Orienteering race 7:35:00 [3] 20.5 mi (22:12 / mi)
shoes: Jalas2
Highlander. I spent a surprising amount of time by myself: 2-scramble-8-trail run, then joined up with Sharon for a few controls on the technical Rockhouse map, but lost her at the KOTM leg. Ran with Paul/CNYO from KOTM to the swamp past 25, then solo on the last loop.
Good energy, although I got a few twinges of cramps on the long slog from 21-22. How long was that beast anyway? 2KM? Seems like we pursued 22 for an hour.
I feared that I would arrive at the beginning of map 4 too late to start, but J-J encouraged me. Very glad to see such a large map scale.
AOWN: Coming up from the deciduous tree (30) toward the parking lot, a buck and I eyed each other. I was going to stick to the easy paved route, which was maybe a bit longer, but he was nearby, and I didn't want to have a Wildlife Incident after 7 hours. I diverted up the more direct route up the steep hill at the corner of the parking lot, and all was well.