Orienteering race 5:07:05 [2] *** 15.0 km (20:28 / km)
spiked:7/9c slept:4.5
Got up at 4, but let Nate sleep until 4:30, so we left just after 5. His knee was feeling somewhat better, so we went out, with a plan to keep an eye on the knee. The first control was a bit of a walk on the road, so it was actually light enough to see by the time we cut into the woods, and the headlamps ended up being excess baggage.
We decided to skip a 50-pointer that was going to be a pain to get back to, but added a 30-pointer that was easy enough. Then our problems began. We couldn't find 503 (must have missed it just right, so when we turned right we came up empty). Since we weren't certain of our location leaving the area, we ended up catching the wrong spur to the next, 30-point control. At this time we decided to just grab a 70-pointer and then the 50-pointer on the way in. Nate's knee seemed to hold up OK, but we'll have to see in a few more days. Our second goal was to have fun, and the break made things much more fun, so that was good. Our third goal was to place respectably, and we just missed the top half of the open men's category (haven't seen where we stood overall), so I think that was a success as well.
Route:
504 - 606 - 804 - 303 - missed 503 - missed 312 - 306 -
702 - 510 - home
Splits: (after 9:44:16 break)
36:00 - 26:32 - 44:44 - 26:40 - 95:22 -
31:24 - 38:06 - 8:17