Orienteering race (Middle) 37:43 [4] *** 2.81 km (13:26 / km) +107m 11:17 / km
spiked:10/12c shoes: Jala Jukola Spider 6 #2
EDIT - Added FR track
Brown middle at the Sierra Summerfest, at Little Truckee Summit. SL 2.3 km/65m
1:10000/5m Another warm day, and starts closer to noon didn't help. I decided to carry water despite there being one water control and am glad I did. These have been pre- and post-race Vitalyte days, for sure.
A good race, except for errors on the first two controls. Trouble finding the start triangle, determining the direction to the first control, and then reading the different vegetations mapped (on a less than 200m leg). I managed to miss it (a boulder cluster in the light green) a bit high but I hit a pair of boulders about 40m away and relocated from there. [PG would never have climbed an extra 1.5 contours...] Then a bit left of the line to 2 (low and beyond, vs high and beyond on #1). Controls 2, 3, and 6 were in a triangle about 80 or so meters on a side, and I hit a boulder which I identified as my #6 and again relocated.
Settled down after that and did better on my compass and distance estimation. Green had a lot of similar legs, so despite the far spacing of starts there were often other at or near many of my controls (including a couple of potentially tricky lone trees). Probably at least 4 min of error. When we left I was 1st F on Brown, about 5th or 6th place overall.
Tomorrow's the Long day. Then I think I'll skip the TrailCross on Monday and let my feet have a rest.