orienteering race (Oceania long) 1:16:49 [4] 6.1 km (12:36 / km) +235m 10:34 / km
shoes: Inov8 Oroc spikes
Finally, a race with which to redeem myself :) Wasn't feeling particularly alert when I got to the event but decided to have coffee before running, which perked me up nicely. I am not sure that some of my route choices were the best, but that's the point of a well-set course; halfway through executing your chosen route you are still questioning whether another would have been better. And of course it was fun to have some of the same controls as yesterday's WC race did, particularly the one under the balancing boulder.
Tracy started 4 min after me and I hoped to hold her off as long as possible. First caught a glimpse of her approaching 5 from below as I was exiting it (I'd come from above on the long leg while she'd come around the hill) and stayed ahead through 6, 7, 8 and then on the longer leg to 9 I again went over the hill (must be getting some hill strength back) while she went around, but she got a better line through the green than me towards the end and was ahead from then on. I took a wide, around the road, route to 10 which wasn't necessary in hindsight, and wombled a little at the end of the leg but that was probably the most time I lost all day. Saw Clare Hawthorne who'd caught both of us, chasing Tracy out of the drinks at 12, then I took a conservative route around the swamp before going up the hill to 13 while they cut across the swamp from near the start and finished a couple min ahead of me.
Yeah, so I think this week has been the start of my WMOC training!