run warm up/down 7:00 [3]
shoes: Nike Equalon 2
Totally inadequate warm-p for sprint race, but only got to Scotch 10 minutes before my choice, so didn't really have a choice.
Orienteering race (State Sprint Champs) 16:35 [5]
shoes: Nike Equalon 2
Didn't feel I was running well at the start. Confirmed by the first few splits. Had a little hesitation at 6 when I saw a control that wasn't mine and had a mini brain fade (10 sec). at 7 I angled across a grass area and ran down an extra set of stairs to below a garden bed when the control was at the top (20 sec). Still felt rubbish across the ovals until the leg back into the school from 12-13 where I managed a fastest split. 13-14 had a little directional wobble where I didn't see an uncrossable fence that forced a route change. Happily had to wait for 3 cars at the raod crossing so got an extra 15 second breather over some. Ran strongly from there to the end. Thought it was good until after, when I saw a few alternative route choices, but the splits through the last loop were pretty good. ran strongly enough to chase down Tooms and nab him by 3 seconds, Craig was ill, Oscar smashed us all. State champ at 14. Too good, even if he does go to school on the map. He won by over a minute.