Orienteering 1:46:56 [4] 5.16 mi (20:43 / mi) +807ft 18:03 / mi
weight:116.5lbs shoes: Salomon Speedcross 3
Elk Neck Green
STINKY! Slow out of the start, slow to get my brain working right. But at least I wasn't making any big mistakes...until...#5- shallow re-entrant in the middle of lots of green, mis-aimed and had to relocate...
#7 a very long leg where I failed to execute my poor route choice and thus spent a very discouraging 25 minutes getting to the control. It will be interesting to see Route Gadget, so I can see where the heck I was! The control itself - the pit - was kind of fun - a little stinkhole filled with water, and I almost slid right in!
From there, I was thinking "I have to make up for all this lost time somehow."..but the course just went on and on. On my way to #11, I went down the wrong trail a little ways...there seemed to be a lot of trails not on the map in different places so I was very unsure about trails.
It wasn't smooth sailing. I must have climbed over 20 tree trunks and plowed through oh so many patches of mountain laurel. That combined with the earlier mess ups and I started moving more slowly. All in all I was disappointed with myself on this one.
I learned the very difficult lesson of not taking into account the climb for that #7 when I made my route choice, I wasn't even focused on contours, and I paid the price. Hopefully in the future I will look at the contours a little better! (Note to self: why are you wearing so many layers! Wear less)
It was good to hang out a little after with DVOA peeps...helped me feel better about it all.
Sandy - I was waiting for you but finally got too cold and had to leave. Hope you had a good run!