Orienteering race 1:21:51 [5] 8.5 km (9:38 / km) +410m 7:45 / km
Aus long distance champs. main/only tactic was to not make too many mistakes so that it didn't turn into an epic. started off ok, and according to the splits I actually managed to get into the lead for a little bit in the middle part of the course. then caught Amber at 6 and even though I new she was running too high to 8 I got pulled too far to the right. 3mins of wandering around in the thick shit before I found something to relocate off, and then found the control quite easily. got through the rest of the course ok, and took the creek + hill option to the right on the long leg (and had a nice run down the creek with Jenny). messed up a bit on the last couple of controls before the radio by not being careful enough with attackpoints. heard blair announce that I was a minute down at the radio control, so figured I had nothing to lose from there so bolted down the hill and pretty much fell over the second last control, and picked up 3 places in the last controls. reasonably happy with my run, but it would be nice to be able to run a little faster.
