orienteering race 2:06:00 [3] *** 6.4 km (19:41 / km) +180m 17:16 / km
15c shoes: VJ Integrators
CSU Middlesex Fells Long - Green Y (F-Green)
Wanted to wuss out down to Brown again, but the first available start time was way too late in the day.
Probably for the best, as this was fine. I could have pushed a lot more, even, but wanted to relax and try to have fun instead. Two minor mental panics - one when I came to a trail junction and encountered a large, unmapped pond/swamp. I could not figure out how and where I could have gone wrong. Continued in the way I thought I should be going, and everything matched up again - it was a low spot which had filled up with water. The second was on top of a rough open hilltop with many narrow trails, where I just could not follow anything, but did eventually find my way through.