Orienteering race 2:27:42 [3] **** 4.92 mi (30:01 / mi)
ahr:121 max:151 19c shoes: Gray/Teal X-Talon 230
Scottish 6 Days Moray 2023 Day 1 Lossie W55L Long set at 5.3 km
We were at S6D in 2013 in Moray so this was a return to a map I'd seen once before. In 2013, I ran W45S so I entered in W55L with the hope that I've learned something in the past 10 years. Started in the forested coastal dunes of comtrols 1 to 11. These made much more sense to me than I remember and looking back at the 2013 map, the legs were much harder. Struggled on C5, 9 (went back to the clearing multiple times), and 11. C13 and 14 were long with lots of confusing unmapped extraction trails; ended up bailing to the road to figure out where I was but still had problems. Also had some problems in the green at the end, especially C17.
Happy to have finished in less than 2.5 hrs on a sunny warm day!