Terrain race (Sprint-O) 17:08 [3] 1.9 km (9:01 / km)
spiked:12/13c slept:6.0 weight:167lbs shoes: ASICS
Carol's Team 3rd Thursday Sprint #1
The course was great and I had a lot of fun running it! Unfortunately, I boomed the first control.... There were 3 controls, 1, 12, and 13 where the numbers were poorly located on the map. 1 was overprinted by 12 and the number 2 in the 12 was close to control circle 1. The 1 in 13 was very close to control circle 12 and the 3 was tough to see at a glance. At the start, I saw the '1' next to control circle 12, the '2' near control circle 1. I selected my route and went there (to #12). Caught my error before I punched but it took me close to three minutes to get the first punch that should have taken 45 seconds.... My mistake: I didn't look at the red line or the start triangle to make sure they went to the control I was heading for. Another lesson learned.
It took me another 3 controls to regain my focus but from there just took it as a practice run and concentrated on map reading while running.
Terrain race (Sprint-O) 19:22 [4] 2.36 km (8:12 / km)
spiked:19/20c slept:6.0 weight:167lbs shoes: ASICS
Carol's team sprint #2. A Farsta. Again a lot of fun.
Didn't push too hard 'cause I could tell from the first sprint that I hadn't been doing much running lately and because the hamstring is still a little tight and achey.
Ran the first loop pretty cleanly. After my mishap on the first sprint I spent a little more time reading the map at the start on the way to the first control. There were 3 route choices that cost me some time. 2 were cutting through medium green and running into significant poison ivy. Decided to go around it rather than through. Then went around the wrong side of the pavillion near the lake.
I think I was leading at the map exchange 'cause Rob and Mark missed the go control and had to go back for it. Probably cost them both about 30-45 seconds.
Did ok on the second loop except one control that was inside the same pavillion at the lake. Didn't read the map well enough and didn't look at the clue, so spent a lot of time looking around the outside of the building.
Mark MSP'd so I ended up 3rd I think.