Made sure I got a start that put me all on my own for the course with no distractions. I started off ok and up the first hill I didn't feel the weeks training in my legs so was happy. Clean to 5 but then stuffed 3 mins on #6. I got into the control circle ok but then didn't read the contour detail well enough and just ran around in circles until I found it.
I thought I got #8 bang on but I went to the larger thicket to the SW. 30 secs.
Initially I thought I'd got the long leg wrong but as it turned out, I was only 30 seconds down and saved two contours. I tried to stay high to #14 but missed the open just before the control as I was too high and I carried on to the rough open to the S which all looked correct. 2.30.
What was pleasing though is that I got 6 of the fastest splits over the last 7 controls. All I had in my mind was Jez's 79 min time in my head and trying to beat it. It turned out though that I didn't but 4 others did...
Pretty happy now with the result and being strong in the 2nd half of the course. Next year M40, bring it on.
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