Orienteering long 23:32:00 [2] 45.0 km (31:23 / km) +6200m 18:35 / km
shoes: Brooks Cascadia
US Champs rogaine, Allegheny SP w/ Sharon Crawford.
2nd mixed vets to Smiths. Some 45k, 6200' climbing.
Should have done better; some complicated compilation of considerations as explanation. Sharon has done some 20 rogaines, this, my second, ? last as too much beating up upon the musculoskeletal system, save some for future use perhaps. Functioned well as team. Good nav discussions/agreement I'd say. We both were guilty of faulty thinking on one night control, fixating on disappearance of stream at reentrant bottom when we were looking for a spur further up reentrant. Didn't need a stream to find control & we were surely in the correct reentrant as entrance was short dist fm rd & culvert. This caused loss of 2 control points & less-than-optimal route to next.
I carried too much wgt. MSK system held up but I was very careful not to fall/hurt feet. Rt achilles fine day after, also left 1st MTP ok. Lft upper hamstring pull re-exacerbated but prob not a problem. Would do well to discuss experience w/ partner over a cup of coffee after good night's sleep. Was away to Pittsburgh 90' post-finishing. Risky driving, a few momentary lapses of att'n, crossed some painted lines...
Night O is novel, fireflies, night revelry persons on road section, AM birdsongs lovely, fatigue awful but temporary. Carried a lot of food, added to wgt. Like idea of travelling very light, making more use of water stops & possibly hash house. I carried too much baggage. 2 women got 1300 pts in 12 hrs - flexible, mobile, young. Weather always different, changing considerations re what to carry. Very wet w/ one downpour in mid-pm that was depressing. Clothes should have been in plastic bag - there were plenty of extra lg map cases at HH. We never dried out. Competition was somewhat a disappointment (when I absorbed results/did the numbers) but great experience incl visiting cousin in Pittsburgh.