Hiking12:00 [2] 0.9 km (13:20 / km) +80m9:14 / km shoes: Blue VJ Falcons - 10
Walk to start from bus dropoff.
10 AM
Orienteering race 34:57*** 2.69 km (13:00 / km) +117m10:40 / km ahr:119 max:151 spiked:13/13c shoes: Blue VJ Falcons - 10
West Point NRE - Brown X Middle on Black Rock Forest map. 2.4k, 90m. Hills, some blueberry, and rocks plus some steep hills and more rocks. Great visibility, a great map and a challenging course. And quite fine weather - mostly sunny and about 60F.
Had a good run, although a lot of it was walking with rocky footing and blueberry to bash through. The course was somewhat of a control pick with most of the legs between 100 and 200m. A few smallish errors but found all the controls where I expected them. Some hesitation going to 7 taking time to figure things out (and not get drawn off by a few people searching further uphill of the control). Swung wide going to 12 which sent me through some slower terrain. AP has me with about 1:20 lost. Third overall on Brown X, and in M65.
4 PM
Orienteering14:20*** 2.04 km (7:01 / km) +22m6:40 / km ahr:155 max:173 spiked:9/12c shoes: NB Summit KOM
Sprint on Trophy Point map. Brown course, 1.6km, 40m. Many other activities going on so lots of people wandering around. Sunny and in the 60s.
Not a very good race. Overshot both 2 and 10 (which was pretty straightforward). Lost a full minute by not seeing the hedge on the map which was the feature I was looking for and ended up on the wrong side of a wall. As I finally got it figured out, Charlie DeWeese was approaching, having made up most of the minute he started behind me. So I spent the rest of the race trying unsuccessfully to get that time back (and contributing to my bobble at 10). Fun race, just not well executed. Fifth on Brown, about 1:20 behind Tom Nolan in first.
Trail Run47:30 3.23 mi (14:42 / mi) +195m12:23 / mi ahr:131 max:145 shoes: NB Summit KOM
Trails on the South side of the South Mountain which is part of the Star Village map. (If I search my log for "South Mountain" I get 37 hits with 4 different locations: NJ, AZ, Bethlehem and Emmaus, PA.) Overcast, 60F.