Knowing there was no way I could properly race three sprints, I decided I would warm up round the first, race the second, then warm down round the third at Fairfield today. Luckily Marie liked my idea, and for the warm up we ran and tested out different routes, meeting up to discuss them at the controls. There was a couple I was surprised by. Marie's wiggly route through the gates to the right to two was miles faster than my simple one round to the left, by a very long way. That route was faster again on the way to four, when I would definitely have gone left. I made it to six first by going right, but it was more complex than I expected, didn't see a lot of the detail on the map till I got to the control and stood still. Kept it simple by looking at the car parks, and that helped forget all the extra stuff. Right from 11-12 was less of an advantage than I thought. So, a really useful exercise, likely in the "it doesn't really matter that much what route you take, as long as you do it with conviction" theme. Good training.
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