Orienteering 1:42:00 [3] 6.26 km (16:18 / km)
Oceania Long Distance Championships at Kangaroo Crossing. I was comfortable with my navigation but again took a poor route choice for the long leg. My downfall came when I was severely affected by the heat at around control 6 and had to sit down, several times, on this uphill and onto 7. I felt dizzy and sick. I would have laid down under a tree, but didn't want other competitors to be concerned. The last few controls were in survival mode. Apart from all of this, I love this area and enjoyed the course and will be back there in the future for some training runs.
Emails of the week:
- 'Congratulations - you have been selected for the Australian W60 MTBO team to challenge NZ in the upcoming Aus champs'. This was followed with team details etc. I realised they must have been desperate to include me, but felt pretty pleased otherwise.
- (10 mins later) Sorry - you have NOT been selected for the Australian W60 MTBO team to challenge NZ in the upcoming Aus champs! Which is what I had expected, but was now disappointed.