orienteering race (Belair SS) 35:43 [3]
shoes: Asics Kayano 17
Glad I wimped out and drove up the hill rather than running up, because there were enough hills on the course. Start was at St Johns Grammar on Gloucester Ave and there were a few controls within its grounds. Hard to explain which ones I left out, and harder still to tell if they were the optimal ones, because of the way the roads link together in that area, contouring round a hill and dropping into a valley, so that a longer route around a hill may actually have been faster. I left out 3 in the SE corner, and the 2 northernmost ones, but this meant an in-and-out on a steep hill (36), and also at the end I had thought I could get back into the school over the fence but it was uncrossable, then through a gate but it was locked, so ended up going back in the main entrance I had left by originally. I can now definitely find slightly longer routes with less climb, but am not absolutely certain they would have been faster. Running hard didn't feel easy, but was less difficult than a few weeks ago. Pity that Summer Series is now over, and pity that it was split into male & female divisions this year, so I never had anyone to compare routes/times with.
But there are 4 more Snap Sprint Series events to look forward to :)