QBIII - Long - Bom Bom State Forest
Very runnable forest, sometimes low visibility and quite a lot of erosion details. The course itself was pretty dull, almost no route choices (straight was always right) but don't think course setter could have done much better in this terrain.
Started really good, still leading at 3, then dumb double mistake to 4 (2.5'), then another 30'' to 5, then got back into rhythm. Running quite conservatively, loosing some seconds on every split but no major mistakes. Lost two minutes on the long leg (14) by being too careful. And then final dumb mistake (probably saw myself in the finish already) to 18 (1') where I also almost mispunched.
Finished 5th, 8 mins behind Shep.
https://www.strava.com/activities/607876003