The South African competitors had fair results. For Garry and Paul, both participating at their first WOC (Garry's first ever overseas race), the results are actually very commendable. The results were:
Men's A heat - Garry Morrison 35th - 1:53:16
Men's B heat - Paul Wimberley 33rd - 1:40:01
Men's C heat - Nicholas Mulder 30th - 1:29:11
All heats were won in 60 or 61 minutes. Garry had a 1 major mistake that cost him at least 10 minutes. Paul spent 5 minutes searching for control #1 whilst Nicholas had a few small mistakes through the course, the biggest about 3 minutes.
Paul's impressions of his course was that it wasn't extremely technical, although still physically tough in places. The speed of the winners was still very fast however... 60 minutes for 11km. Men's heat C was significantly different from the other 2, notably in having a very tough long leg. Below is Nicholas' map with his route in red as well as time loss estimates at various points.
Wednesday is a rest day. In the morning, we'll go and test the model area for the Middle Distance Qualification, which takes place on Thursday morning.
2 comments:
Well run in the middle qualification event today. The maps from the long qualification look quite a lot like the Grabouw/ Nuweberg area apart from more ride detail and less rock so you might have felt a bit at home?
Have a good run in the relay.
hi guys. great to read all the details. well done Garry on your sprint result. I see that you seem to have mastered your thumb compass, according to the pic on the site.
Good luck with the middle distance and the relay. Who is going to run the relay?
ciau...
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