O - competition race (Big Basin Redwoods ) 1:08:38 [3] 3.85 km (17:50 / km)
US Nationals middle. Course okay, thick in places. Nav errors sank the run. 5th of 11 with a bad performance.
Too far left going down the spur on 1 and got slightly below before I stopped and cut back over and up. Then ok to 5 But just left going to 6, going into search mode and wasting 3 min. Fast down the grade to 7, going right on track past 2, but again stopped short and fruitlessly looked for the control. Bailed back to 2 and relocated, then repeated mistake. Finally stopped and really looked at the map and realized I was looking for the 2nd hilltop, not the first. So there it was, another 100 m farther.
Leg was okay moving at 80% speed.