Run race ((orienteering)) 1:44:24 [4] *** 11.2 km (9:19 / km) +500m 7:37 / km
spiked:19/23c
NOL long at Kangaroo Crossing. Much better run than yesterday - both technically and physically, and ended with a decent midfield result, though still a long, long way down on Simon.
Had a curtailed warm-up because I'd got my start time 10 minutes wrong (first time I can remember doing that), but it didn't seem to be too much of a problem once started. The first leg was long and downhill and I was pretty tentative coming in, but didn't actually end up missing the control, then got an early boost when I started pulling people in - Jemery Day and Peter Hobbs at 2, James Sheldon at 5 (which I also missed slightly, but others must have missed it more because it was my best split). Jemery and James were with me, more or less, for the rest of the course - not blindly following by any means, but they were definitely faster runners and I was navigating better. Took wide route choices on 8 (not obvious) and 11 (obvious). By then it was clear that the course was going to be a fair bit shorter (in time) than anticipated - kilometre rates here depend a lot on exactly where the course goes. Not a great line on 13 and took 20-30 seconds to see the flag at 20, but otherwise pretty clean through the finish, and reasonably solid with the running too.
Picked up almost as many points today as I did in all of last season.