Orienteering race 1:45:46 [5] *** 15.0 km (7:03 / km)
shoes: Inov8 x talon 212 #3
Australian long, 15th. Mixed feelings about the result. Nav was ok for most of it, probably lost a min at #6 and 30secs at #21. But on the earlier long legs I drifted way too far to the left and lost time, especially on #11 to #12 where I nearly ran off the map. Was disappointed to just miss Rob Walter coming through me as was hoping for a tow there. Shep caught me at #14 but I stayed in front more or less until my miss at #21, then after that was happy to be towed to the finish. Began to cramp in the last open loop so couldn't open up as much as I would have liked.
Reasonably happy with the result for my first year in 21E, but I had hopes of cracking the top 10 today and another 5 mins quicker would have got me there. Which I feel like I probably could have managed. Looking to next week now for hopefully a good clean run in the middle