Sprint Orienteering race 16:15 [5] *** 3.81 km (4:16 / km) +33m 4:05 / km
shoes: Salomon S Lab Speed 2
MSW #1 @ Overnewton College (WRE): 10th overall, 6th in M21E (+1:54 on Freddo, +1:25 on Tommy).
Quite a poor race for me, lost all focus after making an error and then struggling to lift legs at the end after picking up a lot of mud on my shoes. Detailed analysis:
#1-5: Smooth controlled start, happy with process and execution. In 3rd here (behind Freddo and Tommy).
#6: first route choice error and let it throw me. Went left as hadn't quite looked at the whole leg and got caught by the olive green (+2-3")
#7: more significant RC error - rushed out of control, not assessing properly and went right (+3-5").
#8: first big non-RC error. Didn't look up properly and was rushing, ended up running up edge of playing fields going 90 deg in wrong direction (+18-20")
#11: had been running angry since 8 and hadn't looked ahead to know I was about to flip map at 10. Got to 10, couldn't find next control, flipped map - but map was folded so no course - flipped back before figuring out I needed to unfold map.. Then stressed and didn't read properly, getting caught in trap of going left (+10-12").
#12: Rushing again and not reading properly, got to gap in olive and turned left instead or right before realising (+8-10").
#14: Ran inside canopy and then lost contact with what I was doing, went to turn left then realised I was supposed to be turning right (+2-3").
#15: another rushed RC due to error on #14 which I got wrong (+3-5").
#19: Foolishly tried to cut across at end of the leg and while I struggled through the mud - caking my shoes in it - Tommy sped around on the track and caught up to me (+5" but more importantly leading to shockingly slow running for the rest of the race).
#21: Another foolish RC - thought the short steep bank would lead to more mud on shoes so ran around the bottom of oval on "road". Turned out climbing bank not only led to shorter RC but the bottom of the oval road was another muddy shitshow (+15-20").
#21-Finish: No mistakes and RC looked good but running very very slow. Did not feel like I could lift my legs because of the mud. I took 2:11 on this section whereas Marty who was the fastest took 1:47... Most of the others who I should be as fast as or faster were around 2:00.