Orienteering race 48:47 [4] *** 5.83 km (8:22 / km) +150m 7:25 / km
spiked:7/9c shoes: Inov8 Mudclaw 270
After Deb and Briohny had run in the Mother's Day Classic in Canberra, we went up to Black Mountain and I ran in the "Back to Blacky" 40 year anniversary event.
Ran the Red 3 course as didn't want to be there all day! The black and white map at scale 4" to 1 mile scale was a challenge at first but adapted ok. Silly error on 1 when not aligning map correctly but then clean through 7. Going into 8 I lost my map and had to go back about 50 metres to retrieve. Then had lots of trouble with 9: got too high in the gully and when I went down, I saw a gully junction with a control but "reasoned" it wasn't mine as it was on a bend, forgetting that the map was 40 years old and a bit of erosion may have taken place. Lost close to 3 minutes here and to make matters worse, I couldn't find the Finish!! Another 2 minutes, so a good run turned bad with 5 minutes lost right at the end.
Otherwise a good fun event and I am glad a had a run. Distance is by Garmin.