O Race race (Run) 1:33:55 [4] 14.0 km (6:43 / km) +220m6:13 / km
Long distance event. Major stuff up to #9. Drifted too far north. Too easy to blame the compass, but the land shape should have corrected me. Made a big parallel error with the vegetation. Eventually returned to the road and took the sensible route in. Otherwise fairly decent. Lost a bit of time in the forested rocky hill. Nice terrain with lots of variety.
O Race race (Run) 30:39 [5] 5.9 km (5:12 / km) +56m4:58 / km
GOC Middle Champs at Arboretum. Finally took the M21e victory! Runners course, so had to push hard on the running legs. Tricky to read the veg to #2 but trusted the compass. Everything fitted nicely together as I approached the circle. #3 nearly caught me. Tough to be sure exactly where I was coming up to the circle. Saw Carl coming from higher up and the spotted the control. After #4 everything went very cleanly. Took it carefully 10-12 to be certain. Calf muscle held up the whole way so that helped.