Back to competition
Thursday, August 16th, 2007We were up at the Scottish 6 Days last week for my first competitive orienteering since before Emma was born and yesterday evening saw me running in the last RR10 of the series at IBM Hursley. I can’t claim to have excelled at either (I certainly wasn’t living up to the high standards set by Sarah Rollins who won W21E at the 6 Days - Thomas is a month older than Emma, at least that’s my excuse). However, 13th on W21S at the 6 Days and 33rd at the RR10 sounded respectable to me.
So, what have I learnt. Number 1, Emma can be left and can be quite happy. Number 2, if she cries when I’m away I can’t hear her and she can’t cry for long as I’m never out for all that long. Number 3, her grandma should come orienteering every week with her hired camper van!
My feet feel very bruised after the orienteering, which I’m hoping will pass as they hurt.