Orienteering race 44:05 [5] *** 4.8 km (9:11 / km) +180m 7:44 / km
16c
WIOL 7, Fire Mountain. Really nice course with some tricky legs (1-2, 4-5, 6-7, 10-11) and a minimum of trail and road action. Actually, it was interesting that the main three legs of trail running were all longish, gradual uphills that constituted a good deal of the course's total climb - which makes sense now that I look at it, because I felt like I was moving slower than I normally should be moving on a trail.
I was not in a good frame of mind when I finished, because I made several errors, especially one really dumb mistake 11-12 when I tried (and failed) to go through some dark green for no apparent reason other than navigational neglect. However, it looks like I still slid into second, ~4 min. behind Eric.
I count it as a good sign that I ended up with a relatively solid result even after a race I was unhappy with, and did not feel physically strong during.