MTB Orienteering race (Smailes Mill) 59:41 [5] *** 14.7 km (4:04 / km) +200m 3:48 / km
spiked:7/12c (sick)
WA Mid Dist. Disappointing end to a bleak season. Rode OK, but no real power left after a blighted training effort over the past six months. Lungs were clear enough, breathing wasn't the issue. Orienteered OK but at my fitness level I needed to be clean to be competitive and I wasn't. 5th, 20 seconds behind Tooms (wtf?). tRicky won in 51.23.
1 Took it slow
2 Back over the top, which I think is the best
3 Missed the track -0.30
4 Stopped too soon
5 missed the track coming out, should have just kept going -1.00
6 Round the left hand track
7 Didn't get out of 6 well, lost 30 secs in a cul de sac. Then missed the track for 7 had to come in from beyond it. -1.00
8 Went N. Fork in the main road was trickier than it looked
9 Missed the first track, the alternative was a bit slow.
10 Decided to go down to the second track, because I wanted to see what it was like for 10-11. Missed it and had to come back from the main junction (-1.30). Then missed the track the control was on and rode 150m down the alternative route to 11 (-1.30)
11 lost a bit of time getting in and out of it -0.30
F Fine, but slow.
Total time loss 6 minutes - not a good effort. Times/km from GPS