Orienteering17:27 1.91 km (9:08 / km) +133m6:46 / km ahr:126 max:145
Orienteering1:33:34 7.78 km (12:01 / km) +205m10:37 / km ahr:124 max:164 shoes: Salomon Speedcross 4
Oceania Long Champs at Kangaroo Crossing. Started steadily enough. Slight misses on 3 and 5 but nothing serious. Aimed off to the right on 6 and contoured into it but when I went to punch I realised that I had nothing to punch with. I wasn't aware at all of losing it but guessed I must have pulled it off by grabbing onto a branch going down the steep slope through green so tried to retrace my steps. I couldn't remember exactly where I went so went all the way back to 5 and then several times up and down the slope on different lines but no luck. Saw Jono coming through on my first pass and asked if he had seen it, then saw him again much later when he came back to help after doing his ankle near 7. I eventually gave up some time after seeing Carsten and Bruce go through. I thought about trying to run the rest of the course and even took splits at a few controls but I felt crap after all my walking around and my head wasn't in it so I just jogged through to 10 and then cut across to the finish. Very frustrating. Felt as though today was going to suit me quite well.