NZ relays, Naseby east
Leg 1 CAA
At start I turned to go right, noone went right, so turned back to main pack, and went to the wrong first control. Should've gone right. So after me and matt scott swearing at our own stupidity - Caught back up to nearish the front with some hard running to 2 (36 s back). A bit of a silly route choice to the spectator, going straight, following the pack. Still in about 19th. Then lost quite a bit (and a pack) on the big hill climb to 9. Then had phil wood and ryan cambridge behind me, going to 10, and ran to far down and missed it. bugger, lost about 1.15, got caught by all kinds of people. they were a bit all over the place near the end, and I did my own thing, quite smooth through the last few and pulled ahead of them all. Then some young people decieded it would be fun to try to run me down in the finish chute, had to try quite hard to hold them off. Felt like yaking in the finish chute. But probably still felt better than bryn.
winner, Tom 23.48, me +5.51 19/85