Orienteering (ACT Middle Champs) 45:08 [4] ***** 4.9 km (9:13 / km) +175m 7:49 / km
spiked:8/16c shoes: Brooks Adrenaline ASR
Honeysuckle Creek
3rd, GB 1st in 38, Kez 2nd in 43
Tough race, really tough, and probably the most technically challenging run I have had in a good few years.
Made quite a few mistakes, mostly small but spent more time with little idea about where I was and somewhat lucky i didnt lose more time. Up until control 13 that is where i dropped 3min. At that point I found Kez and Andy looking somewhat clueless too and we all finished together. I had passed Andy at 5 but never saw him. But it was hard to see much so not that suprising.
Probably dropped 6-7min in mistakes, and more time in hesitations and lost confidence. Thought I coped well with the difficuly for most parts but certainly let myself down at times.
Run warm up/down 20:00 [2]
shoes: Brooks Adrenaline ASR
spent the afternoon after the race on the side of the road. Mace's subby not too well, suspected the timing belt broke so we waited on the side of the road for the NRMA, than a tow-truck.