportunity to post a good time that I just couldn't get too enthused. Disappointing as I should have done well here. Shoulda, coulda, woulda, ....