Rogaining (Short Lovers 6hr) 5:59:40 [3] 26.52 km (13:34 / km) +1391m 10:45 / km
shoes: Speedcross 3 No. 1 bright gree
We planned way too much, about 36km with plenty of drop options.
Wil was pushing the pace much harder than I liked with the heat. Slight twinge of my left ankle on the way to the first control.
Changed our mind from 54 to 86 and went round the south of the knoll instead of the north and we ended up somewhat further south than ideal (isn't live tracking awesome).
Mostly smooth but bloody hot from there, till we overshot 25 and after running past a team had to run back past them as the also overshot but by a lot less.
Way behind plan as we headed across the north of the map so chopped the plan massively. Wasted quite a bit of time looking for 61 which Wil had been probably less than 10m from but didn't see as it was hung such that we could only see the top of the control from where we were coming from.
Wil generally way ahead of me by now.
Mostly smooth from there, Wil rolled his ankle around 77 with about half an hour to go, which eased my suffering slightly. Took a while to get into the crevass to punch 78, got 63 but not enough time to get to 76 although Wil would have been happy to go for it. 39 on the way in and finished with about 20 seconds to spare.
Dropped a loop out to Sandplain Rd, another loop down to Toodyay Rd and another loop NW of the HH. So nowhere near plan. Hot day, big hills didn't really agree with me too well.
We may have won, but the real battle, between Wil and I, definitely went Wil's way .. this time.
And my run of 6hr wins is now 5. Equal to tRicky?