Orienteering race (Long) 1:00:01 [4] *** 5.23 km (11:29 / km) +64m 10:49 / km
NAOC Long race. Gold Medal! I was hoping to medal but didn't really expect this. Very excited. I was second overall in F55. First place was a woman from Ireland who bested me by 10 minutes. I did make a few mistakes, but at most about 3 minutes worth (Attackpoint seems to think it didn't amount to anything). Biggest error was going to control number 5 instead of 3. It was a very long leg ending in a cluster of close together controls. I just went to the closest one instead of noticing that wasn't the correct next control. Figured it out when I punched my split watch. Since the controls were close together, it didn't cost me very much.
Also had a small blip at number 1. I crossed a path before the control and thought I was still further away so connected it to the wrong path on the map. When I first saw the control, I was sure it wasn't mine, but then I considered that I might be mistaken and went over to check. Glad I did. If I had kept going, I might have lost a good 5 minutes before realizing the error and coming back.
Overall, a really nice race. I like the woods here, except sometimes they are a little slow. Looking forward to more technical area tomorrow.