Orienteering race 1:22:32 [4] ***** 7.6 km (10:52 / km)
spiked:15/18c
OY at Amiens. First OY of the year, on the 20 yo Amiens map. was a bit apprehensive at the start, didn't feel so great after yesterdays training, and the last time I ran at Amiens I remember it being quite thick. Liz had set the courses for todays race and it turned out to be a scenic tour of the best Amiens had to offer - nice runnable forest (comparively) and some great legs across the bare rock. did most of the course quite well, but had a couple of wobbles due to a tendancy to drift right on compass bearings... at least by the end I knew where to start relocating from!
Reasonably happy with the run, although 10min ks was the goal - unfortunately blowouts in this terrain are punished severely. 10mins behind Clive, and ahead of the other guys. highlight was probably getting within a couple of seconds of Clive on a leg he ran well on!.