orienteering race (Rawnsley Badge event) 1:31:17 [3] 10.5 km (8:42 / km)
shoes: Asics Gel 2160
The course started at the gap in the range, behind the bunkhouse, and we had to run 200m to the start triangle then straight back the way we had come past the start on a nearly 2km leg along the track through the campground. (Well, I guess one could have gone over the range.) After going back over the range through the next gap the course improved and the next few controls were pretty good fun and required some concentration. I didn't really approve of the water being placed along the creek rather than at any controls, but it didn't much affect route choice. Longish leg down to the SE corner of the map then a climb up to the cave on the south side of the ridge and a couple of slippery sidehill legs (damp grass and old shoes didn't make my grip that good) then a leg over the ridge again back to the bunkhouse - I crossed at the saddle and followed the powerlines. So basically the middle 6km of the course was quite fun if a bit scratchy in the young pines; a pity the beginning and end of the course weren't more imaginative but I realise the controller had to work quite hard to convince the course planner to get the course as good as it was. I thought I'd had a pretty clean run but I guess some of my route choices (and my pace) were suboptimal since Belinda took 10 min out of me. Not sure how I could get to be 1 min/km faster?