Orienteering race (Road/Trail) 6:04:08 [3] 52.7 km (6:55 / km) +1182m 6:13 / km
shoes: Inov8 Race Ultra 290
6hr Lane Cove Metrogaine with James and Steve
Totally underestimated the course! Thought we'd be back with time to spare but ended up 4 mins late after leaving out two controls. The course setter really made the most of the map, setting controls on all those little beaches, jettys... So we were going up and down all the time - exhausting! Of the 52k good 40k was on roads so my choice of trail runners was not ideal, my feet were nearly cramping from around 35th km.
Otherwise felt reasonably ok, getting pretty flat towards the end. James and Steve didn't look very fresh either so we slowed down quite significantly in the last third - I very much liked that.
Finished 4th, behind the Fowlers power duo who narrowly piped Mounty&Andy, and Richard/Jess/Tim - who had 20 more points than us after the penalty deduction (we lost 50pts for the 4min+ late finish)
Nutrition: 1 Cliffbar, 1 gel, small pack of chips, can of coke and around 2.5 litres of water (0.5 of which were electrolytes)