Orienteering race 1:11:28 [4] **** 4.3 km (16:37 / km)
spiked:16/22c shoes: X Talon 2020
Canterbury/South Island middle, Kairaki. Feeling absolutely shattered so expected to be pretty slow. But once started got into what felt like a pretty quick pace (perhaps helped by track running about halfway to #1) and kept pushing hard until ...not quite the end, I think I had all but emptied the tank coming off the beach the last time from #18. Unfortunately with all the worrying about the physical toll of the last couple of days I may have underestimated the mental toll. Was really good through the first 4 then had a bad run with 5 (biggest miss, not careful enough with a bearing, the clearing I ran through before hitting the detail was a close enough match for the one I was expecting, and then had a fair bit of rough open to traverse between where I ended up and where I should have), 7, 8 & 9. Worst thing was by the end of that series I was using safe options but still stuffing up by not registering the features I was planning on using. Met Croxford at 9, from there we were mostly together, I had a few chances to get away but was just messy enough for him to keep coming back with his typically steady nav.