Orienteering 1:08:02 [3]
US Non Champs
7.2km, 180 Cm = 68:02
Calf report: Jogging a bit before the race it felt decent enough that I decided to run as normal and come what may. A couple twinges during the course but otherwise, no problems. An honest race as far as physical output.
Nav. report: I did a 180 out of C2, paused after 30s, stared at the map and terrain for 30, then 30 back to C2 and on my way. To C14 I took a very inefficient trail route for maybe a 1min loss. But those were minor compared to my blunder from C15 to the GO control. I could swear I checked my compass leaving the C but somehow I hit the trails to the east and then mayhem ensued. I relocated in the little square field off the road a good 400m S of the control. Total loss around 5 min.
All that said, my other controls were decent and most of the time I felt in command of my nav. That felt good and was fun. I remember at Telemark running defensively and scared that disaster was always imminent. That certainly wasn't the case this weekend. Thus, given the amount of O training I've done this fall, I'm satisfied.
Overall report: A great weekend of orienteering. Thanks BGR! Too many meetings though -- pretty much every minute I wasn't on the course or eating I was in a meeting.
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming already in progress....