Rogaine race 4:44:43 [4] 32.72 km (8:42 / km) +1561m 7:02 / km
shoes: Merida Ninety Six
5hr night rogaine with Tomas Krajca
Racing against Lazy Dave and Steve.
Difficult course to work out a good route. We headed off with a bit of a plan but plenty of options available. From the 2nd control we tried to cut straight down the hill to the bottom trails but hit a gully full of blackberries. We knew this would be a problem but thought you would be able to find a way through. Nope. We tried a few time and could see the track 20m away but were stuck. Tried to follow the little trail that we were on up the gully but it was also overgrown so went down the hill and right around. Lesson learnt.
Until we got to a control which had a big climb up onto the mountain on the east of the map. You could follow the trails all the way around or go straight off road. We thought we might be too high now for the black berries but got stuck again, this time we decided to push through. Tomas led the way and we soon had 3m high walls of blackberries. Had to use some logs to help flatten the path. Finally got through but lost time on the other teams that went around. This time we learnt our lesson. Half of the controls we would get to the circle and spend a good 5 mins to find the CP, pretty frustrating. Felt pretty good for the rest of the way and hammed home from the top of the big climb in an hour. Had 16mins when we got to the HH and could have maybe picked up 30 more point but called it a night.
Took out the win and a trophy!
Steve food bonked so they struggled around the second half.