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Sitting in Palmy Hospital waiting... Can't cope with this headache sore eyes real bad throat thing any longer. Need to see if I have a nasty infection of some kind. Cnt sleep well. After hours so nowhere else to turn.
Ok, a bit despirate I know, but a couple of yrs ago I got an infection into the lungs and carried on running which wasn't a good idea, took at least 6mnths to fix, didn't want a repeat.
It appears to be viral so apart from feeling terrible it shld be ok, so no antibiotics.
Orienteering Race 1:02:35 [3]
Oceania Day 1. Long dist @ Fusilier.
Still alive surprisingly but a bit shattered.
Eased into it and was impressed with the cool and tricky terrain in the first block, just kept it in control. Managed to hold a good compass on long c5 so starting to get comfortable. Long c6 also great but lost 40sec purely on running speed!
Then came c7, tricky shortish in green lines, took it really easy but somehow lost contact, running around thinking I new wheqe I was when I didnt, struggled for so long to relocate. Ameteur. Lost 5 mins.
regrouped and then disaster struck again at c11. What a tardy mistake,basically entering a forest block near a drinks control as confirmation, mixing it up with another drinks control 200m up the road that I never saw on the map. Convinced it was correct as I could sort of make the terrain fit and some others appeared to be hunting for the same control. V Silly. Figured it out after going back out to the road several times and doing the same error over and over. Lost 10:40!!!.
Tried to hit the reset button after that and at least pretent I could orienteer but wasn't that sharp near the circle on a couple more controls.