MTBO race (Kangaroo Gully Long Cours) 2:10:11 [4] 34.75 km (3:45 / km)
shoes: Diamondback Vectra Sport
Not as crap as last time, but apparently i'm still pretty darn slow.
Managed to ride into a dead-end on the way to #1 on a track that I just didn't see on the map on the wrong side of a big rock surface. Hardly surprising given that I did no warm-up and wasn't really focused.
#2 I spent a long time deciding which way to go, probably picked a slow way anyway, and also managed to get some old wire wrapped through my front wheel which took quite a while to extricate.
#3 I overshot and went down to the watertank as I just didn't see the small trail up to the control (or the one after it). Also a bit slow dropping down the hill to the main road on the way to #4.
Got better after that, and was pretty happy with things through to #14, where I came out of #13 at a slightly different junction to what I thought, didn't check my direction and took a massive detour, with a big stop to figure out where I was. Apparently lost about 6 minutes there. Would have almost looked respectable without that.
Physically felt much better than last time. Who would have thought that a little bit of riding helps you ride better? Still a bit too stop-start on the nav, but I seem to screw up too much if I worry too much about flow :(
Didn't see a single person out there until I was approaching #15.