Orienteering (Foot) 1:43:51 [4] 8.54 km (12:10 / km) +380m 9:57 / km
spiked:10/14c slept:4.0 weight:181lbs
QOC: Prince William Forest. Having, stayed up late doing some results research, I was not very energetic out of the start. It was still enjoyable to run in these snowy woods. Much derided during the 2007 US Champs, this section was just fine in the middle of winter. I hardly saw any thorns though there were some green areas to cross. My run was interrupted at #4 when I had to help a dog get out of the creek where it had fallen in and was stuck in 4-5 ft cold water surrounded by ice. I got wet feet early from this and that would prove to plague me later. I've also adjusted my official time for this based on epunching twice at #4. I was happy about spiking #5 and #6 which were some of the hardest controls of the course. Much of the rest was physical and I wasn't prepared enough for that--lack of training due to working late a lot. I made one bad mistake when midway through the leg to #11, I started reading it as if I was headed to #12. This lost me +11 minutes. See the split list.