Teering race (Sprint Series) 15:51 [5] **** 2.95 km (5:23 / km) +50m 4:57 / km
spiked:14/18c shoes: Saucony Hurricane 2011
Gladesville. Good course, technical area, and the flaws in my technique are starting to show. Just not reading the map well enough, or early enough. Case in point was 15 where I put the map away and sprinted for the 4th fastest split, 9 seconds ahead of Cath. Cath, though was reading the map and took back all that time and more (20 seconds) on the next two that she had planned ahead on the way to 15. All up, probably lost about 45 seconds.
Running well, no sign of cold and knees holding up. A little slow on hills, and faded a bit near the end.
A very good competition separating the navigators from the runners. Almost everybody lost time - the best navigators (according to AP) were:
Tracy Marsh, Darren Slattery, Peter Garren, Airdrie Long (zero time loss)
Linda Sesta (8 seconds lost)
Dave Lotty (9)
Paul Prudhoe (10)
Matthew Hill (11)
Paul Marsh (15)