Hiking2:13:05 5.18 mi (25:42 / mi) +201m22:56 / mi ahr:69 max:122
Squad outing. The plan was purportedly to do an out and back, but we missed a junction and ended up doing a loop. I realized this a few minutes after the error, but declined to inform anyone because I wanted to see how the group would come to understand and ultimately deal with the adversity of the situation. And because some men just want to watch the world burn.
Orienteering27:50 5.49 km (5:04 / km) +55m4:50 / km ahr:157 max:185
WL 2 @ North Seatac. Beautiful day. The atmosphere was great; it seemed like there were tons of people everywhere, mostly kids, and the vibes were good. Everyone is happy when the sun comes out in November.
Just after I finished Mack and I met and were chatting with a guy who was waiting for his kid to finish, and it turned out he began orienteering in high school and was just a few years older than me, so we were surely in WIOL at the same time. Now, he has started his two elementary-age kids in orienteering. Goes to show that though it sometimes seems like the retention rate is miniscule, there are dividends even on a generational timeframe.
Orienteering4:45:50 26.74 km (10:41 / km) +267m10:11 / km ahr:137 max:179
Krank Events 6hr AR/nav race ("trek only" version) in Black Diamond w/Mack. We cleared the course, except there was a remote nav section where one teammate directed the other by phone, and for some reason you had to start this section by 1pm (4h into the race), a deadline we missed by some 8min because our loop took us through like 80% of the course before reaching the transition area. Thus, we were not allowed to participate, which was somewhat sad, but not that sad because instead we got to finish 1h15 early. It was said that Eric completed the remote nav in 42min, so we surely could have done it and still cleared with a bit of time to spare.