Run race ((orienteering)) 45:43 [4] *** 4.5 km (10:10 / km) +280m 7:45 / km
spiked:23/28c
State Series at Mount Baw Baw, orienteering but not as we know it - designated as a middle distance course but on a 1:5000 map, and if it reminded me of anything it was the 2008 World Cup sprint in Salen around the ski resort (first half of that was on the slopes, second half was around the lodges). I've only been to Baw Baw once before (in 2009, when it was a lot more lifeless in summer than it is now), and was wondering how we would run through the forest. The answer was that, by and large, we didn't - for the most part the navigation technique was to go along a ski run or a small track and duck a few metres into the control. Not quite orienteering as we know it, but it was still fun (and would have been more fun if I was actually fit).
One of these days I'll learn how to run up hills again, but it hasn't happened yet, and that made today a real struggle - only occasionally did I feel comfortable, and some of the steeper hills had to be walked, particularly into 21. A bit scrappy on the navigation, particularly in the first half when I made several 10-15 seconders in the circle - after that I worked out better how the rock was mapped. Excellent run of Brodie to do 35 - Bryan and Bruce were 38.
One for the life's little mysteries department: why do bushfire warnings always say that the fire is moving in a southwesterly direction, and not that it is moving southwest.