orienteering race 1:18:11 [3] *** 7.3 km (10:43 / km) +164m 9:38 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 212 (#6 Fluro)
NSW Middle Champs, Appin
Was v nervous, but no real pain in knee throughout what was a longer than expected race.
1:7500 after 1:25000 last w/e and 1:10000 in NZ. 1:15000 tomorrow will be about right I hope.
A lot of slow bush - from M20 through M70, only 3 people bust 10min/km.
Clean early through to 6, where I caught Tony Hill. From there I went downhill, with a rogaine style relocate at 7, didn't aim off at 8 or 10, overshot at 12 and 14 then just couldn't see the control at 18, which was in a 30cm gap between 2 3.5 m boulders. I didn't see the gap until I walked to the control, lost over 6 minutes at that one. After that I wasn't really into it, having been out for over an hour when I wanted a 40 minutes test run.
Hopefully knee stays good for the Long champs.