Orienteering race 1:01:17 [4] **** 5.2 km (11:47 / km) +153m 10:16 / km
spiked:10/13c shoes: VJ Falcons 3 (yellow)
US Champs (Classic distance, 1-day). Cat's Meow map, Greenbush, WI. Very fine glacial moraine terrain with good visibility and fast running.
A frustrating run. I caught Kean Williams at the second control (he had started 2 min ahead) and was unable to shake him and was quite distracted for much of the rest of the run. Small error on 6 due to bad compass work. Slightly larger errror on 8 when I came across an unmapped "hunter's fort" and mislocated myself. Big error (6 min) on 11 losing focus and chasing a flag on the Brown course. Luckily came upon a mapped hunter's fort when relocating and was fine from there. Probably could've been 9 or 10 minutes faster.
2nd in M55 (12 min behind Ernst) so US Champs silver medal. About 10th overall on Green. Weather was cool (low 40's) but no rain.
FR - 6.56k