Orienteering race 57:03 [4] **** 5.4 km (10:34 / km) +189m 8:59 / km
spiked:12/13c shoes: VJ Falcons 3 (yellow)
A-meet day but not part of the US Champs. Cat's Agenda map, Greenbush, WI. Similar terrain to yesterday but with a complex XC-ski trail network in the southern portion of the map. Had a good run going until I got into the trails area (and also caught up to Walter S. and Paul Regan who were running the same course). Bobbled 9 by 20 or 30 seconds not knowing which trail bend I was coming off. Planned a trail route to 10 but was off by 45 degrees on the bearing to hit the trail I intended. Got on the wrong trail, ran until I hit a junction and then spent a bit of time figuring it out. Lost about 5 minutes on the leg. After that I went back to using primarily the terrain to navigate rather than the trails and did fine for the rest of the course.
Fastest on M55 for the day (Ernst ran Red) and 6th overall on Green out of about 60-some competitors, but 10 minutes behind PG with the fastest time. Continuing my streak of having decent runs except for one leg. :-(
FR - 6.98k