Orienteering race (SL4) 52:48 [5] ***** 7.89 km (6:42 / km) +90m 6:20 / km
ahr:175 max:183 spiked:24/26c shoes: Asics Gel - Trabuco 13
started out pretty hard, didn't feel too bad but there wasn't much left in me at the end.
navigation was generally good. I got a little lost at #2, but looking at the splits, I didn't do so bad.
and then ..
bad error on #19, should have been looking for dry ditch, while I misread it as earth wall, crossing the path, thought it should have been very obvious, when I decided I had overrun it started looking for the next one on the left (again wall not ditch), then realised if I missed the first feature, why do I assume I will see the second, assumed it wasn't an earth wall ..
.. ran a little further and noticed a small track crossing the larger track I was on, only problem is there is no other sign of any other track at all, but the track I am on does go off the map, ran a little further ..
... then I decided I hadn't ran of the map but had definitely ran further than I should, decided to take a baring into the bush and then turn left and try to find the control, I found a watercourse which turned into an erosion gully, I followed this for the small chance there was a control on it (as you do), got to then end and nothing, looked at the map and decided the small track I saw was actually a watercourse and this turned into the erosion gully, made a quick check that everything else seemed ok then took a baring straight to the control (I think I got lucky as relocating would have been another 4-5 mins?)
won by 2 1/2 mins over Andrew Morris who beat me in the morning sprint ..
the course was the same as NOL1 up to control 15, if I was running that I would be pos 30/36, 30 seconds in front of Andy Hill
(Note .. the other 4 common controls his 7:08 pwns my 14:36)
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