Run ((orienteering)) 41:35 [3] *** 4.3 km (9:40 / km) +160m 8:09 / km
spiked:16/18c
Day 3 of Easter at Umuna. A generally better run than yesterday but spoiled by a particularly brainless mistake on one of the course's easiest controls, the drinks control #10 on top of a hill. I even managed to run across a track without noticing it. 2 1/2 minutes were lost there; without that I would have been in the mix for third today (though it made no difference to my overall result, 6th). Somewhat to my surprise, the delay in the SI unit's response at #11 revealed that I'd gone through Matt Stocks and hadn't yet been caught by Jon, but both got onto me over the closing controls and eventually finished ahead of me on the ground (though not by much). The other wobble was 30 seconds or so in the circle at 2, but definitely felt stronger than yesterday (which isn't saying much). Bruce blew us all away again, with 28.
Overall I think I'm about where I expected to be after a poor six months of training, but it's still a bit disconcerting to have that proven to the world. At least I've managed to put together four days of running for the first time in a while, and am hoping that a reasonably trouble-free (injury-wise) couple of weeks might be a springboard to a winter that's better than the summer has been.
