Orienteering race 37:15 [5] *** 6.0 km (6:13 / km)
shoes: Inov8 x talon 212 #2
NOY 2A on Brush Creek West. Never been to the west so was interesting. made the error of going straight through some bad green on the way to 2 and 3 which was slow. at 3 I was too high and overshot slightly to the car wreck. 4 was terrible, crossed 2 creeks then thought I was running on the right line to cross the next creek into it, the creeks seemed to match although it felt a little odd, wait why can I see powerlines?! lost maybe 90 secs here. Kas had told me he was starting 2 mins behind so i was looking over my shoulder a lot thinking he'd be all over me. got 5 and 6 fine, then got dragged down a bit low to 7 but was able to contour into it well. back on the normal brush creek map now and didn't have any other issues although I could have run straighter in some places. Didn't feel like i was running as strongly as the previous weeks either which was strange. got to the finish to see Kas standing there bent over like he'd just finished, thought bugger he must have got through me at #4. but no Kas had done the Short without telling me and had been finished for a while! distance is kinda a guess, started my watch after 3 mins in.
