Second day of Eastern Canadian Championship, in Pierrefonds, 20 miles W of Montreal. Middle distance, 3.5km, I competed in M45, actual distance run 4.1km according to GPS.
A decent run, felt hotter than yesterday but my running was OK (improving!). A lot drier, no water on trails and swamps were OK. Came in 8th in a field of 21, 7 minutes after the winner. I would have come in second or third in M55 based on my time/km, though they had a different course.
Lost 2.5 minutes on 1, combination of suboptimal route choice (took the path to the south, would have been faster and safer to go straight / slightly to the N and hit the stone wall, but I thought the path would be faster than the green), and veering too much E and N on the approach, missing the control by 50-75 meters, then struggled to figure out where I was, then slow going back.
Lost 10-20s on 2, too far N, went for the rock NE of the control.
Then clean until 7 where I veered to the right and had to come back, lost 1 minute.
Rest was clean.
Map with GPS track here:
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