Orienteering race 1:26:15*** 8.87 km (9:44 / km) +207m8:43 / km ahr:153 max:192 spiked:13/18c shoes: VJ Falcons 9
Red course at Hibernia County Park. 7.3k, 205m. Good visibility but not so good runnability since almost all the woods are some shade of green. And a lot of the green is sharp. Bobbled a few route choices by not taking the shortest route to trails or open fields. Small misses on a couple controls in the second half of the course just not reading the terrain correctly as I got close to the control. Low 40s and breezy but mostly sunny, so good for running. Wet underfoot.
Trail Run1:00:48 5.05 mi (12:02 / mi) +150m11:01 / mi ahr:137 max:167 shoes: NB Leadville VS
At South Mountain Reservation in Essex Co., NJ. Running just on trails but carried the 25 year old, 1:15000 orienteering map and mostly followed along. Some changes to vegetation and trails but all the rocks and contours were still there (except for one boulder cluster used as the final control for the 1994 A-meet held here - maybe it only existed for the A-meet). Features were easier to see in the terrain than on the map, unless I used the magnifier I was carrying. A very nice Spring day with temperature around 50F. Generally muddy trails with a few spots of melting snow/ice/slush. Had studded shoes along but regular trail shoes worked just fine.