O - competition race (Gay City) 1:12:25 [4] 7.5 km (9:39 / km) +185m 8:35 / km
ahr:144 max:161
Red course. Nice course by Jim and Rich. Ran it hard because I'm skipping the Sunday race for a workout and ski swap up in Craftsbury.
On line thru 4 and then took the R side down the marsh to 5, which was stupid, because I had to thrash thru some swamp brush and was too far L, but thought I was R and turned the wrong way to find the flag. Corrected but lost 2 min on the wrong turn and another 2 on the bad route choice. Then went R on the way to 6 even though I had been on the right track and had to loop around after I lost confidence in my location. 4 min on that, too.
Annoyed at all of this and ran fast and true for the rest of the course, which was good. Used the stone walls as attack points all thru 8 to 12 and moved well.
Satisfied with the running. Not much in the way of climb, so need more preparation for Phil's course in a couple weeks.