ANU

pottered around the house tidying/cleaning until mid-morning as I have an inspection tomorrow...

found five new caches on the way to golf...

after my shocking round on Saturday I was pleased to post a score only one over my handicap which means my exact DROPS to 12.4 and I get to play off *12* (!) for the first time ever on Saturday in the monthly medal (stroke round)...managed a birdie on the 16th although I had a long putt for a chance at my first competition eagle (didn't hit it hard enough though!)...

from golf it was a dash back home as I forgot a couple of things for orienteering (only the important stuff like my shoes, compass and sportident stick...oops!)...

started with just over 10mins to spare (you can start any time between 5pm and 6:30pm and you have to be finished by 7:30pm)...

did the Orange 1 course as usual...20 controls to visit...

start temp/humidity: 23.1/48% (apparent temp same)
start time: 6:19pm
total distance: 7.54 (5.50 "as the crow flies")
total time: 48:46
avg pace: 6:28
total calories: 613
avg HR: 157

splits: 2:50, 1:38, 1:29, 1:33, 2:39, 3:29, 2:26, 2:01, 2:18, 3:07, 3:08, 1:39, 2:47, 1:13, 3:21, 0:49, 2:47, 2:17, 2:48, 3:14, 1:13

only a slight over run on the first control (note to self, check ALL sides of the object the control is meant to be on!) otherwise I think I chose a pretty good route for me...

Orange 1: W: Masters (14) 5.5km 20 Controls

• 1 Cathy Hogg PO A 41:57
• 2 Carol Harding BS A 44:31
• 3 Sue Garr PO A 48:30
• 4 Ana Herceg PO A 48:45
• 5 Bronwyn Calver BS A 48:46
• 6 Natalie Smith PO A 49:56
• 7 Silke Speier RR A 52:24
• 8 Mary McDonald AO A 53:23
• 9 Liz Abbott PO A 53:32
• 10 Kirsten Wehner WE A 59:24
• 11 Sue Paice PO A 60:26
• 12 Colleen Mock PO A 62:11
• 13 Lynwen Connick PO A 72:07
• 14 Rosemarie Edwards WE A 77:09

my ranking for each leg in my category:

10th, 6th, 3rd, 6th, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 6th, 5th, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 6th, 7th, 6th, 9th, 5th, 9th, 5th, 4th, 6th

my category placing through each control:

10th, 9th, 8th, 8th, 7th, 6th, 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th, 5th, 5th, 6th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 5th

other interesting(?) details for Orange 1:

• 75 individuals & teams started - 71 finished; 2 miss punched; 2 DNF’d
• my overall placing - 46th
• fastest males: Matt Crane 27:29 (open), Rob Walter 27:50 (master), Oliver Poland 29:11 (junior)
• fastest female: Lucy McGarva 39:56 (open), Tara Melhiush 54:00 (junior)
• fastest team: 53:47