Orienteering 1:13:00 [4] *** 3.0 mi (24:20 / mi) +210m 19:59 / mi
spiked:8/9c shoes: Yellow Falcons
Calero training course. Cobbled together from Theo's remote Blue controls, with a couple of Red controls thrown in. Almost the whole course was in terrain that I'm completely unfamiliar with, so that made it a decent training exercise. On the other hand, the steepness, the vegetation, and the slippery ground (covered with loose leaves) made the going very slow.
Very physically demanding. Went slowly, nailed them all, until the last one, when I tried to go fast, overshot, relocated and came back for a 4 minute error. Very warm, but got out early enough so it wasn't bad. Thorns and stickers all over my lower legs.
Nominally 2.9km, 210m, 9 controls. There were 10 in my original design, but as I started towards #1, it was too steep and too gnarly, so went back to the road and went directly to #2.
Running 29:00 [2] 1.5 mi (19:20 / mi) +100m 16:01 / mi
shoes: Yellow Falcons
Jog, walking the uphills, back to the parking lot.
Stop to see the new Bat Hotel.