Orienteering race 53:02 [4] 4.4 km (12:03 / km) +240m 9:28 / km
shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280
Flying Pig Day 1 Green Middle. I mispunched, darn it. Completely skipped #15, and then wondered why I had to go so far along the road to 16. But my time wasn't so great anyway because of a mistake earlier on #5. I had a good plan, but the real problem was I crossed the river downstream of where I thought I was. So I went up the last reentrant at the edge of the map, and recognized the problem pretty quickly, but contouring back along the slope was really slow due to bad footing in the mud. Probably 4 minutes lost. So, two big mistakes marring an otherwise competent run.
The course was physically demanding, made even more so because of the saturated ground and high water. I got soaked out on the model map just after noon, but no rain on the Middle course, just wind. Tomorrow should be nicer, but I'm sure it will still be muddy.
