Orienteering race 1:28:00 [3] **** 5.8 km (15:10 / km) +140m 13:32 / km
Boulder Dash, Bow, NH. Red course. Today went much better, thank goodness. My knee was still pretty stiff this morning, and I was contemplating not even going out. Then I decided I would walk the Green course just to work on my navigational skills. After I did a short jog around the parking area, I decided I could walk the Red course. So, I started out fast walking, and was hitting each control pretty cleanly. About 1/3 of the way through the course, my knee was loosening up, so I started jogging. Then, about 1/2 way through, it felt pretty good, so I started running, and still managed to find the controls with no major disasters. I had a bit of trouble on #11 when I drifted too far right and hit the field right by the houses. But, I headed straight down towards the big marsh, and hit right on the control. I guess the powers to be figured I had been punished enough yesterday.
I was very happy that I decided to go out on Red and was able to redeem myself, somewhat. I would have hated to leave NH on such a sour note. These were definitely challenging courses, in challenging terrain. Nice work by Bob Lux and UNO. Thanks!