O Race (SA Long M21) 1:07:55 [4] 10.7 km (6:21 / km) +270m 5:38 / km
slept:8.0 weight:67kg shoes: Inov8 oroc
My GPS track shows 10.7km distance run (straight line 8.2km) - although there is clear mismatch between the gps track & where I know I was on the map? A terrible start to the race trying to go straight, but not yet into the map - what was I thinking! Lost 5:30 already! Went well to #2 using the chain of hills as handrail. Was fairly clean through #4, with a slight hesitation to #5. Decent runs all the way through to #12, but lost focus at #13 (1:40). Not helped by seeing Mike arrive either. Mike pulled me left to #14 (40sec) - silly for both of us. Tried to go straight with Mike on my heals - a slight overshoot on #15 (30sec). Went to #20 via #24 - good intensity around the northern loop, but then got pulled to the wrong control looking for #24 (40sec).
It was high risk stuff from #14 with Mike on my tail. I tried to run as straight as possible & use distance judgement.
A really great challenging area - we need more of this in SA.