Orienteering race (Cradle Moon O) 59:27 [5] 10.92 km (5:27 / km) +249m 4:53 / km
shoes: inov8 X-Talon
Cradle Moon O. My first race since Switzerland in July 2023. Course was 9,1k with 200m climb.
Started conservatively and almost missed (overran) #1. Big banana run to #2 and struggled in the circle. #3 was ok, but also buggered around too much in the circle. First 3 controls were not great, just settling into the map. Strung a good few controls together, and then overran #10 on the path. Didn't read well enough in the circle, thought the control was on the path, but it was about 10m off the path behind a big earth wall. 11 and 12 ok, but then found a whole lot more unmapped root stocks south of 13, which left me scratching my head for a minute. The run in from 13-23 was all good, except too hesitant into 21. So generally a good run, and happy to take the win by only 28 seconds from Cameron. Neck-a-neck almost all the way around. Splits make for good reading! Great run by Cameron too, huge improvement is his BMT in past year or so.