Orienteering race (NOL long race) 1:47:00 [5] 17.0 km (6:18 / km)
At Sandhills. 6th place today - being shattered was never going to strangely play into my hands today. Great course by lazydave in some of Canberra's finest terrain. First leg in particular was a corker - lots of route choices that were all difficult to execute. Pretty pleased with the first hour or so - not going quickly but hitting stuff generally fine and keeping a steady pace. 2nd at the radio 11km in. A bit hesitant on the first butterfly, but got to #19 (about 7mins to go) in 4th place, within 30secs of 2nd. Then proceeded to lose 6.5mins on #20! Biggest mistake in a long long time. Yeah it was a pretty vague dot knoll in bracken and I was stood right by it - but I'd been chancing it all weekend and didn't have a clear attackpoint, so I was bound to get caught out at some point. All my fault - annoyed to be conquered by such a tough course right at the very end. In a big boo at the finish. Simon had a great run and showed how much form I've lost over the last year or so. Still, glad to be mixing it with the next pack.
Running warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.0 km (10:00 / km)
Forced to warm-up today as the start was 1km away. Couldn't be forced to warm down though.