Orienteering 1:30:11 [3] 11.3 km (7:59 / km)
The Billygoat. Started off by skipping 1 with the rest of the gang, then quickly found that they were running too fast for me. Kenny and William disappeared after #3, and i stayed with Matthias after that. We were caught by Graeme, Sergey Zhuk, and some really fast Quantico guy (Jon Torrance?) and ran together, trading places for a while. I was at the tail end of the pack most of the time, just trying to hang on. Going to 14, decided that i had to stay with them there or lose the possibility of a 1-2-3-4 CSU finish we'd been hoping for. I pushed up the hill on the trail and caught Graeme and Jon leaving 14. Matthias was behind, and Sergey AWOL. Graeme and i took a different route choice from Jon (?) going into 15, and punched ahead of him. With Graeme to 16 and 17. After hitting the trail on the way to 18, i realize that Graeme hadn't punched 17 yet, and i had a chance to finish ahead of him. I almost blew my chance by standing a few yards from the finish dumbfounded, not seeing the last control...2nd place, 5 minutes behind Kenny.
We had to leave early because of specific commitments in Boston, and not as a snub to organizers. I thought it was a great Billygoat, and really enjoyed the course.