Orienteering race (Aus Long) 1:17:12 [4] *** 10.4 km (7:25 / km) +220m 6:43 / km
22c
Australian Long Distance Champs on Slap Up Creek near Jerangle.
Was really pumped for this race as I love this kind of fast granite terrain. With Lizzie starting 2mins behind me the plan was to set off fast as that's what Lizzie does and I wanted to stay ahead for as long as possible. There was a control pick fairly early on and I got through these cleanly, even taking slightly safer routes despite the short distances between. I got c7 well which many had trouble with, but then wobbled my way to c8 where I caught sight of Aislinn. It took three more controls to pass Aislinn and then I lost time on c12 by stopping to check out a clump of rocks too early, thinking I had gone far enough and not wanting to overshoot. Lost a minute during this leg. The next section was good, and I was happy with my long route to c16 going pretty much on the purple line. Not super sharp to c17 and 18 but got them ok, then fine through the last few but was moving very slowly up the hills and I think I took a slow route over the hill to c20 - around looks to have been 30secs faster. Stoked to take 2nd place less than four mins behind Hanny.