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I spent a very pleasant afternoon with my son on very hot and sunny beach in Bournemouth, watching the air display. It was only in the evening we learnt that one of the Red Arrows pilots had crashed.
Two courses for the price of one today (excellent value!)
This was about the fourth time I have run in Hove Park. According to winsplits I had a consistent but slow run. I felt reasonably good and navigation was easy (apart from control two which saw two of us running round a little building before diving into the bushes to find the control). I am very unfit at the moment – lack of time for training and lack of orienteering generally – so thought 24 minutes for 3.2km was not too bad, especially as it was becoming seriously hot in the sunshine towards the end.
The second course was a genuine sprint around two adjoining school campuses. I did enjoy this very much as the navigation was intricate and demanded total concentration, but with 26 controls I wished I was fresher. There were fewer long runs and more darting around buildings, up stairs and so on which suited me. I was not as slow as I feared but yet again lost concentration and missed a control, so was disqualified. I have a very bad habit of doing this at the moment.
The list of really good orienteers who were disqualified for the same reason (though at different controls) made me feel a little better!
There were some nice views of the sea and the breeze across the school field was very welcome.
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