Street-O @ Blind Creek

Sub-optimal route choice saw me heading across a lumpy grass field towards my first control (#12); whereas a better route choice would have been to follow the crowd (d'oh) along the path, picking up #6 on the way to #12. Then I wouldn't have had to go uphill to get #20 to make up the required number of controls. But I was running well on the hills tonight - almost like they weren't there.

The skin on my left heel from the blister acquired 1 1/2 weeks ago finally parted company with my foot, causing a bit of a hot spot on the way back in. I've since pulled it off completely (it was quite a thick layer), and I hope it'll be okay by tomorrow.

6.8 km in 6:20 average pace. A couple of WTFAI ("where the f- am I") moments illustrated on the pace chart by coming to a complete standstill. MB has my moving time at 6:15 pace. Average HR 157 bpm.