Orienteering race 1:53:25 [3] 9.46 km (11:59 / km) +204m 10:49 / km
O-fest long at La Pâche. this race was interesting/painful... I messed up the first control, I cut up from the open area too early and then once on the slope didn't go far enough along it, ending up going back a forth a bit until I finally figured it out. at control 2 I met up with Wil, and ran with him for controls 3 and 4 before splitting up. went straight on 5, the forest was very thick. on 8 I went around the hill to the control to avoid the climb. 9 was just trail running, drank like three cups of water here.
control 11... after this control It was not fun. I was almost at the control just about to round the hill right in front of it when I bash my right big toe on a fallen log. I tried to keep running but it started to really hurt making me have to stop and hobble/walk to the control. I looked at my map an realized I was fairly far away from the finish so I decided I might as well get my moneys worth and finish the course.
I hobbled my way to 12. (I had actually gotten into the lead on course 7 at this control) I gave up on hobbling and just walked, trying not to bash my toe into anything else. I very slowly made my way toward 13 making friends with the mosquitos, but made a mistake near the control which was frustrating. the rest of the course was clean but was at a snails pace. the toe started to ease up a bit for the last few. I managed to do a pathetic jog thing into the finish.
once finished I checked it out, it was all in one piece but it was swollen so I iced it. I can still bend it, which is good, but is sore in the area above the nail and before the knuckle half way around the toe. I don't think its broken but will definitely not run on it for a while.