Run race ((orienteering)) 45:40 [4] **** 4.3 km (10:37 / km) +75m 9:46 / km
spiked:20/25c
NOL Middle on the north end of Golden Fleece - mostly pretty thick and low-visibility (and the mapped vegetation was somewhat outdated, so what was light green and white on the map wasn't a very good indication of what was what on the ground). A challenging middle distance; found it hard to run in the areas with lots of fallen timber and scrub, but technically mostly reasonable - dropped a minute at 14 in the circle, and some not-great lines. Bit disappointed that Matt Patten (who I'd got away from at 10) and Simon Rouse got through me at 14 (and Matt ended up getting the two minutes back), but did show some craftiness on the second-last by dropping low and stealing a (slight) march on the Simon/Craney train. Probably about a par result in the end, but a lot more points than par results normally get me because the field's pretty thin.
