Orienteering race 1:01:30*** 7.06 km (8:43 / km) +211m7:35 / km spiked:20/22c shoes: VJ Falcons 5
Day 2 of Foxchaser II at Tyler Arboretum - Green X. Map is adjacent to Ridley Creek SP but has some significant areas of white woods, especially across the road. Still plenty of sharp stuff in the green areas, so some more blood letting today. Several unavoidable stream crossings ranging from ankle to calf deep. Crossing the stream from 6-7 I slipped so was totally soaked up to my waist (which was not a good thing since the air temperature was upper 30s - forced me to keep moving to stay warm). Still a couple of inches of crusty snow on the ground in most places.
Had a decent run. Some sloppiness leaving controls 3 and 4 but corrected quickly. Biggest error was about a minute on #12 when I made a 90 degree error after crossing the stream. Saw a house ahead of me and corrected. Also lost a little time locating #13. There were two road crossings which were "off the clock" so my actual race time is about 4 minutes faster than the time on my watch. 2nd in M60 for the day (5 sec ahead of Tony M), 5th on Green X. 3rd in M60 for two day combined time.