After so many cancelled races due to snow and bad weather a very busy schedule planned for the weekend of 4 races. First off was the Kings Buildings 5 mile road race. Weather was nice with clear skys although still a chill in the air. Delighted to get my best ever time over 5 miles having run this course 5 times now.
2005 - 39:44
2007 - 36:35
2008 - 37:36
2009 - 38:35
2010 - 36:18
Also nice to end a rather worrying trend line !
After this I had about an hours gaps before a tough sprint around the Kings Buildings university campus on a short 22 control orienteering course. Good run although not too fast after previous race. Placing not great but a good fun race.
Finished the day off with the British Night Orienteering Championships in the North Pentlands hills. Night O is always a bit scary but not do bad when you know the location well. Horrible first leg which was really long and complex got me off to a bad start. Found a long and safish route to it. Couldn't find controls 4 & 5 so headed off the hills early (after 1 hr 19 mins !) having found 7 of the 11 controls. The BBC were out on the hills filming for the Adventure Show. Hopefully they will edit me out as I wasn't a pleasant sight struggling to find my way round in the dark.
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