Orienteering race (Cradle) 1:36:55 [3] *** 10.1 km (9:36 / km) +660m 7:14 / km
ahr:156 max:171 spiked:19/21c shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212 Blue
Mohales Gate 1:10'00 and 5m
Brown course - Mountain Marathon
Still feeling the lingerings of my cold / flu from the past week. Started off okay and was feeling very good on the flats and downs, but struggled the moment we got to the hills and ended up walking almost all the decent uphills with my HR going through the roof. Nav was okay most of the way. Good to start with and then big mistake at #6 where I was too low and lost 2 mins before coming up the slope. Another mistake from 17-18 where I lost direction a bit coming over a ridge (20s). Good from there.
So I was 3rd, just under 2 mins behind Eugene and then Cobus. Very frustrating for me. Seems I led for the first 12 controls and they weren't running too much faster than me, but I definitely lost time on all the hills, especially to #13, #14 and #20.