Orienteering race 1:10:26 [3] *** 4.5 km (15:39 / km) +238m 12:23 / km
14c
WCOC local event at Pond Mt. Green course. Forerunner distance was 5.5K.
I decided to head to the WCOC meet today because I was a little tired of training by myself, and I'm glad I went. This is such a nice area to run in, and without the steep climb to the start, like we had at the A meet here, it was even more enjoyable. I saw some old friends...the Muffati's and Daniel Schaublin, and missed some others...the Gagarin's and Charlie, who has all of my good thoughts going out to him and Rhonda in Asheville.
My run was a mix of good and bad. Good because I was very worried about my knee since it's been acting up, but it felt great out there. There were even a few times...a very few times...where I felt like my old self running through the woods. Bad because I totally screwed up #4. It was like I entered a land of nothing but rock faces and could not make heads or tails of them. I had to relocate twice off the trail before I finally found the control. Argh!
The other bad news is that I think I might have come in extensive contact with poison ivy. George W. said that it was only by the roadside, but about halfway through my course, I realized that I kept seeing lots of it!! So, I've Tecnu washed and Zanafelled, but I don't think that I stopped it in time. :-(
The courses were set remotely by Boris, who is in Sweden, and I can say that the Green course was tons of fun! Thanks, Boris.