O - competition race (Pine Hill A meet) 1:48:00 [4] 10.7 km (10:06 / km)
Red nominal 7.6 km. Preran course. Really enjoyed the map, course and terrain, although lots of med green. Mod visability and a few thick areas. Dense trail network. Took lots of concentration.
Started 2 min behind Alex . Caught up at control 6 and then we exchanged lead for the next 20 controls as we each made horrendous errors in turn. Ran clean thru #13, then drifted R after following the wrong minor trail. Picked up the map wasn't matching the terrain, but failed to act on it nor even look at my compass.
Also missed a trail jct on #16 because of drifting R and had to bushwack back to the road crossing. Closer compass scrutiny would have helped there, too. Alex and I both got to #19 before the control was hung and circled for a several minutes before deciding in turn we were in the right spot. Finally, overshot #21 and lost a couple minutes. Mind was wandering and failed to pace count.
So 20 good legs and 3 botched for a loss of 10 min, and one missing control for another 4 min. Felt confident on the fine navigation for most controls, map detail was excellent.
Trail Running warm up/down 40:00 [2] 3.0 km (13:20 / km)
Warmup and then picking up controls later on.