Orienteering 2:15:26 [2] *** 10.0 km (13:33 / km)
spiked:12/15c
Mendon Ponds Adventure Race
Ran with my daughter Sarah (age 14) who has previously (and not recently) only done White courses. Trail run section was fine and we headed to #1 as our first "off trail" experience. Woods were a bit thick, but we found it and headed to #2. Leaving #2 we got a bit wet, but she didn't care. She chose to go east to #3 and we took the under water swamp trail. At this point, she did say "no more going through swamps!" The rest of the O section went without incident other than the scramble into #7. The labryinth was more interesting...how to split when she had minimal nav skills. We walked to a point south of 17 and I ran to 13 and 14 while she went up the hill. Coming out of 14, I saw Barb Domine who told me that Sarah was at 17 and patiently waiting. We went to 18 and 20 and then she got 21 while I went to 16 and backtracked out. We did the same with 23 and 15 although she went out a bit oddly and made it most of the way to 15 before we reunited. We even ran most of the way in. Great race and she was a great partner. She didn't complain at all until the finish when she decided that she looked gross. Still, a wonderful father's day present a week early...