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WING learning to fly

My last race at Nordics was the middle distance. In our pre-race meeting I noted about 10 different factors that could cause extra stress. There was a strange spreading system which Id call ladybird loops, so lots of other runners including other Brits about. There were cameras, GPS tracking, a…
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spectator control/ run through... I wanted to stay calm and deal with all this craziness by focusing on my orienteering. This went pretty well but I think I did make the totally basic mistake of not eating enough. It was a tough programme of races for me and I probably wasnt eating enough throughout and particularly on the day of the race. So I felt weak quite early on in the race (which obviously got progressively worse..) but I held the orienteering together anyway and had a solid race. In fact it turned out to be my first ever World…

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