Orienteering 57:03 [4] 5.0 km (11:25 / km)
(injured)
I enjoyed today's course at Kangaroo Crossing, one of my favourite areas for both orienteering and weekend picnics. I started early and it was a tossup between sun glasses (less glare and can see the ground, but not the map very well) or ordinary glasses (can read the map but have a tendency to trip up) so, considering the knee, opted for the view of the ground and sacrificed the map reading. It turned out a good choice and I jogged slowly about 80% of the way, which made me happy. It was a beautifully set course and I only went offline a bit at 5. I was happy to finish without too much pain - life is returning though, of course, I am really unfit.
It was fairly social afterwards, with a nice treed setting, and I was surprised to hear of a number of people who had difficulty yesterday on some of the easiest controls. The winner of the biggest blunder was Nicola, who normally wins or nearly wins my class, but who was running in course 3 this event and who had terrible trouble finding the first control, a track junction, the type of feature that doesn't normally appear on a hard course. Our course had a control right on top of a hill, rogaine style, but I haven't yet heard of anyone failing to find that!
The rest of day was spend assembling my new ginormous BBQ, a Christmas present from my sister and brother-in-law. I really only wanted a smallist one - but this one now it standing proudly in my courtyard. It might be tested on New Years Eve.