Luckily the rain will return tomorrow and put a stop to all this outdoor enjoyment nonsense.
Today's sun was in the unlikely setting of some woodland east of Scunthorpe. The event was the Lincolnshire Bomber Long O, a 20km orienteering course, which was to serve as the final (and, indeed, the first) training for next weekend's GL3D.
We were taken to the start by minibus, and made our way back via a long dog-leg of woodland. And very nice it all was too. Mostly native trees with their associated birdlife, and a complete lack of the brambles so often found in orienteering woods. It was all pretty runnable, the limiting factor being a lack of fitness and ability, but somehow we kept going. The water and (more important) banana provided at the last road crossing were vital in getting us to the end, I for one was running on empty for the last 20 minutes.
Carmen started 10 minutes before me, and it wasn't until the 10th control (out of 30) that I eventually passed and pulled away from her. I finished in 2 hours 22 minutes, which I was rather pleased with, despite being well down the field – the winner took an impossible 87 minutes! Carmen did rather better, taking 3 hours 12 minutes, which was only 15 minutes or so behind the fastest female.
Details/results/pictures can be found here.