Orienteering 26:03 [4]
Sprint at UI campus in Bloomington IN. Excellent venue - good mix of buildings with lots of nooks and crannies and some very open woods.
Smooth run overall. Looked ahead consistently. Excellent map contact. If any doubt, checked control numbers. In middle of lots of Br/G runners. Bill L had great race - 3rd on course?
Sam Smith (-1) caught me at 9. Ran rest together. With slightly faster pace, he usually led but I was more confident out of controls (read ahead) and would gain 5+ steps. Passed him twice.
Lost time at 9 - confusion near steps, had not carefully read clue (eg NE "inside corner of stone wall").
Hesitations:
at 5 (read and saw tricky stairs, then went to left one first).
at 13: saw tree and control ahead, then 'not there!' Moved forward, okay.
at 14: short leg, off to right. oops, there it is.
10: left 10 to right, left shorter
Route choice: 20-21: right or left around building, went left. Which?
Excellent Bombay restaurant for dinner - had chaat for 1st time - very popular with local Indians.