orienteering 2:28:55 [2] 12.5 km (11:55 / km)
weight:134lbs shoes: integrators 2006
Well, I got talked into going to the Billygoat by a couple of postings on AP and a phone call from Phil, and I'm glad I went. Weather turned out perfect, rain on the drive out and drive back but sunshine during the event. And I made it around the course without wrenching the hamstring again. Which is good, because I have a rogaine starting in 6 days.
Plan was to walk everything in the woods or rough open and run slowly on roads/trails if it felt comfortable. And not to do anything dumb -- even when walking it would be easy to slip and take a tumble, especially on the steep rocky areas. So my mantra for the day was "Careful."
Right at the tail end of the crowd on the way to 1. I guess I passed a few people thereafter, but there was never a sense of doing that (you don't walk away from someone). I suppose I just got by a few folks when they made mistakes.
Course was relatively friendly and very nice. Great job by Bill Jameson (head goat) and Glen Tryson (course setter).
I'd been to the previous 28 versions of the BG in one role or another, and it felt good to be there for the 29th.