Big5 O Day 5, M21E (Sprint), Nelspruit Botanical Gardens.
Really warm day (30C). Had studied the map well the previous evening, so we knew roughly what to expect. It's like Sheffield Botanical Gardens, lots of intricate paths, but much bigger and more "jungly".
Pretty good run, needed full concentration and I was going quite well (apart from when I ran into a head-high branch at full speed while map reading - ouch). Then on the penultimate control I let myself run too hard and not focus enough on the navigation, so I over-ran it and lost about 30 secs. Annoyed, I then lost another 10 secs on the final control.
This was probably my favourite race (and certainly my best points score), although the day 1 rockery in Kaapsehoop was also incredible.
3rd of the 3 M45 Brits on Elite, though only 0.9 of a point behind Jon in the final standings! (which equated to 2 seconds in today's race, after 7.5 hours of racing this week). Next time, they won't talk me into running elite...
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