Teering race 29:18 4.32 km (6:47 / km) +38m6:30 / km ahr:148 max:167 shoes: ASICS Kayano 23
Cardinals Palace Manly. Xmas 5 days, Day 4 A. Meh. Poor run, not helped by missing the briefing about there being no flags at some of the controls, in my case no. 1. Tried to get back into it but sucked in at 11. Went for the furthest left bottom cliff indent, didn’t see anything. Unfortunately then decided it had to be up top of the 4m cliff (the description didn’t say top or bottom). Ran up the stairs and into the thick green. Eventually got to the top of the cliff, looked over the edge, yep, it was on the bottom in the nearest indent, visible from the bottom of the stairs. 2 minutes lost there and most of my motivation.
Not helping were the number of « dead » legs, long legs with minimal nav or route choice, seemingly there just to add distance - on A 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, then B 6, 8, 11 and 12. Which was a pity because this map deserved a shorter more complex course.