Mountain Biking race (Karragulun MTBO) 2:08:16 [5] 33.28 km (15.6 kph) +421m
shoes: SC Blur XC
Started out ok, but I had failed to read about the overgrown path to 3 on the pre course notes and managed to go the full 500m through the stuff. Then lost a good amount of time to 5 going off the overgrown track heading up. Crossed the creek at a faux path short to 6 which meant I went up the parallel track first, where I first saw Dalto. The rest was quite smooth except for one error from the guy in front.
Managed to get a master class in MTBO from the Australian National Coach from cp 8 onwards. Was able to just about keep up, with one nav hesitation, some road slipstreaming, a fall and two sticks-clearance stops allowing me to stay in contact. Good thing too since the bottom part of my map needed folding out - rode blind for those few legs.
Learned a new O rule after the race - following is illegal. I knew it was so in rogaining since we have the rules given to us each race, but I've never seen any O rules yet. I'm pretty sure it's ok in adv racing.