Orienteering race 2:10:00 [5] 17.0 km (7:39 / km)
Aus long. Managed to end up with the last start for the day which I wasnt complaining about. Decided to try and start a lot more aggressively than what I did last weekend, particularly in the spur gully, and then slow down and nail the nav in the trickier sections (which I was assuming there was going to be a lot more of this time). Good start, reading the mining much better this time around and really tried to make the first few simple. Happy with my route choice on the long leg. Missed 6 a little though, and this was I guess this was the only time on the course where I didnt feel great physically. Missed 12 by about a minute, just standing in the circle not knowing where about it was. Think straight was definitely best on the long leg and Im happy I just decided to go over the hill. Coming in to the control though I had a pretty rubbish line through some bracken which was pretty slow going. Caught ecmo up not long after and was good to have him to run with for the rest. Legs felt great when I could stretch out but was starting to get tired climbing up and down all the erosion gullies and fighting with the vegetation. Had a few misses though which is frustrating, especially because everybody was so close at the end. What could have been! Much happier with this result though. Good to know Im up there even after a bit of a disaster year. So as usual this event has made me pretty pumped for next season!