With the
night event fresh in my legs I should have thought more carefully before
tackling the monster 8.9km 285m with 30 controls, but hey I am always up for
the challenge. Roger Hargreaves was the
planner and a new formula to base his course planning on. Anyway I won't bore you with a control by
control account but I had a ding dong battle with Steve B from control 9 onwards, often when this
happens I go to pot so was happy to generally keep it together for most of the
course this is how it happened.
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| Part 1 Controls 1 - 17 |
#9 got
very close but talked myself out of it, relocated and Steve appeared and punched
just after me.
#11 Steve
just behind me on the track kept in front punched a few seconds in front.
#12 Pace too
high for me let Steve past.
#16 Saw
Steve coming out of 15, heading for eastern track, I came out west and tried to
contour around the hill to 16
#18 Steve
went further west to main track, I ran through start and took small track
option and punched 5 seconds after him.
#19
Confused by numbering on the change of map I headed to 25 (8) before realising
I had it wrong, lost a couple of minutes and sight of Steve.
#21To my
relief saw Steve coming out of 4 couple of minutes ahead
#22 punched
the control just as Steve jumped the wall from the west and turned north, I
followed going to #23, Steve got to the junction before heading back.
#23 Just
tried to run but really tired.
#25 Saw
Steve coming down the track to #24 as I crossing the track to# 25
#29
Nearly mis-punched luckily I checked my control descriptions, and my control
was visable
#30 Could
hardly run but knew it was going to be a close call as I didn’t know how long after me Steve started.
Finish
Happy to finish a mentally and physically challenging course
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| Part 2 controls 18 - 30 |
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