Orienteering 22:00 [3] *** 2.5 mi (8:48 / mi)
spiked:7/12c
Team Trials sprint at Spring Lake. Many mistakes, culminating in mispunching at #11. So what was wrong? Over-running several, standing around next to a few and not seeing them, and a clue sheet that turned to papier mache in the rain. Didn't realize clues were on the map, too, but I hate unfolding the map and looking for them anyway. How did I miss #11? Clue was lone tree, and the one I punched was also by a lone tree, a little further on and much more obvious. I was checking codes up until then, but my clue sheet was useless by that point. Just a ball of mush. And certainly I would have been flummoxed by #12 if I hadn't been a late starter and heard all the stories of people running by it to punch the white control further on.
Tomorrow I will bring tape to the start to protect my clue sheet.