Orienteering race 1:11:24 [4] 5.33 km (13:24 / km) +54m 12:46 / km
spiked:9/10c slept:6.5 shoes: Inov8 ORoc280-A 2013-08
Green course at Gay City, organized by Jim and Rich; nominal distance 4.5 km. Cloudy and 43 when we started, not much warmer when we finished though my head sweated under the buff I used to keep my ears warm.
Woods pretty much open but I couldn't move very quickly. Only real problem was not using the right techniques to find number 8. I should have either: a) used a closer attackpoint, like the trail bend or trail-stonewall junction, or b) pace counted from where I did leave the trail (just past where the stream crossed it). Anyway, I didn't go far enough and second guessed myself when I saw some stonewall to my west...thought it was the long straight N-S piece when it was actually the piece closer to the trail bend. I went out to the trail to relocate and then headed back in and found the flag/feature. Several minutes lost there; about 4:30, after looking at my track.
I went pretty much straight through the green/marsh after 8 and came out near the stonewall jct by the distinct tree. Glen passed me at the end, on the way toward the last control.
6th on the course when I finished, behind Karen (at 50:40) and Trisha Underwood and some guys. Nice day to be in the woods.