This was not a good day. :-( I could blame it on the heat and not having done this long of a course in quite a while, but the truth is my navigating was abysmal, beginning with the first control. I'm not sure why I wasn't concentrating or thinking very well, but I bobbled almost every control, with major mess-ups at 10, 12, and 13. And a spectacularly bad route choice from 4 to 5.
And, finally, the heat got to me, and from 12 on, I was toast. I didn't resort to lying down in a stream like Brooke (although I wish I had thought of that!), but I definitely hit the wall. So glad when I got to the finish and could just sit down and recuperate.
The day got better, though, when the last stragglers (me, Amy, John, Doug, Jen, and JP) finished packing up and went to a very nice brewpub....oh, sorry: The Very Nice Brewpub in Nederland. A great way to end the day.