Orienteering race (Brown middle) 26:31 [5] *** 2.1 km (12:38 / km) +65m 10:56 / km
spiked:7/8c shoes: Jala Jukola Spider 6 #2
Fall Foliage festival at PineHill near Winchester, MA; 'qualifier.'
Made it to the start after my name was called, still attaching my compass, e-punch, etc, but started on time. So that was my warm up. ;-)
Took it fairly slow to the first control to be sure I was on the right trail and ended up cutting to the other trail anyway for a better attack and more gradual climb. Lost maybe 30-40 sec on 2 staying on trail a bit too long but figured out I was in the snaggy green reentrant SW of it. Dubious control descriptions on 3 and 4, but no trouble finding them. Slow around spur to 6 but good from there in. 6-7 I took the right/west trail to avoid the blind up and over off the main trail. Felt fast for once--maybe all that resting up this week was good for something.
1st F55 / 3rd on Brown. FR track when I get home tomorrow.
EDIT: added FR track, which says I covered 2.63 km and only 35 m climb.