Orienteering race 1:06:07 [4] *** 7.1 km (9:19 / km) +125m 8:34 / km
spiked:15/slept:10.0 weight:197.2lbs shoes: Innov8 (Yellow)
DVOA Event: BATSTO, NJ
A wet dreary day, but good to get out orienteering again, seems ages, and Batsto is a good area, even with the high blueberry bushes. Also last event of the year and I needed it to make DVOA rankings.
Lost a minute right at the start as had a problem orienting the map! Never had that problem before. Felt good going straight 2-3 as needed to be clean. 4-5 lost 1.5 min as trail not clear so did not cut in early enough. (If I pace counted maybe that would have been avoided or lost my distance estimation skill?). 6-7 did another dumb error I haven't done by leaving the control NE instead of west! 8-9 headed in early so did a parallel error up the wrong re-entrant. Lost a couple of minutes. Couple of dead legs at end 11-12 and 13-14.
Overall really enjoyed the course, good legs which required reading the subtlety of the contours. Great job by Dan and Zachary Barker