Teering race (WMOC Long Final) 1:03:21 [5] *** 6.4 km (9:54 / km) +300m 8:01 / km
spiked:11/13c shoes: Inov8 XC Talon212
Carwell's Labyrinth map. GOLD for Cath! This course was easier than it looked. I lost about 3 minutes in mistakes - 2 minutes getting bamboozled on the vague green hill near 2, and 1 minute turning the wrong way near 7. Add another minute or so with a less than optimal route on the long legs to 2 and 5 and a couple on a bad route north to 8 (more climbing, more distance, more green) and I was looking at 56 with a perfect run, still a long way down on Warren (49) and not good enough for top 10. The rest was running speed - I was generally tired and had to walk on some of the hills. That is what 1.7km a day training will do.
However, I did OK considering that lack of training, which was mostly down to the 7 injuries this year. 15th out of 48 in the A Final - 4th Australian after Warren, Geoff (9th, 55) and Tim Hatley (14th, 62).