Orienteering race 2:04:57 [5] ***** 12.13 km (10:18 / km) +200m 9:31 / km
shoes: VJ Falcon
SL3. One man relay, 4 loops.
Completely stuffed 1st loop. Lost time on 2, 4, 5 controls. Not sure how much time I lost at this point(need to compare splits with other guys) but it was a lot. I was finishing 1st loop with Scott Simpson who was finishing 2nd!
Then all started to get better! I slowed down and red map very well, hitting controls without any time losses.So 2nd and 3rd loops were good. 4th loop started with a problem - lost 5-6 mins on a car wreck control which looked easy. Then running to 2nd control I caught Rohan and David (M45) and we pretty much ran together to the finish. Started to get cramps around 1st control but lucky it did not get worse.
Finished 1st in my age group, Scott did not punch one of the drink controls otherwise his time was 85mins which is incredible. Ian Jones 1.47, Tony Hill 1.48 in M45.