Orienteering race 48:26 [4] **** 7.9 km (6:08 / km) +165m 5:33 / km
shoes: Inov8 Mudclaw 330
NOL 1 - Middle Distance at Bruce Ridge
Warm up to the start with Craig giving me a bit of a pep talk. Chose a reasonable route to the start but still fluffed the control a bit. In the circle but put off a bit by catching the guy in front of me and then being caught by the guy behind me. The rest were okay, if a little messy on occasions. The supposed confusing track network was well mapped so it turned out to be useful a few times. Transition onto the 1:5000 was easy, with no problems through the buildings. 4th last was a few places better than expected.
Orienteering race 18:21 [4] ** 3.62 km (5:04 / km)
shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9
NOL 2 - Leg 2 of the mixed relay.
Good run until after the spectator control, where I nearly missed a really shot leg to the next control. Then repeated the effort, going halfway to 19 from 17 before noticing that I had missed 18 - which I'd seen twice during the run.
Not nearly as clean as I hoped.
Orienteering race 14:55 [4] ** 2.92 km (5:07 / km)
shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9
NOL - Leg 4 of mixed relay.
Really clean run this time, happy with the whole lot. Time was actually reasonably competitive.
Placed 23rd with my adhoc Sweddish partner (W17-20E runner from ACT), which put us above some of the "proper" state teams.
Enjoyed this immensely.