Waggaroos-Albury Interclub #2 at Burngoogee. A really nice run in the forest after the rain. A bit slow to the first couple then hit 3 OK and a bit high on 4 in the rocks. Got 5 and then unfolded my map... where is 6? Instead of a 2.0km leg to 6 I had just 600m and in the wrong direction!
At these events we mark our maps pre start time. I had put mine down briefly and then must have picked up the map of someone doing the short course (same first 5 controls so didn't twig earlier)! So... I ran the last 3 legs from memory. Got them all OK but was a bit slow trying to remember where I had drawn the circles. Good map memory exercise I guess.
A wild storm (mini cyclone or something like that) had ripped through the map just before #6, snapping fully grown stringybarks like twigs and ripping others out of the ground. Glad I wasn't around when it happened. Went back later and took some photos: will try and work out how to post them here.
I think this is how it works:
http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t17/alex_davey/...