Orienteering race 14:50 [5] 2.4 mi (6:11 / mi)
NOL sprint race at keithcott farm. fun race, and more technically demanding than I expected. I was a bit hesitant at the start - just wasn't in the groove and not confident, even though the controls were really easy. once I got up the hill to the school the cobwebs were gone and I was pretty happy with the rest of the run, and hit all the controls in the school area fine.
could see I was slowly catching Al, and the too-young-to-be-'evergreen' Shannon catching me.
Orienteering race 39:22 [5] 4.9 km (8:02 / km)
NOL middle, chasing start. started with a 25sec gap to Kathryn, and 5secs in front of Indre. Indre caught me straight away, and we ran through to about 4 together - she was running too fast for me, and I dropped off a bit, and got caught by Tash. Caught Kathryn for a few controls about the same time - I think she went to 13 instead of 3 and lost a bit of time there. Had Kathryn in sight till the far part of the second loop, but then made a really stupid mistake on 12 (in the erosion on the hill) and was way too high. ended up back in a big pack then. pushed pretty hard up the hill, and went right to 15. back running with Tash, although I think there was a bit of a train spread out behind. a bit messy on the last loop - probably paying too much attention to racing Tash rather than finding controls. Smashed the hill up to the last control to avoid a sprint finish. Came in 4th, but the group behind had all caught up enough to beat me on time.
Running 20:00 [2]
morning run. still dark - just a hint of dawn on one horizon, and lightning on the other
Running warm up/down 50:00 [2]
for both races