SL: 17.7km/ 195m. Winner: Romuladas, 1:31:22 (123%)
Legs weren't really with it today - I check my average pace on a few tracks after leaving terrain and it wasn't dropping like it would do when feeling fresh. However, Nav was generally good (1 doosy, a couple each of bananas and very hesitant), generally not as hesitant as last year. A good 'base level' performance to measure myself against going forward.
Winsplits has only gone red on #9 (yep, found 10 first and still mucked it up - hence fastest split to 10!) and 23 (yep, banana'd, poor bearing, v hesitant). Other mistakes I picked up on were:
- poor direction out of #5 (so got stuck in grot, not sure where I came out of it so hesitant)
- slow to 11. I think this was more down to running speed/legs (I went left round the paths btw)
- v hesitant into 12 - no real plan, making it up as I went.
- very slow out of 17 (very easy)
- AP for 20 (area of dense undergrowth) had been well flattened by the snows. got lucky.
- 22 and 25, banana'd, poor bearings, need to take more time coming out of control.
- 31, cut through forest, should have stuck on path. Dodgy bearing from mid-point of leg meant too far north.
My processes (have a plan and AP) were generally better than previous, as were bearings, but still slip at times. Discipline in the last 20mins slipped quite a bit (would normally expect myself to be fresher after 90mins)
Really enjoyed it, well worth the trip down, and everything is pointing in the right direction!
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