Orienteering race 1:20:00 [3]
Well I really don't know if I should call what I did out there "orienteering!" Since I'm an optimist, I'm gonna say that hopefully this means I got all my stupid mistakes out of my system yesterday rather than next weekend. My first control was definitely an omen when I realized I was looking for it on the wrong side of the trail, but if only I knew things were going to go downhill from there! Of the 16 controls on course, I think I nailed about 2 of them. I'm not sure what was wrong with me but I never really figured out the scale and hadn't been to Claireville before so it was a real comedy of errors. This is the maybe the first time I wished I had a GPS track to share as I think it would result in some good entertainment.
Disastrous orienteering aside, I thought we had lovely weather for this and it was really nice to have an indoor home base for before and after. The temps were perfect and it was fun to run on the icy trails. Also, while my post-race lunch selection disappointed in the beer department (um, if you call yourself a "brewpub," you should really have at least one IPA!), the company was great!
I don't even really know if this is my time. It's an optimistic guess that will likely be proven wrong when the results come out.