orienteering race (M55 Sprint B final) 16:24 [5] **** 1.8 km (9:07 / km) +20m 8:38 / km
spiked:13/16c shoes: HH
World Masters Orienteering - Mens 55 Sprint B final - Olympic Park Sydney.
A few small mistakes, haven't fully checked out route choices yet, but limited by running speed rather than navigation speed today. A good course - lots of (very) big features with complicated fine detail in and around stadium.
Later:
comparison of splits shows mistake of about 30 seconds on #13 - worth about 4 places. A few small 5 sec-10sec mistakes/indecisions that don't necessarily show up on splits because of fast recovery. Faster at start and finish with drop off in speed in middle of race (definitely lack of fitness).
Some rain shortly before my start, but the only place I didn't feel confident in my footing was on quarry tiles of verandah of old building (#5).