Orienteering (State L Ophir Diggings) 1:02:38 [4] *** 4.8 km (13:03 / km) +195m 10:51 / km
spiked:9/12c shoes: Jalas O shoes
Nasty downhill start from the pre-start and then the first control down a long steep spur. I managed to turn my right ankle on a relatively flattish section after being careful.Stepped on a loose rock! Damn! Stood there for a bit working out whether to give up and go back to the start or keep going. Decided on the latter. Stumbled along and found my fellow competitors still looking for the 1st control on my way ...that was encouraging! Managed to find it before them!.So kept going...only to be caught up by one of then and she started to tell me how long she had been there and how it was an unfair control etc....Eventually told her I was trying to concentrate and ran off the track we were running on. Had a good plan on this leg only to be distracted in the previous gully so turned off too early, recovered ok next few were pretty good but my running was a bit slower due to pain and not wanting to further damage the ankle. My ankle was a bit sore but kept going ok. Navigation was good and I was pretty happy to end up 2nd again I think. Well I was when we left the event anyhow!