Orienteering race 1:00:20 [4] ** 8.17 km (7:23 / km) +76m 7:03 / km
ahr:148 max:166 spiked:11/16c rhr:58 slept:7.0 weight:83kg shoes: Inov-8 Roclite 319
11:51 AM. River Bend Nature Center, Faribault, MN. Burned 648 calories.
5.5 °C
Nice course, easy for me and very open and runnable. That means a better than average time for me but it did not prevent me from making some mistakes:
CP1: Might have done better taking trail to vegetation boundary due S of CP1.
CP3: Sloshed through the thicket to W end of ridge. Should have gone S, the way I went to CP2.
CP4: Veered WNW instead of SW. Should have at least glanced at compass.
CP13: Not confident at all about distance estimate. Need to start counting steps or at least pay attention to the actual distance.
Finish: Slooow. Needed to sprint.
Tons of deer, they seemed to know that this is a no-hunt zone and took advantage of it. Fun to remember portions of the 2010 MNOC AR Tune-Up.