Run race ((street-O)) 43:37 [4] * 9.26 km (4:43 / km) +175m 4:18 / km
spiked:19/19c
Street-O at Smiths Dell. Promising start but ended up drifting out of it a bit, struggling somewhat on the hills (though without muscular issues). Closer to Bruce than I normally expect to be at halfway (i.e. I could still see him), but didn't keep that going. Most of us went the same way, I think; I was chasing Peter Hobbs for much of the way but he was pulling away at the rate of about 10 metres per control. (Peter had a much longer weekend's effort than I did, so he deserves points for that). Cool night, and a different map than usual, going south (other side of the creek/freeway) rather than east, taking advantage of the new bike bridge.
Perhaps my good start was due to being fired up from what I heard just before leaving work, namely that a political staffer in the NT government (also a weather nut, and the only person I've ever dumped on Facebook) has put in a formal complaint with the minister over an innocuous FB post of climate stats made by one of my colleagues. The complaint won't go anywhere (I hope) but it's still annoying. If you're a candidate for public office, having your opponents trawl every public utterance of yours for dirt is part of the game these days, but if you're not it seems a tad unreasonable.
On a happier note, two other work colleagues of mine, along with their 10-year-old son (who has already shown some significant trail-running talent), made their orienteering debut tonight and enjoyed it. If the name Baden Wheeler pops up in a team sometime in the early 2020s you heard it here first.