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Sunday Mar 3, 2013 #
9 AM
Running (Paddy Pallin 6hr) 5:48:00 [2] 30.0 km (11:36 / km)
Gracie and I were keen to defend our mixed-open trophy from last year (although not much chance of retaining the overall one with the Australian 'dream team' of Rob and Marty running). Unfortunately Grace's knee's been pretty bad so she decided she wasn't going to run on the Saturday - then it turned out Olle had a bit of a cold, so Grace decided she'd give it a go. Fortunately she just about got round and, touch wood, didn't aggravate it too much...
The rogaine itself was fun though. Great terrain for running through the bush, and nice cool conditions. We picked a route which would get us most of the controls but thought all of them might be a bit out of scope. First 2hrs flew by, mainly running at a nice steady pace. Then it got a bit thicker on the other side of the main valley and Grace's knee was a little sore, so we got slowed up and were forced to walk quite a bit. I heroically/gallantly carried Gracie over a couple of rivers. The last hour was nice again though and we decided we'd better get moving a bit to pick up the final loop of controls in time. Ended up only missing 4 controls and only Rob and Marty beating us (having cleared the course in only 5:09, and apparently spending most of the free 51mins scoffing all the cakes).
Cracking catering, as ever, afterwards (minus cakes)
Some of the map:
The rogaine itself was fun though. Great terrain for running through the bush, and nice cool conditions. We picked a route which would get us most of the controls but thought all of them might be a bit out of scope. First 2hrs flew by, mainly running at a nice steady pace. Then it got a bit thicker on the other side of the main valley and Grace's knee was a little sore, so we got slowed up and were forced to walk quite a bit. I heroically/gallantly carried Gracie over a couple of rivers. The last hour was nice again though and we decided we'd better get moving a bit to pick up the final loop of controls in time. Ended up only missing 4 controls and only Rob and Marty beating us (having cleared the course in only 5:09, and apparently spending most of the free 51mins scoffing all the cakes).
Cracking catering, as ever, afterwards (minus cakes)
Some of the map: