Long distance race at Camp Shea. Not really long, only 3.3K, but felt kind of long because of all the undergrowth. Pretty thick a good part of the way. No real trouble navigating, but some slow and winding routes. Best was probably the first one, long leg with a lot of climb, a lot of thick stuff, hit it right on. 2 was fine, then tried to go over, but ended up going more around to 3, so lost a fair amount of time to people who did one or the other. 4 was a long leg through fairly clear woods to a trail and then in from an attack point. 5, 6, 7 relatively short, no real problems, then 8 would have been much better to avoid climb, but I did all of it. Took a hard fall leaving 8, but no damage, then a little wobbly going to 9. Saw the stream, but had a hard time believing I was on the right side of it instead of the left. The stream didn't lie. Through the start area on the way to 10. Generally a pretty good performance for me.
Looking at the splits, I had one fastest leg split over the course of the weekend, and was surprised to find it was #1 on the long. Tough, physical leg, just the kind I would ordinarily expect to get in trouble on. But I maintained a pretty straight line, kept in good contact and ran right into it.
Camp Shea Brown Long map