Field Checking1:27:10*** 3.62 km (24:04 / km) +20m23:26 / km ahr:80 max:122 shoes: NB Hierro v6 GTX
At Thomas Iron Site. Checking out trail mapping in one area - probably needs a few updates. Verifying control locations.
Much less smoky today. Low 70s.
Orienteering28:09*** 3.68 km (7:38 / km) +17m7:28 / km ahr:143 max:160 spiked:12/13c shoes: NB Hierro v6 GTX
Ran the longer of the two courses, with the advantage of having been to all the control sites and also having pondered route choices. Much less map reading than I would have to do if I was seeing the course for the first time. Ran fairly hard and only real mistake was visiting control 8 when I was headed to 3 - it was on the way so I only lost about 30 seconds. Course may be a bit on the long side (2.6k straight line). I did take a couple of routes which I know were longer options.
Orienteering race 23:08*** 2.64 km (8:46 / km) +74m7:41 / km ahr:133 max:165 spiked:8/11c shoes: VJ Falcons 11
McKaig Nature Center. Short 1 course - 2.1k, 80m. 1:5000 map. Mostly open woods, hilly. Mostly sunny, mid-60s. Several small errors, which are actually medium-sized for a short course like this. AP didn't catch my error at 6, which was about 45 sec.
Orienteering27:45*** 2.96 km (9:22 / km) +89m8:09 / km ahr:135 max:170 spiked:12/14c shoes: VJ Falcons 11
McKaig. Short 2 course - 2.4k, 85m. The course had one section with 7 closely spaced controls with lots of direction change - all in very open woods. Cleaner run on this course than the first one.
After running, we bumped into a high school classmate who had come to the park to hike with a friend, so spent some time chatting and catching up.