O race 1:29:00 [3] 5.0 km (17:48 / km) +100m 16:11 / km
COC Middle champs on Bow Valley Provincial Park map. Not one of my stellar performances - Area had less moss than last weekend and smaller depressions altho a fair amount of deadfall. Course also had some control points in vague flattish sections which added a bit of a bingo element. Pace counting and close compass watching was the order here (both of which I did not do enough of). Lost time of 2 looking fro a shallow gully which I went thru and did not see (pretty shallow). Then lost time on 3 and 4 in the vague stuff - found 5 before finding 4. Been out for a while now and pretty tired. Then punched 8 thinking I was at 7. Then had really trouble navigating to 8 as I thought I was heading out from 7!! Punched 8 after a long search based in part by hearing the commentary location from the assembly area. Punched 8 without realising i had been there before - so end result was a DNF as I mis punched - a gracious defeat. Nicer chat at he start with the guy with the 3 big dogs who had been hired to go thru the area to scare of any bears.