Orienteering (mtb29) 49:47 [3] *** 11.14 km (4:28 / km) +260m 4:00 / km
spiked:11/14c shoes: Shimano 77's 6-11
Wells State Park MTBO event
Went out fast and without much map study during my first minute with the map. Typically you get 1 minute before your start to tuck the map into the map holder. I had done this prior to showing up at the start box so I really did not take advantage of the time.
Left cp1 and went directly to cp3, discovered mistake and then went to 2. some extra climbing and distance cost me about 2 minutes. 4, 5, 6 ok, went to 9 before 7,8. lost a minute half. 10-12 OK, at 13 was near the finish and also near the string O which had about 10 flags with SI boxes. confused me quite a bit. lost another 1.5 min.
need to read map and memorize more before moving on.