orienteering race 55:43 [4] *** 4.0 km (13:56 / km)
14c shoes: Icebug 2020
"long" sprint course at Valley View. Horrible mistake taking the wrong trail toward 2, and after wandering through the "maze of twisty passages all alike", came upon #3, at which point recovery was immediate, and from there on, the map made sense. Judging from splits, this was at least a 7 minute mistake. Like many, I spent a little extra time playing in stinging nettles looking for the slightly misplaced #8, but I lost less time there than many others. Made a stupid wrong turn going to 13, which again cost perhaps a minute; the constant frightfully loud and close shotgun reports from the gun club just across the creek definitely not helping the concentration!
