S6D Day 1 - Glen Tanar
Decided on M35L in the end and an early start on Day 1. Didn't like the start set up as it was a big advantage to not bother going to the start flag and cut straight to the track. I went to the flag anyway. Hard work from the start and my chest felt tight, Chronic fatigue was very evident and small errors at both 1 and 2 (perhaps 20s at each). Despite feeling like I was taking it steady my HR was high 170s. And had to ease back further on the way to 4. This meant walking the hills, and was struggling with the more physical terrain 4 to 7. Also lost a couple of mins on 4, the re-entrant wasn't as obvious as expected and the kite was tucked away somewhat.
RC on the long leg to 8 was easy as I looked to avoid climb where possible. Into a and out of 8 was also physically a struggle but other than this section I enjoyed the steady pace in pleasant terrain, particularly the last few controls.
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3rd, a couple mins down which also things considered, was not too bad.