Orienteering race 53:58 [4] *** 7.88 km (6:51 / km) +69m 6:34 / km
ahr:166 max:178 26c shoes: Salomon Speedcross 4
Ross Castle
Didn't push, was mindful of the calf, and the whole point was to see if it would survive. It did. So i'll enter the NI champs.
Got 1 & 2 alright but made a mess of 3. Went too far and made the features fit beyond to think I was in the right place. So a bit of time lost looking in the wrong place. Then realised my error and went back.
After that I didn't make any serious mistakes, maybe 24 being the other one, but that was more climbing down a cliff that I didn't need to. Some small misses/hesitations in the circle at times. Didn't execute the last control to the finish as I intended but that could have been for the best. It was going to be a direct route across the marsh by the car park. Way I ended up going was alright in the end. But the route had me thinking for a while.
Some route choice which was good. And some controls needed some thought, 17 in particular, really didn't know how to attack that control. Got it fine though. Used compass for it and for the next short leg to get direction right. Do need to do more of that.