Orienteering (Long) 1:38:17 [3] 9.3 km (10:34 / km)
Wasn't too clean at the start. Messy on 1 and 3, and ran off into the green at 8 without a plan. Went the wrong way around some green at 10 too. Map 2: Struggled with 2 and 3 near the start again (didn't read descriptions for 3 and was looking at the tree instead of embankment). Made an error on the long leg and had planned to go up the hill over the train line - got to the back of Government House and realised I could go up the gully instead and save mountains of climb so cut across. Was pretty slow in the rocks and had to flip the map to relocate when I found 153 instead of 142.
Map 3: Section was ok, and nice to have a downhill finish. Caught back up to Jenny on the long leg back, but never got in front as she powered down the track. Then I missed 7 by a few metres and went right instead of left and she got me by a minute in the end. Almost ran past 10, but turned back much to David's disappointment.
Nowhere near as far back as I was in the long mass start last year, which is good. The field was much less spread out this time. Very impressed by the junior girls, who all put in a big effort to finish.