Run 3:26:48 [4] 17.43 mi (11:52 / mi) +1658ft 10:53 / mi
slept:5.0
Raid the Hammer- Hamilton, ONT
With EG and cj. Short trail run to the first Matrix section which we hit as B, C, A along with the Foriegners and Running Free. By the time we arrived at B the Foreigners were out of sight already.
No problems with 1-3, almost walked past the control on the Walk the Line section but corrected in time. Fun trading postions with RF from 6-7, D and then the next Matrix section where everyone was forced to stay on the trails, perfect for us. I collected c, d, e, EG picked up a, g and i while cj picked up b, f, h, i which worked out well as we arrived at j at the same moment.
8-9 went well. We nearly messed up 10 by heading up the wrong valley too early but figured it out just in time and ended up walked right to it. 11, 12, E, 13 we ran hard and caught RF just before the trains. Ran trails to 14 and then followed the fence on the North route to 15, straight to 16 and 17, trail to 18, straight to 19 the trails the rest of the way in.
We left before the awards but I think we were 4th. Probably the best we're able to do as we made just a few small errors (actual split analysis may show differently) and ran hard the entire time. Fun event as usual.