Orienteering 1:02:39 [3] ** 7.19 mi (8:43 / mi)
ahr:154 max:175 spiked:21/24c rhr:48 slept:6.3 shoes: Merrill Moab
Flying Pig course at Deer Creek Park (formerly Weatherwax golf course).
Pretty clean and fast. The well developed golf cart trail network was a great asset and vegetation boundaries were clear and useful. Elevation gain was not an issue.
The most notable moment of this course came towards the end, from 23 to 24 (right before GO control). At 23, the straightline bisected a long but narrow lake. It is debatable whether the better land route choice was to go CW or CCW around the lake. I did neither--I swam through (about 40m). This got me exactly where I wanted in relation to the control, though with reduced leg turnover into the finish from the cold water. But I won the leg with 2:00--24 seconds faster than anyone else--so it worked. While it is a first for me to actually SWIM between two controls, it was within the rules and was apparently a hot topic as I had people ask me "Are you the swimmer?" even after I had changed into dry clothes. Good times...