Orienteering 34:00 [3] **** 1.7 km (20:00 / km)
shoes: UK Gear PT03 trail
Out to Mt Pilot for a morning exercise. Set up an Oranges and Lemons type course but due to the low visibilty and slow run we decided that we wouldn't record times. Still used the option of less experienced runners having to get fewer controls, which seemed to work OK.
In the end, the runnability wasn't too bad and everyone got around pretty well, with just a couple having difficulties in some of the "thicker" vegetation. My slow km rate was mainly due to helping others on my way round, plus the slow run.
It is so dry out there that the regrowth, some of it 2-3 metres high is dead or dying, leaving hard, scratchy sticks to run through. Most people came away with lots of scratches on their arms, some (like me) on their legs as well - I only wore shorts when putting out the controls yesterday! Didn't make the same mistake today:)