Orienteering race 2:22:18 [5] 12.84 km (11:05 / km)
ahr:163 max:193 shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280s
Wasn't very focused going into the race so as a result I made lots of silly mistakes at the beginning of the course and couldn't get into the map.
Map 1
Started off with James so I pushed it a little at the beginning to show him I had this race and kept in the lead. Didn't read the map enough though and got caught out by a dead end. Did a full face plant off a cliff at 2 and lost my compass so I did the rest of the classic without it. Difficult climbing the bank from the stream after 3, and made a silly decision on 5, taking the wrong cemetery road. Cut in to the wrong re-entrant on 7, but thought I was in the right and lost a lot of time here, including climbing the slippery bank back out of it. Simple controls back to the pivot
Spiked 13 and ran low on 14 as it looked like a better entry into the control than the upper route, which also had a large bush climb. Slow into 17, spiked 20.
Map 2
Simple routes 1-3, but overshot 3 after climbing the bank. Slow through 5 and 6. Attacked the course through this section as it was really fast but quite easy to overshoot controls, and I wanted to increase my lead. Ran too low on 13, cutting directly south and contouring would have saved some time. Difficult entry into 14, hard to tell how far around the track I'd run. Mostly strait to 15 and 16. Took the most obvious route to 17 staying low but keeping to fast areas. Worried I was going to miss the indistinct track though. Took the easy option to 21.
Map 3
Dropped in too low on 3 as I was confused about the extra re-entrants not shown. Also didn't have a solid attack-point on 5. Tried to cut down the gully to 6, but it was full of ongaonga. Glad I didn't though, running the top was definitely best. Tricky picking the spur on 8 and I overshot it. Found a large area of fight while climbing to 9, and mucked 10 thinking it was in the re entrant.
Attacked the hills a little hard and wrecked my quads by the end. Should have slowed a faction in the beginning to get my head into the race.