Running warm up/down 15:00 [2] 2.3 km (6:31 / km) +30m 6:07 / km
shoes: O-Icebug - Blk Spirit II OLX 2
Enforced warmup on way to start, then misc. warmup while loitering the 1 hour wait from family drop, to my start...
Only a little jogging cooldown. Discipline... :|
Orienteering race 42:09 [4] 4.3 km (9:48 / km) +120m 8:36 / km
shoes: O-Icebug - Blk Spirit II OLX 2
Official Day 1 of WOC spectator races. T-4 days till WOC Middle.
Terrain was one of the most relevant to WOC middle, and I had time left, so I raced it fairly hard, to see what kind of mistakes I'd make at speed in this terrain.
Apparently several. Nothing super terrible, but lots of difficulty in the circles. Spent a lot of time post race thinking and discussion w/others on what techniques would likely work better - using contours and ignoring black except right in the circle center, was the main good idea (that I can recall, today, July 29th, when I'm finally logging this.)