Orienteering race (West Point Brown 1) 1:42:00 [3] *** 4.65 mi (21:56 / mi)
ahr:139 shoes: Silva K80 2
Didn't really feel fit enough for a West Point Green, so had downgraded to Brown a week or so ago. Looked forward to the shortish 3.3 km on Day 1.
Should have paid much more attention to the course notes - especially the fact that the N/S lines were printed at an angle. I stumbled onto 1 becasue I was contouring. But then really hosed 2 including visiting a lake off of the map. I contemplated going back through the finish to sort myself out, but could not bear to do that...I couldn't figure out what was wrong with my mind.
About 45 minutes in, after several trips up and down the road, I finally figure out why my compass doesn't match the map in the normal fashion of top = North. I am kicking myself - why didn't this come to me sooner?! Finally make forward progress and find 2. Fumble on 3 with many others, and then spy it. Make a poor decision of going down a 8 foot wall instead of around it. Dislodge a big rock and it hits my butt and I bang my knee. It stuns me - Lynette Walker asks if I need help. I tell her to go on and decide to walk it in. Very grateful in retrospect that I have lots of padding on my rear end.
A day later, it is very painful to run, so I didn't attempt Day 2...