Orienteering race (JK Day 2 - Long) 1:22:08 [4] 8.94 km (9:11 / km) +459m 7:19 / km
ahr:181 max:197 shoes: Walsh
M20L 7km 250m
Slow and disappointing run as I found the terrain really tough and struggled with the scale (haven't run on 1:15k since the last JK). Struggled through the green and couldn't hack the open marshland.
Control 1 was ok, found the 1st control on the Elite courses before and used it to navigate to mine. From the sounds of it, most of the Elites were to far east and too low. I crossed through too bands of green and found it exactly where I would have expected it to be!
Really messed up 2 by not reading the scale and vegetation correctly and lost 3minutes on a 1 minute leg. Cautious on 3 and the mistake of battling it through the green on the way to 4 but was fast initially in the open for 4 and 5. Fast through the white to number 6 and came out well. Slow to 7.
Terrible route choice to 8. Battled through green marsh to crossing point and then headed off 90 degrees in the wrong direction. Then struggled along the marsh unnecessarily before revisiting 5. Came to the control from a direction I wasnt expecting. Tuned out on the way to 9 and made another 90 degree error but ended up on an extremely runnable ride. Fast to 10 and ok to 11 but was a little off. Ok through 12-finish but slow uphill to 17 and 19.