{"id":2683,"date":"2011-04-25T20:02:31","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T19:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2011-04-26T10:15:58","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T09:15:58","slug":"jk-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2683","title":{"rendered":"JK Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I was a little apprehensive going into day 3 after looking at the map the night before, discovering it to be essentially a steep grassy mountain covered with contour and rock detail. Waking on Sunday morning my legs were in a terrible state, every muscle and joint hurting after 85 minutes of dune bashing the day before. Since my foot operation a few years ago the one thing I still cannot do is contour on steep terrain, just small amounts of it causes too much pain and risks bringing back sesamoiditis in the remaining bone.<\/p>\n

Still, I decided to give it a go, and started OK plugging away uphill through the first few controls, slowly but steadily. However, I\u00a0totally fluffed number 5, losing about 5 minutes stumbling around after the first bit of contouring and also being distracted by the fantastic mountain and sea views.<\/p>\n

I hooked onto the back of Ian Marsden for a while but could not stay with him, particularly as the contouring got worse (anticlockwise being particularly bad for me) and my heart wasn\u2019t in it.<\/p>\n

After number13 I found a lost junior girl, cold and crying after taking a crossing point not on her map, put her straight ,and afterwards decided to bin it and miss out the contouring loop 15-19. I cruised down the last few controls struggling with the steep terrain but enjoying the views and atmosphere rising up the mountain from the finish arena.<\/p>\n

I think after this weekend I should stop trying to aim for classic distance foot orienteering and stick to middle and sprint events which are more suited to my lack of running training, a little pot hunting at the British on M35S me thinks \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Results for the weekend are available here …. http:\/\/www.siresults.co.uk\/2011\/JK\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was a little apprehensive going into day 3 after looking at the map the night before, discovering it to be essentially a steep grassy mountain covered with contour and rock detail. Waking on Sunday morning my legs were in a terrible state, every muscle and joint hurting after 85 minutes of dune bashing the … <\/p>\n

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