Orienteering race 1:30:48 [4] *** 6.33 km (14:21 / km) +170m 12:39 / km
17c weight:165lbs
WCOC meet at Wooster Mt. Legs felt really weak and tired. Lots of difficulty with footing, and being very cautious on rocky sections (i.e., everywhere). A really fine map, but I was having trouble finding the route, with the light red route printing hard to pick up on reddish-brown contours. For example, kept following the line from 8-9 and having trouble finding the control circle for 9 every time I looked at the map. lnstead, kept heading from 8-7. Definitely felt more in control on easier open terrain, like 11-15.
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This was certainly indicative of my current ability level in this terrain. Of seven split posters (three of whom are certainly out of my league, but three others I think of as a peer group), my best leg out of 18 was a 4th, and I had one 5th, 8 6s and 8 7s. Pretty far off the pace, and most of the time I was feeling that way out there, too, although I felt pretty good on 1, 2, 8 and 12-15.