2 PM
Running warm up/down 8:24 [3] 1.57 km (5:21 / km) +5m 5:16 / km
shoes: Puma Faas 300 green/black
A couple of laps around the roads and car parks to warm up.
Orienteering race 21:57 [5] 4.59 km (4:47 / km) +25m 4:39 / km
shoes: Puma Faas 300 green/black
NavDash Joondalup. Got a bit lucky hearing Adrian and Graham talking about the upper level controls as I arrived and picked that it must be 2 and 11 from the descriptions. Still really wanted to go and look at the ground level first at 2 but convinced myself to go straight up the stairs which gave me the lead for a while. Fine through to 6 then got a little held up and distracted by Peter Hamilton coming into 7. Maybe should have gone right past the lake but the little path into the control was obscured by a fold in my map. 8-9-10 very straightforward but I was really struggling physically by then and I almost forgot about the upper level at 11. Even after remembering I still struggled to convince myself to change plans and approach from the top. Got back in front briefly here but a one second lead over Henry was never going to last. The rest of the course was very simple with just a couple of left/right options that didn't matter much unless you were foolish enough to attempt the straight option on 20 like Henry did allowing me to get back within a minute of him at the finish. Just held off Sten and tRicky for second.
Orienteering warm up/down 16:59 [1] 1.63 km (10:25 / km) +1m 10:23 / km
shoes: Puma Faas 300 green/black
Following Liam around easy course. I jogged behind rather than trying to keep up with his sprints.