Real Orienteering race (Bowns Reef) 46:19 [5] *** 7.76 km (5:58 / km) +180m 5:21 / km
spiked:20/20c shoes: Saucony
7.2 straight line
Perhaps my most important race of the year. The venue was the spectator race on Brown's Reef after the ASSOC individual races. We had the Newcastle crew as guests, including Leepback. A loss to him on my home map would have provided an invitation for an eternal AP slagfest. With so much at stake, I went all out, running the terrain as you should... redlining in the course and the heart rate. Spiked all the controls, quite a few of which I had never been to before. Leepback started 4 minutes in front of me and I finished 2 minutes in front of him. Mission accomplished. But was amazed to see I was beaten by John Brock... memo... more training, less lollies.