1. | P | D | P | R | 4 | Nice. Went straight at it, angled left of the two boulders on the approach, the control boulder stood up and waved to me | |
2. | P | D | P | R | 5 | Again used boulders on the way. Kept a good dirtection, unlike loads of others. Led Paul Pacque in - now 2:04 ahead of him. | |
3. | P | D | P | R | 4 | +00:05 | Nasty one. Stopped in line with big rocks to my left, and it was right. Paul jumped in ahead of me |
4. | P | D | P | R | 3 | Paul set the pace as I dropped off by 5 seconds | |
5. | P | D | P | R | 4 | Kept high while Paul found it below me | |
6. | P | D | P | R | 3 | Just ran for the bare rock trying to get back on Pauls tail | |
7. | P | D | P | 4 | +00:25 | Probably lost the race here but didn't realise it. A combination of very slow uphill and too far left. | |
8. | P | D | P | R | 3 | First of three fastest splits as I got some energy back on the downhill | |
9. | P | D | P | R | 4 | Passed Paul, he was too far right. The cliff was obvious | |
10. | P | D | P | R | 3 | Round the hill, my third fastest split in a row and I now had the overall lead with a 51 second lead over Geoff. | |
11. | P | D | P | R | 4 | +00:15 | Tricky control on a steep slope. Missed it below, Ted mpd on a control above. Paul back in front. |
12. | P | D | P | R | 4 | Really dug deep to get back to Paul up the hill and then nipped in front as the boulder waved to me. Still overall leader by 19 seconds. | |
13. | P | D | R | 4 | +00:30 | Disaster. Tried to run away from Paul. With only 500m to go in the course and this control in the open 100m from a fence on a 5m cliff I thought I couldn't miss it. I did. Shouldn't have crossed over the crest of the ridge. | |
14. | P | D | P | R | 3 | Back on track. Too late. | |
15. | P | D | P | R | 3 | All over - sprinting and Geoff 2 seconds quicker? | |
16. | P | D | P | R | Geoff 1 second quicker - I must have been tired | ||
F. | P | D | P | R | Geoff 1 second quicker - I must have been tired |
Total Time Lost - 00:01:15