Orienteering race 14:15 [5] **
spiked:23/23c shoes: VJ Sarva #3
Australian Championships Sprint Distance - York, WA. 6th place.
A beauty. Ran hard and was as close to 100% clean as I could expect in an orienteering race.
Again went out hard, trying to catch 1minute on Blair as soon as possible. Got throught the early stages quite cleanly and started to get in touch with Blair at 14 on the other side of the river. Sat on him for a couple of controls through the thickets, and then accelerated away for the last 4 or 5 controls. I was surprised not to have Grant Bluett catch me a minute, or even get close.
Another 10 seconds would have got me 4th place, but I can't really see where I could have made that up. Possibly 5 seconds could have been saved by jumping the end of the footbridge, but I read it as unpassable, so I didn't want to risk it.
A good reward for some speed training over the past few months. I think I got the most out of my ability today, which is all that I could ask for.