O - competition race (West Point) 46:05 [4] 4.48 km (10:17 / km) +144m 8:52 / km
ahr:148 max:169
Day 2 Brown. Right off, control 1, looked for control at top of reentrant at top of hillside. But reentrant kind of continued across flat and resumed some more. So off 20 m and 2 min looking in the wrong direction before I figured it out. Then bang-on for the next 3, taking the road to 4 as I figured I could run that faster than Harriman's rocky ground. Probably a good choice for me. Second problem was 5, which looked on the map to be in a flat saddle. Turns out a piece of a contour was covered by the circle and it was on the end of the shoulder. Two more min there. Then good for the rest, passing someone to the next control and having him on my heels to the end. Good motivation, including up and over the hill to the Go control, figuring if he was going to follow me I might as well make him suffer. To the finish on the sidewalk as far as possible, with only a little running in the sand.
Happy with the result, more like I'm looking for. Picking up speed, good endurance (for a short course), but more to go.