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Sunday Mar 31, 2013 #
9 AM
Orienteering race (Mt Alexander) 1:53:35 [3] **** 5.3 km (21:26 / km) +250m 17:20 / km
15c
Let us never speak of this again. I made 5 x 7-10 min mistakes on this course - pretty much nearly an hour of mistakes. Lots of granite, vague hillside, poor focus, lack of fitness, lots of stuff on the ground to climb over, all added up to a bit of an epic.
Worst mistake was number 6 (10 minute error) where I was within the control circle, knew where I was exactly, took a bearing towards the control but just didn't think the feature looked correct. The feature and control were obscured under a dead fallen tree, but why I didn't go up and look under the tree I don't know. Just tired I guess. Of course, the control was on that feature that was mysteriously in the right place, but just didn't look right. Kicked myself for that one!
Still, I finished. Quite a few people didn't!
Worst mistake was number 6 (10 minute error) where I was within the control circle, knew where I was exactly, took a bearing towards the control but just didn't think the feature looked correct. The feature and control were obscured under a dead fallen tree, but why I didn't go up and look under the tree I don't know. Just tired I guess. Of course, the control was on that feature that was mysteriously in the right place, but just didn't look right. Kicked myself for that one!
Still, I finished. Quite a few people didn't!