Orienteering race 1:28:58 [3] 6.2 km (14:21 / km) +290m 11:38 / km
GLOF O-Cross 3
My ankle was very sore and I just wanted to make it through what I thought would be a fun course. Out of the start, I veered off to the right too much near #1 and fell to the back of the pack. Did fine navigating to #2, but I couldn't find the flag. I saw the flag in the depression which was clearly for a "different fork" and wandered on the hillside as I watched other folks punch it. Eventually, I couldn't make sense of anything and went to see it only to discover it was mine. Yes, it was on the north side of a small hill, but as with Saturday, I would have clued it differently. (The lesson is that I am not the course setter and there is more than one way to do things. Duh!) Up the hill trailing a bunch of folks - but not everyone as I had left a few guys on the hillside above #2. Clean through #5. I took a decent path through the green to #6, but then took the trail around the ravine to #7 because my ankle hurt too much. Nice idea, but this detour was TOO long. Caught Stina at #7 as she came in from a different fork. I tried to cut straight to #8, but saw that she was passing me on the trail, so cut down.
Second loop was slow and painful. Awkward to #9, but clean. Fine the rest of the way although I suffered greatly climbing in to #11 and #12. Had no wind to go to #13 and fell behind several folks. Clean to #14, but again had no wind climbing to #15. Just wanted to finish and was happy that the third map had only 800 meters. Followed the elephant trail to #17 and then took a path to #18 that curved slightly north of the line. Vaguely enjoyed the last down and up to the GO control. Ankle problems best evidenced by a 28 second finish chute split. Yuck!
Given the ankle (bad), an acceptable run. I'll be walking the "vetter's run" of the Goat Island sprint on Tuesday, though.