Orienteering race 1:53:00 [5] 17.8 km (6:21 / km) +393m 5:43 / km
BOC long, Mulgrave. Really fun course starting in Skelder, where I managed to miss almost every control. I was just rushing a bit too much, which was costly in the bushy terrain. I probably lost about 5mins here getting caught and passed by Phil in the process. Committed to keep pushing anyway and managed to get into a bit of a race with Phil for a few controls before he roasted me on a clever route choice on the long leg. I opted for quite a straight route, but ended up getting quite stuck climbing down and up from a marked river crossing. It was a bit strange here that there were black and yellow tapes that you needed to cross to get to the marked crossing. Anyway, ran OK after that until getting completely caught out by the fence crossing point trap, where I was slow to cotton onto the fact I was looking on the wrong bit of slope. Bit demoralised after that but enjoyed the ridge run and the last few climbs. Good tough classic race, just a shame not to do it justice.