Orienteering race (Green Y course day 2) 1:18:46 [4] *** 5.5 km (14:19 / km) +165m 12:27 / km
spiked:12/13c shoes: Jala Jukola Spider 6 #2
Found all the controls okay except for # 2, which was most of my 6-7 minutes of error (the rest was just feeling physically slow on hill climbs).
Though I guess it's fair since everyone had the same map, I didn't like how the circle and the number for the second control was somewhat hidden in the complex area of the map near the rock and creek, and thought I was headed to # 3 coming out of the 1st control (actually, I think my mind said that #2 was #1 and all I had to do was go around the big spur...). Others would tell me that pace counting would've been a good indication that I wasn't heading right. In any case, I came out into the field W of 1 and 2 near the distinct trees and relocated from there, after noting on my watch that I was on the way to #2(!), not #3 and then finding #2 on the map.
I trotted along the Mason-Dixon line between 8 and 9. :-)
AOWN (maybe): hunting dogs and horses (and their people) in one of the big fields near the M-D line.