Orienteering race 1:11:02 [3] **** 7.6 mi (9:21 / mi) +215m 8:35 / mi
shoes: Inov8 Mudclaw 330
H2 @ Mt Billy (GPS was 8.89k)
Didn't feel particularly fresh at any point, due mainly to a new version of the family cold and perhaps partly due to my first full week of training in a while.
Okay to 1, although I assumed I had made an error and thusly created one right on top of the control. At 2 I came off the wrong part of a clearing and took a while to convince myself to go back to the clearing and do it properly.
There seemed to be a lot of extra green around and this contributed to a lack of running speed at times.
Another blue at 10 where I drifted left, thought I might have gone right and eventually doubled back to the control. After that it was smooth and generally easier running.