O race 57:35 [3] 6.01 km (9:35 / km) +150m 8:31 / km
WMOC Long Qualifier 1 and glad I am in the right heat again. Dropped 2 minutes on control 2 by stopping too early and having to relocate of the nearby road and then 5 minutes on control 8 when went a ridge too far and had to relocate of a water point. Despite these losses am still in reach of the A final if I put in a better run tomorrow. Around 3 minutes off 21 st place (29th today ). In other two heats this time would have put me in mid to high 30 th place. Very nice forest to run thru and nailed nearly all other controls ( two small wobbles in control circles). Hard to hold compasses bearing as all trees look the same and often forced to run around clumps of cutting grass putting you off the bearing. Course distance advertised as 4.6 km so I did a fair bit more
