Orienteering long 1:25:50 [3] *** 10.57 km (8:07 / km) +40m 7:58 / km
spiked:14/16c shoes: Salomon wings black
W Mass style Score O at lake elmo ; first rain after about 4 weeks ; grass was very wet and surprisingly cold. Grass wasn't that high so it was good for cross country running (especially in areas that had been burnt off this spring). Buckthorn was fully leafed out and controls in several locations were too hidden in patches of it . Absolutely soaked by the time is was done.
my route: cross country to 301 to 302 to 311 (buckthorn around control never did see a boulder) - trail thru horse camp to 306 - 308 (in buckthorn) 309 due w to 315 (in buckthorn)- NW and round to 314 - 312 -313 (in buckthorn) - trail to 316 - back NW and trail most of the way to 307 - 304 (in buckthorn) - 305- 303 - 310 (in thick buckthorn) - finish