Orienteering race 1:48:00 [5] ***** 8.1 km (13:20 / km) +355m 10:56 / km
shoes: Montrail Highlander
Team trial event at Harriman Jackie Jones map.
Still not focusing very well--many times just forgot to pay attention to distances and similar stupid things. Good legs were generally good but not excellent--it seems harder to run fast when discouraged... No real bad legs, so relocation skills must be getting incrementally better. In part, need more practice on this kind of map to do well--hard time distinguishing features (boulder, bare rock, cliff, knoll, etc.)
Orienteering 2:00:00 [3] ***** 5.0 km (24:00 / km) +200m 20:00 / km
shoes: Saucony Guide TR
Control pickup--usually don't do this because tied up with epunch. This was a good opportunity to get some more time in the woods. Focus definitely a key--when I was focused and no time pressure, the map seemed actually clear. When I wasn't paying attention, I got lost fast.