orienteering 24:41 [3] 3.14 km (7:52 / km)
Australian sprint champs. Narragin High School. I was slow to make sense of things at the start , then got going, enjoying myself and was ok through the bush controls which I had been a little worried about. I enjoyed the map change and next couple of controls . Then I foolishly decided against the simplest (left) route to my 15 seeing another competitor go right. Then as I went into the buildings again I had a sudden brain fade coupled with not aligning my map, got confused and circled a building to 'right myself'. Back in connection I completed the leg but a 90 second leg became 4 minutes! Rest was good. I can't decide if I'm more a pessimist or optimist - probably depends on the day (week/month). My optimistic side is still hopeful I can do better in sprint events and sometime do a completely clean run in an interstate event.
Tonight at Duke of York hotel, Narragin.