1. | P | D | P | R | 3 | Good start, fastest split | |
2. | P | D | P | R | 4 | Uphill, but good | |
3. | P | D | P | R | 4 | Got the right route | |
4. | P | D | P | R | 1 | A simple one | |
5. | P | D | P | R | 2 | First sign of labouring up the hill. Still faster than Geoff on this one (how?) and now leading by 6 seconds | |
6. | P | D | P | R | 5 | +00:10 | Missed the correct route left. Went in the wrong entrance as well. Geoff lost more time than me, I'm now up by 11, my biggest lead. |
7. | P | D | P | R | 3 | Closing in on Geoff Todkill (1 minute). Easy enough. | |
8. | P | D | P | R | 1 | Passed Geoff to the map exchange. No problems despite the dire warnings from a couple of people beforehand. | |
9. | P | D | P | R | 3 | +00:05 | Uphill again and slowing down. Geoff gets 5 seconds back but I still lead by 5. |
10. | P | D | P | R | 3 | +00:05 | Geoff gets 6 and takes the lead. I was a little bit confused by the lack of the marked building, which under a magnifier, looks like it might be a (low) fence. |
11. | P | D | P | R | 4 | +00:05 | Huh? I did this OK and lose 8 seconds to Geoff? Did I switch off?? |
12. | P | D | P | R | 3 | No problem | |
13. | P | D | P | R | 4 | +00:13 | Didn't see the first entrance on the map - Lost 13 seconds to Alex Davey who was in fact just out of sight of me 30 seconds ahead. |
14. | P | D | P | R | 3 | Alex stuffs up and the gap is down to 6 seconds. | |
15. | P | D | P | R | 3 | Easy enough, but although I get to within 4 seconds of Alex I don't see where he goes next. | |
16. | P | D | P | R | 3 | +00:05 | Missed the throughway to the spectator control and 5 seconds to Alex and Geoff. Worst split by position (44th). |
17. | P | D | P | R | 3 | +00:04 | Lost time on all the stairs |
18. | P | D | P | R | 2 | Now had Alex in my sights, closed 7 seconds on him and had the fastest split by 2 over Geoff. However at this stage its all over as I'm 15 seconds down. | |
19. | P | D | P | R | 2 | Easy leg, catching Alex but losing time (2) to Geoff. | |
20. | P | D | P | R | 2 | +00:02 | The wrong route choice, slip further behind as I let Alex go a bit he gets 1 second back and is now 3 ahead |
21. | P | D | P | R | 3 | Sprint mode, level with Alex - but still 2 seconds slower than Geoff | |
22. | P | D | P | R | 3 | Another fastest split (7th one, Geoff had 10, Ted 6, Grant and Alex 2 each). | |
F. | P | D | P | R | 1 | Not the fastest at punching the finish, think its my eyesight. |
Total Time Lost - 00:00:49