Running warm up/down (Warm-up) 12:00 [2] 1.3 mi (9:14 / mi)
slept:7.25 weight:168lbs
At the University of Maryland, College Park for QOC's meet hosted by the Terrapin Trail Club. Warm-up in the parking lot and to/from the track. My knee felt better but not much at first.
Orienteering race (Score-O) 1:02:17 [4] * 8.57 km (7:16 / km)
spiked:37/41c
QOC at UMD. This was a Street-0 held on the UMD campus. There were 45 controls set with equal value. I got 41. I intentionally skipped 2 of them due to time shortage (Jon T. who had raced XC earlier in the morning got all of them with 15 seconds to spare and I estimate it would have taken me about 3 more minutes to pick them up). Some were hidden away in building nooks and bushes. At least 4 on the course were set incorrectly. There were a few other map problems like 3 controls being shown inside an unpassable building (stadium) that was really partially passable. This led to people not knowing how to get in/out and losing time. I was confused right out of the start by the north south lines being at angles to the paper edges; it drew me to a control that I might otherwise have gotten later. The order I went was: 44, 19, 16, 17, 18, 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 24, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 45, 30, 31, 32, 33, 37, 36, 34, 35, 38, 41, 43, 42, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. I had troubles in the stadium, and more minor troubles with 8, 28 (came at it from the wrong side and couldn't see it over the hedge right next to me), 32 (miss-hung), 38, and 41. I got distracted being yelled at when safely crossing the collegiate bike race course and inadvertantly skipped right past number 2 out in the open. Being 2:17 over the one hour limit, I had a 3 point penalty. I measured the distance in straight lines through uncrossable features. Afterward, my right achilles hurt a little--one more joint going down. All in all, it was a fun outing on a decent but windy day and I got in an game of disc golf afterward in which I was much improved.