orienteering race 52:00 [3]
slept:7.5
A good run overall. A bit hesitant, and more than a bit sluggish. Definitely some pain in my left heel (pf) and ankle (general), which made me wimpy on the rocks at times. But I ran all but one hill (and ran some of that), so not too bad.
Navigationally I had one error on 3, and hesitant on 4 with an unnecessary wobble on the route (just run to the swamp, dummy). A few other short hesitations on short legs that were really just me reading the map slowly rather than being hesitant. I would love to blame eyesight, but it was a beautiful sunny day ... glasses were working fine ... so I'll claim winter 'rust' instead. Still, it was a very clean run overall, which was my goal, and I'm happy!
Tried to squelch distracting thoughts ("Why was Bridget turning off into the thick swamp? Did she figure it out?" (yes) "Did she run off the map?" (no) "Is she behind me anywhere?" (Look, no)) She beat me on quite a few splits, though.
running warm up/down (trails) 3:00 [1]
Very sad excuse for a warm up. Didn't cool down due to pf. Headed off to buy insoles. Note for future: go to Target, not any one of the multiple shoe/sports stores. The shopping trip was definitely my most error prone leg of the day! Woodbury Commons is scary!!