Orienteering race 1:07:23 [4] 8.0 km (8:25 / km)
shoes: VJ Falcon
Oceania Long - Kangaroo Crossing - 6.7Km 340m
Bit of a nightmare. The heat got to me in a big way over the second half of the course. Knew I might be in trouble when I was sweating profusely by the time I got to the start despite walking very slowly.
Good course and area, but I was not in much of a state to appreciate it. Navigation wobbly as well. Lost 15s at 2, 45s at 3, slow route to 5 (1 min?), 15s at 7, way too far left going to 8, but probably only cost 30s as had a very good approach to the control. But starting to really feel the heat at that point. Climbing to 10, just forgot to navigate - too busy trying to work out the route to 11. Had to relocate and lost 2.5 mins - stupid, but mainly down to the heat. Then on 10-11 started off on a straight route but feeling awful and bailed out left to the track and ran all the way round. Probably lost 3-4 mins on the leg. Also went to a drinks point and poured a cup of water over my head. Have obviously not had to do this for a while as I hadn't worked out what the effect on the glasses would be!
OK for the rest of the course, but slow. Pretty much collapsed on finishing and had to lie in the shade for half an hour before I was capable of doing anything. Feeing terrible for a long time afterwards.