Orienteering race 16:15 [4] ** 2.69 km (6:02 / km) +58m 5:27 / km
20c
Stage Four, The Lost Herd, Golden Gate Park.
The final, consisting of Ali, Mikkel, Martin, Rex, Nadja, and myself. I started out fast to break free of the herd, with mixed results. I was running and navigating alone, but I think at least Mikkel and maybe Ali stayed in contact, learning from my micro-route choices. I was also waking up the units, which siphoned off a second or two each time. Made a mistake at 13 and Mikkel took the lead by about 5s, but caught back up by 14. We took different routes to 16 and I lost contact, but ended up coming into the finish some 30s clear.
It's unfortunate that Erin (food poisoning), Matej (finals), and Will (?) weren't able to run, as it would have been an even better race with those cats in the mix. Still, happy to win!