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Completed the OMM B course up in Largs over the weekend. It was brutally unrunnable terrain - needle sharp bracken, thigh deep bogs, waist height reeds - so we were reduced to a slow trudge for the majority of it. The total lack of paths or tracks meant that after each checkpoint you took a bearing and straightlined it to the next one; at least navigation arguments were ruled out.
Day one was slightly longer and over slightly tougher terrain - the controls were more spaced out and we had some nav doubts on one of our legs.
There was the classic OMM piper to wake everyone before the slightly shorter day two . I felt we were moving better on day two and were hitting the checkpoints pretty quickly, including one re-entrant that loads of people were looking for, but we didn't move up any places and were 10th on the day.
It was a lot tougher than the Saunders was in the summer and I was grateful for spending a bit more money on waterproofs and insulated jackets. Thank you for all the watch suggestions as well, I got the forerunner 45, which is perfect.