O race 47:29 [3] *** 3.87 km (12:16 / km) +121m 10:37 / km
spiked:14/15c
Middle Distance at Tallowa Gully - a cool area with sandstones cliffs and boulders off ridges and gullies and some thicker bits - first run of any kind for 4 weeks - result 1st in M65A class and beat the young M60As as well. Course probably a bit long with 15 controls and some tough climb at the end. Nailed the leg that confused a few others by dropping early and just following a contour rather than going via a termite mound (which was mapped in the wrong place - so said quite a few). Cold and very very windy - start was highly exposed and key issue was to hold the map tightly before it got blown away - once in the forest it was fine.