Round 5 of the summer league was set in the picturesque village of Hathersage, with Stanage edge towering above it. It was all abit of a rush getting ready ( I rebuilt my bike at 10pm the night before as I hadn’t had chance since getting back from Denmark late on Sunday) and picked up Cath’s orienteering box not mine so no compass, si card or contact lenses……..
I decided to head up towards Stanage edge first so set off in the considerable heat. I made a small error coming out of the town from the car park and missed a junction up to #6 which I intended getting on the way to #2 but thought it unlikely that I would get them all in such hot conditions so decided to leave it out and carry on.
My legs were sore after the Walton Chasers club classic distance foot orienteering race of Tuesday night (I took a few scalps and won 🙂 ) but it didn’t seem to slow me down at all on the big climbs. I rode well but realised as I came South that it was a mistake to leave the control, as I cleared the course, arriving back at the start 9 mins early.
With one league event to go another =1st would have set up the League niceley for a last race finalee but Ben Plowman is now unbeatable with 3 1st places (3 to count from 6 races) so I will have to settle for 2nd or 3rd.
results available here….