Orienteering race 46:32 [5] 6.3 km (7:23 / km) +240m 6:12 / km
ahr:169 max:177 shoes: Inov8 X-Claw 275
ACT Middle Champs. 7th, 8:14 behind Doyley. Legs tired today, no strength on the hills and my navigation was rusty, I think I've got out of the habit of reading contours. Lost small amounts of time through the first half (3, 4, 6, 7, 8) allowing Jarrah to catch me 2 minutes by the time we hit the gunge. Managed to keep Jarrah in site, lost more time at 14, and then caught him mid-way to 16. Unfortunately I wasn't where I thought I was was and we were running in slightly different directions and I completely lost confidence. Saw Jarrah and Lazydave shooting out from where I thought the control would be but couldn't read the rock (and the veg mapping was pretty awful) and took another minute to find it. To add insult to injury I stuffed the last control. Was probably on for high 42 without errors. Has made me consider how much of a physical and technical challenge next weekend is going to be.