Running 8:00 [2]
Warm-up for West Point Sprint. Just enough to get the blood flowing and the lungs over that first tightness hurdle.
Orienteering race 17:41 [4] *** 2.1 km (8:25 / km) +75m 7:09 / km
spiked:12/15c
Very nice sprint. Bobbled #1 because I saw Rick Lavine coming in to it; I thought it was too soon, but I went down anyway. Blew #6 when I went high early and had to scramble down near the flag; cost me about a minute. Had a nice mano-a-mano with Mike Lyons as we met at #13 and went to #14. He was having a dubious run and didn't check the control description; I ran to the correct side of the viewpoint and caught him as he had to go the long way around it. Bobbled the GO control as I couldn't see it where I thought it should be.
Finished 7th out of 28; a very good result for me - especially considering.
Walking/Hiking 25:00 [2] 1.4 km (17:51 / km) +120m 12:30 / km
West Point A Meet - Model Middle Course/Walk to Start.
Quite the hike with gorgeous views and steep climbs on the last 200 m
Orienteering 41:28 [3] *** 3.25 km (12:46 / km) +95m 11:08 / km
spiked:7/12c
West Point A meet - Middle Course
Was very ragged through the rocks to #1; sucked wind and a bit lost to #2; blew #3; was regularly losing and regaining map contact to #4. (At this point I had lost seven minutes to Glen Tryson; each of our splits on the way in from here match phenomenally well.) Bobbled #5 a bit as I saw only two cliffs and couldn't decide which was "the middle" one. Clean the rest of the way. Caught Rick Worner on the way to #9 and barely passed him and then used him as motivation to keep running the rest of the way.
Finished 11th out of 31. Considering my recent middle courses, this is almost as good as medalling.