orienteering 1:04:00 [3] 6.0 km (10:40 / km)
Mack creek OY course 4 (4.7 km straight line).
I enjoyed this. Started off tentatively as is my habit, probably too tentative as I found myself thinking I knew where I was and I didn't need to be quite so cautious. Lewis caught me on the way to 3 , which was good as it made me hustle along a bit, and I kept seeing him on and off for the rest of the course. Hesitated on way to 8 near the circle when I was trying to keep speedy Bridget in site for a short while, but worked myself out ok, and I went too far left on my bearing on the way to 9 but saw the control to the right so not a major drama. Quite thick in parts. I felt like the hard Canberra training last December made this seem not so hard! Afterwards wished I done course 3 to compare with Leith (although it was good to have energy left for an afternoon of gardening) - he is having to get used to longer courses in M 16. He did pretty well having played a hard 90 minute club soccer game prior to his course.