Orienteering race (WMOC Sprint Qualifier) 19:22 [5] *** 2.3 km (8:25 / km) +90m 7:03 / km
spiked:10/12c shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 12
Pretty happy with my run, with the only errors caused by failing to correctly read the map detail in the more complex parts of the map. First 2 controls dead easy with straight street running but lost about 25 seconds on #3 when I didn't see a gate in a high fence and then another 15 seconds on #8 when I missed a passageway. Lack of leg strength due to injury plagued build up meant my time was relatively slow but finished 23rd in Heat 3 so achieved my first goal of making the A final.
Deb did brilliantly in her heat, placing 5th as did GrantM in Heat 2 of my class. Jimbo won heat 1 which was a great effort.
Quite a few other Aussies in the A finals including MaryMac, Blair, Susan and Jenny Casanova, Liggo, Anne Ingwersen, Ted van Geldermalsen and Ross Barr that I know of.