O - competition race (Interstate Park) 56:21 [4] 5.15 km (10:56 / km) +201m 9:09 / km
ahr:148 max:170
Green Middle. Oops! Stupid error right off the start: saw which way Peggy took off and did same, not knowing she had made a little adjustment after heading out slightly off. I just took it farther and had to correct more. But went up the hill a little left and down a parallel reentrant; then had to sort it out and find the right spot. Distracted by a guy chugging up behind me who sounded like a heart attack in action and came out of the control with my map upside down. Took the 180 for 150 m before realizing and had to run around the hill on the ride. So gave up 6 min right at the start.
Then all good except control confusion at 7 (arguably a crappy spot) and route to 9 (R across opening at end of marsh, which had thick green in places).
Okay with time, fair given the errors at the beginning, but 6 min less would have been quite good.