Orienteering 39:31 [4]
Two sprints at Forest Park: 20:04 and 19:27. Flip-flopped 4th and 3rd with Rudy. Eric and Rex of CA flip-flopped 1st and 2nd. Great weather for July in St. Louis!
See Eric's blog for maps:
#1: Through woods for #1 and #2. Ran trails for #3 and #4 - woods looked fairly nasty and steep coming out. It would be good to see splits; probably will rerun. Also avoided PI. Map reading error out of 8 - somehow thought 9 was above Green (did see orange surveyor tape) - so I went 'other way' around Green.
#2: Fewer route choices. I didn't see 'straight' from 1 to 2 - weird! Chose trail run for #9 - worked well.
The out-sprint, rest, back-sprint format worked especially well for starting in corner of FP.
Two smooth runs with one route choice error on each course. Read map, planned ahead, checked clues and codes consistently. Pace could have been a bit stronger, of course.