Orienteering race 53:39 [4] *** 4.32 km (12:25 / km)
spiked:9/14c shoes: Mudclaw O+340
West Point A-Meet - Middle Distance - I was probably most frustrated with this event, but I think it turned out to be the best result I had this weekend.
I am not sure if it was the fog, the featureless (relatively) area the start triangle was in, or not prepping with the compass, but I did not make it 100m in the first 3 minutes. I just couldn't get any kind of bearing on the map. I finally felt confident enough to move in one direction but wound up curling off to the right and hitting the road to the west. That at least helped by get in contact with the map again and I finally pulled into the first control 10 minutes after my start.
After that I was a bit more focused, felt at ease with the map, and nailed the next 4 controls. I had small bobbles on #6 and #7 and a bigger one on #9. I think I was literally 3 feet from the flag, but I didn't look over the edge of the cliff far enough. I circled around, losing about 2 minutes. Other than #1, the blip at #9 was the worst. No major issues the rest of the way out.
Orienteering race 23:26 [4] *** 3.13 km (7:29 / km)
spiked:17/20c shoes: Mudclaw O+340
West Point A-Meet - Sprint - Nice course with a mix of open woods and building running. Too bad I had a MP. Actually though I was fairly happy with the run - most of it being clean and with what I thought was good speed.
The MP came probably, from being too focused on other runners and trying to pass. After have passed at least one R/B runner, I caught up to Karl Ahlswede at #9 and was thinking more about how to pass him than what my next control was. Unfortunately I skipped straight to #11 while he veered off to get #10. Funny thing was, he made it to #11 the same time I did. Went back and forth with Karl the rest of the way out and managed a strong sprint in to the finish.