{"id":2719,"date":"2011-05-14T21:30:55","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T20:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2011-05-14T21:45:56","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T20:45:56","slug":"british-orienteering-championships-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2719","title":{"rendered":"British Orienteering Championships 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This years BOC was held in Wharncliffe and Greno Forest to the north of Sheffield, not an area I know well, it being 20 years since I last ran on it. After the week of pain after running M35 Long at the JK in Northern Ireland I had changed courses for the British Champs to M35 Short. Trying to run for 90 minutes in tough terrain on just one 20 minute run a week was just not possible, every joint and muscle hurting afterwards. That said, looking at the start lists I was a little worried I would look like a pot hunter. That’s the trouble with classic distance races at this level, if you don’t train its just an achievement to get round and I can’t afford to have a week off the bike with sore legs at this point in the season.<\/p>\n

So M35 Short it was, but still it was pretty much as long and hard as the average brown course at a local event at 7.3km with 260m climb.<\/p>\n

I started badly, trying to go straight through an area of scattered trees which was horrendous, reducing me to a walk. I nailed the next 8 controls until a small wobble at 11 where I was distracted and visited another control on the way in. The long leg on the course was next and after being forced to finally stop for a wee, I opted for the fast long path route round. Having chosen it, I put the hammer down to make the most of the running and did a lot of planning ahead. I had a couple of lucky breaks with 13 and 14 but I was being very cautious, even taking bearings, before fluffing 40 seconds or so on 16, a tiny pit which I was within 5 metres of the first time and didn’t see. My biggest mistake came at 18 as I was expecting it to be half way down a small re-entrant when in fact if I had just turned round I would have seen it on top in plain view. As always sometimes you just need to get your head up look around. It was then just a slog to the finish, more undergrowth and climb. I crossed the line a minute or so after Cath, and Chris P in the commentary van confirmed we were both leading \u2013 husband and wife M\/W35S British Champs winners, that will be something local papers to get their headline writing skills into!<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>I did win by a fairly embarrassing margin, but looking at it again it is a real milestone following my injuries of the mid noughties, where my long term aim had been to be able to walk around a green course. I even won a pair of Smart Wool Socks for my efforts. https:\/\/www.smartwool.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This years BOC was held in Wharncliffe and Greno Forest to the north of Sheffield, not an area I know well, it being 20 years since I last ran on it. After the week of pain after running M35 Long at the JK in Northern Ireland I had changed courses for the British Champs to … <\/p>\n

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