Warm up twice around the campus pond with the one astrophysicist who I convinced to come try orienteering. Ok, didn't give them that much warning, and one other expressed interest at least... maybe another time!
Orienteering race 16:33 0.0 mi ahr:168 max:181 11c
Woo! Little campus sprint put on by Alex for her dept, good times. For the novice division, expertly instructed by the course-setter/event organizer/mapmaker herself, we had 2 from Eco, 1 from Astronomy. Then Phil and I also raced. Unfortunately I had to scamper off to Spanish class before the other gals came back (all who came were girls- cool!)
As for my race, the goal was to get closer to having orienteering hurt like PG says it should. At least I was 3 minute in Level 5, think that's better than normal. But did have some falters. Not sure if right of the line was faster to 1, was totally tricked by a false way up right after 5, and cut the wrong side of the church from 8 to 9.
Very distracted by glasses that kept trying to fall off my head (orienteering in contacts is def the way to go) and by unfolding and refolding my map at each control to punch. But figured I should know the way out of each control before heading in and then should be able to unfold on the run. Didn't always quite work that way...