Orienteering race (FP - Yellow Middle Sun) 50:28 [3] *** 3.6 km (14:01 / km) +80m 12:37 / km
shoes: Pink Ice Bugs #2
Forerunner 310 XT: 2.77 miles with 87 m climb
Woke up feeling the effects of the last two days - very painful heel and hip, as well as the wine with dinner. Coupled with the rainy forecast (it started raining right around the first start time), I was pretty sure that I wasn't going out today. Greg L was sure that he would win money if he placed a bet on that outcome, and I was in agreement.
Set up the O-Lynx at the Start and the Go controls and then told the OCIN SI person that he should go out, because I might go out later, but I wasn't going out now for sure.
Things ran smoothly, and the rain stopped, and a rainbow was seen over the mountain (OK, the rainbow part is not true), so I got myself mentally prepared to go. The MD was pressed into driving me to the restroom and then closer to the Start about 30 minutes after the last starter.
Across the dam, and then about 400 meters down a mud slide and then 400 metes up a hill. Ugh, I should have skipped today.
But now I was out there, and I hadn't fallen down the muddy trail, so I tried to enjoy the course, and I did, apart from a little fiasco from 4-5. Like yesterday, I skipped a control in my mind, so I headed from 5-6 when I was really going 4-5. Truly puzzled on why the trail out of 5 was missing but I forged ahead. Luckily, this was not a huge error, and I was able to easily go to 5 from where I popped out of 4.
Won the course split to 9, probably based on the fact that I was able to navigate to it in an advanced fashion.
However, I had nothing at the end, and my run in split is shown as an error. I did sound like a train, and my voice has been mostly gone since.
3/14 on the course. So, a successful weekend of beating up on the youngsters. ;) And, thanks to my rankings magic, I am 10 in the Yellow rankings. Can I move up any in Georgia? We shall see...though I am pretty sure that I have F-Yellow #1 nailed down for 2012. :)
Really, really enjoyed this weekend. A perfect combination of working and competing. Who knows, Yellow just may be the course for me.