Orienteering race 33:05 [4]
First leg, Orange, on SLOC Relay. Stayed in pack of 3-5 including Peggy D, Bob B, and Taylor D - they only pulled away on last uphill. I lagged usually - they really pushed my pace to max. Orange level course was 'easy' but I cut a few corners to help - not fooled by forks. I enjoyd mass start - strong first leg.
Lesson: Nice run - kept head in mass start; used other runners well.
Orienteering race 22:19 [4]
Great sprint course and venue at Burnett woods. Lots of route choice decisions. Strong run EXCEPT for 3-minute error on shortest, 40-sec, leg 5-6. Being so short, I didn't analyze - just bearing and run. But I was well left, ended in reentrant below road instead of woods in front of yellow field. Wandered in reentrant and road - could not calm down and make sense. I saw other runners, they semed to be on 5-7 line - didn't help me spot 6. Finally ID'ed road, trail, then yellow.
Lesson: Even on short leg: recheck bearing after crossing reentrant; still think about control circle ('cross trail, roots in green in front of yellow')