Orienteering (Tree Hugger Invitational) 2:06:00 [4]
shoes: Icebugs 2
Tested out the THI course today. An off-day- Didn't have any flow, and seemed to be having harder time than usual holding bearings. Also short on time as I needed to scoot off to work after.
Trying to juggle map, 2 clue sheets, pen, compass, gloves, dog and cel phone at times was tricky.
I couldn't find 2 of my first controls that were only medium difficulty, and spent a lot of time triple-checking, then got thrown off. Turns out they were indeed missing, as were 2 later ones. One was medium, one difficult so I spent a lot of time mucking around in soggy ground trying to find it. Since I didn't have a pen I got out the cel phone to call Bash and tell her.
I managed to lose control clue sheets (2X) , 1 glove, my pen and a shoe in the muck at various times, and Bulletdog got in a dogfight with 2 Ridgebacks that came flying across Duffy's Lane. Found one of the sheets, the glove and the shoe, but not the pen or second sheet so I had to work from memory. Glad I had Sealskinz on.
Bash took me to places I've never seen in this neck of the woods that I should know like the back of my hand. Also managed to keep me running for a long time in a fairly limited area. Good for her- awesome course.