Orienteering race 37:52 [4] 2.9 km (13:03 / km)
ahr:129 max:152 shoes: Inov8 Arctic Claw
H4 course at Calophylla State League. GPS 3.9. Slow start and wide to 1, losing 1 minute. Went to the wrong, higher rocks at 3, losing another 30 secs. Repeated this at 5 and 6, another half and one minute down. Biggest mistake was 7-8 where I went North instead of West and followed the wrong clearings before eventually relocating - 4 mins. Another 2 mins at 9 where I got to the area fast but was put off by someone standing and scratching their head (but turns out they were actually at my control) so I went off to explore the next two gullies. Way too low at 10, but splits show I only lost 1 min - it was definitely closer to 2 so everyone else must have done this leg badly. Even lost a minute and a half on the unusally long (400m) navigation leg to the finish across some very vague and featureless terrain. Need to check the compass more often.
This event was meant to be long distance, so why was the winning time 25 minutes?
