1. | Clean, first there. | ||||||
2. | Clean. Saw a few runners coming out of (a) on way to (b), which helped. | ||||||
3. | Slight miss, high, u-turn, Eddie catches me. | ||||||
4. | Follow Eddie, too high, Wyatt catches us. | ||||||
5. | +03:00 | First mistake, ran alone too far, hit trail 200m NE of control. Re-locate, hit control, but leaders are now long gone! | |||||
6. | Clean, catching people up again. | ||||||
7. | Clean, overtake a couple of runners. | ||||||
8. | +01:00 | Hesitant climbing steep bank. Briefly looked left, but found it higher up. | |||||
9. | Clean | ||||||
10. | Clean | ||||||
11. | Clean | ||||||
12. | +00:30 | Slight hesitation close to control. | |||||
13. | Clean, and running hard, trying to re-catch lead group! | ||||||
14. | +01:00 | Starting looking too soon, approaching from west. Caught Eddie at last, but didn't know if he was leading. | |||||
15. | +02:00 | Missed left. Saw rock strewn spur, but didn't know where I crossed it. Hit trail, turned, and saw Eddie leaving. | |||||
16. | Clean | ||||||
17. | +03:00 | Got really tired climbing to the saddle on the straight line. Attacked from a road bend, but too vague. | |||||
18. | Clean | ||||||
19. | +01:00 | Tried to read all the rock, but failed. Slight overshoot. | |||||
20. | +02:00 | Now really tired! Went for (i), didn't find it, so decided to carry on down hill. Found (g). | |||||
21. | Clean to (h) | ||||||
22. | +01:00 | Slight hesitation to (i). Saw someone else coming into the window, not far behind me. | |||||
23. | Clean to (j). Drank but didn't eat at the First Aid point. Thought I was 3rd, but was told I was 2nd, 9 mins behind. At least there was no point in chasing, and that would have hurt. | ||||||
24. | +04:00 | Through saddle again, approached (l) from trail above, but looking too high. Two others catch me. | |||||
25. | Clean to (k) | ||||||
26. | Clean to (m) | ||||||
27. | Clean to (n) | ||||||
28. | Dropped to road, dreading the last climb to the control. Barely walking! | ||||||
F. | Stumbled to the finish (I see how it gets it's name)! |
Total Time Lost - 00:18:30