Errr, did you mean 8.9 K?! Becasue, damn, if that was 8.9 miles, then you naviagated like I do, but you went really fast while doing it!
That might have been true a year or two ago, this bit about you not navigating well, but I have this memory of you in Colorado with various US Champs medals around your neck.
Yeah, it was kilometers. I'd still be out there if it was miles.