Running 5:00 [3] 0.6 mi (8:20 / mi)
Warmup for the blue with trail striders afterwards.
Orienteering 41:24 [3] 3.8 km (10:54 / km)
This was good for one of my first races back, but I cannot continue to have races like this if my goal is to compete at an international level. I was very clean for the first section and then started making some dumb mistakes. Things like not looking at my compass and running out of the control the wrong way. Mistakes like that cost me a lot of time but they are also relatively easy things to fix. It seems to be very much about establishing good habits.
Running 5:00 [3] 0.6 mi (8:20 / mi)
Cooldown
Running 12:00 [3] 1.8 mi (6:40 / mi)
Warmup, 7.5 minutes easy, 2.5 minute tempo, 2 minutes easy.
Orienteering 15:36 [4] 2.8 km (5:34 / km)
A good sprint on the UMass Amherst Campus. It seemed to be mostly wide open legs with more detail as you closed in on the control. I decided just to run an easy pace at the start because even at that pace (6:40/mile, 4:08/km) I would still be rolling for a sprint, and then I kicked up the tempo for the second half. I also had to tell myself to calm down after a small bobble on the 1st control. After that it went well. Really fun race and really encouraging start to my return to orienteering.
Running 10:00 [3] 1.3 mi (7:42 / mi)
Cooldown