orienteering race 24:58 [3] 2.5 km (9:59 / km)
shoes: Asics GT-2000
Macquarie Uni sprint on a warm afternoon. A good course with a couple of potential traps courtesy of James Lithgow. On 12 I fully expected the control (wall end) to be on an upper level but couldn't read that there were not stairs at that point - the fold in my map meant that the map detail had cracked off just there - and on 16 I knew that it would be on the upper level of the northern carpark, which could be reached from the southern carpark, but I didn't realise that I didn't need to go all the way to the top level of the southern carpark, so went up (and down) a couple of unnecessary flights of stairs. Those were minor things though and the rest was down to lack of fitness.
I did tape my ankles for luck, though - couldn't very well not do so after all the fuss with security at Adelaide Airport yesterday morning where they queried the tape as viewed on the screening x-ray and instead of accepting my word that it was for ankle strapping (as they usually do) actually wanted to see it. And of course it was packed right in the middle of my weekend pack and not in the pocket as it often is. So the lady got sick of hauling out pyjamas etc in the middle of the screening area (I wasn't allowed to touch the bag myself, much less put a hand inside to get the tape out) and we had to go into a private room where I finally showed her the bloody tape and then she decided to take it away to ask someone else if it was allowed - she came back saying that it was wider than regulation (for goodness' sake, 3.8cm wide is standard for sports tape) but it was ok because it wasn't gaffer tape. If it had been, I would have gaffer taped her up, I swear...
Maybe need anger management course before travelling overseas?