Orienteering race (Night) 1:02:00 [4] ** 5.7 km (10:53 / km) +90m 10:05 / km
spiked:12/16c shoes: Inov8 MudClaw 300
Harvester Relays - Rushmore Estate - Course B, Leg 3.
Jane and Christine both had decent runs so my dawn leg was pretty much all in the dark this year. Started well except having to re-position my head torch to stop it continuously rolling downwards. Misjudged how far I'd run to #6 so left the veg boundary line too early and ending up stuck in chest high brambles. Went in too early at both #7 and #10 but corrected easily for both. Big mistake at #13 - was too far north on the path, and a bunch of un-mapped paths had me convinced I was in the right place. To top it off, eventually got to the control and did a classic convince-yourself-its-the-wrong-code move and did another small loop before realising. Lost ~7mins in total and very angry. Rage ran the rest. Easy navigation, just not fit enough to run hard on all the path legs. Surprisingly, only dropped 1 place despite the screw up.
Lisa and Anya both had really good runs bringing us up to 10th. 3rd on women's premier and 2nd women's handicap!