Running (Track) 15:00 [4]
Spent more time than planned with Baby-O yesterday. That's not a bad thing, but I didn't get the maps done for the SLOC meet until after midnight. I decided I'd drop the maps at David's and then head off for Chicago, stopping to sleep as needed. Despite frequently honoring that plan, I kept getting drowsey. At about 6AM I decided to go the opposite route and run some intervals to try to perk up. 3x400@90 200R. It worked well enough. I drove the remaining 2 hours to Chicago without difficulty.
Terrain (Grass) 20:00 [2]
Totally lame warmup. I felt like crap. I didn't let it bother me because I often race well when I don't feel good at the start.
Orienteering race (Woods) 1:43:54 [4] *** 12.9 km (8:03 / km) +305m 7:12 / km
19c
Which is exactly what happened. Won the Curse of the Goat (CAOC) at Palos Hills North (1:15). Fairly large group through the first half dozen controls, then things started to break up. By #13, it was just me and Audun Botterud with Jeff Shaw a few minutes back in third. Two skips were allowed and I decided to stay with him in skipping 14 and 17. Opened a pretty good gap on the long leg to 19 but gave it back by overrunning the control. He got to within a few seconds of me at 20, but I had a bit more in the tank for the last 500m.
Excellent course designed by Maricel Olaru. Woods were thorny in spots. Now my arms match my legs from last weekend. Really hot for this time of year. I was glad I was wearing my Camelbak.