Orienteering race 1:07:58 [4] *** 11.5 km (5:55 / km) +270m 5:17 / km
spiked:19/24c shoes: Jalas FLX
OY at Cottons Paddock. Had a reasonable run, not feeling all that strong up the hills, and a bit tentative in the plentiful tuffets of grass. There's not much in the terrain to cause one to deviate much from the straight line and many of today's legs called for compass work. In general I was running quite accurately on the compass but lost a few seconds here and there. My biggest mistake was on #7 where I simply wasn't careful enough in the vague area with about 200m to go and couldn't pick the right little gully. I got a bit lucky at #16, the control was right on a fold line in my map and the detail had come off, so just had to attack it blind. Hurt my right ankle a bit there - 10 months after the original injury, I think it's time to see a physio.
Overall, not a bad outing, I suppose. I would have preferred to have a clean run in such a simple area and not to get beaten by Mark Nemeth, but I think I had a little left in the tank which is positive.