Run - Trail warm up/down 9:27 0.31 mi (30:29 / mi) +16m26:16 / mi ahr:122 max:146 shoes: 340 ORoc 2011
Orienteering race 58:10 3.95 mi (14:44 / mi) +114m13:31 / mi ahr:146 max:182 14c weight:76.8kg shoes: 340 ORoc 2011
Synopsis - 3 best splits, 3 errors, the latter costing far more time than the former gained.
After being held at the start line for 45s when the starter insisted I wasn't supposed to go, I finally got to the triangle and started out with two controls worth of trashy woods and a bad attitude. But then found nice woods and a good flow posting top splits on 3 & 4. Good flow for most of 5, just L of line, counting trail crossings but then hit a trail that didn't match my count, pulling up short and pondering and then spotting a control behind me and low that could be considered a similar feature so I checked it out - it wasnt. Pondered some more and continued cautiously, finally getting there dropping 3 minutes. Flow gone, confidence shaken..
Middle batch fine, but the flow was gone. Left #11 on compass in low-viz, but hit trail unexpectedly, compass wonky? Down trail hesitantly and in. Then out to trail and left the trail early on the line for a smoothly spiked best split. But then more wierd compass stuff and felt I was trending too far downhill and way over corrected for it to my R. Crested hill, noted building below but no pit... ??? Took me s moment to realize the building I was looking at was much closer to 14 than 13.... damn, damn, damn... and shoe untied as well. Too stubborn to stop & retie, sidehilling on loose shoe to pit and then slowly into finish...