Orienteering33:40 1.3 mi (25:54 / mi) +76m21:54 / mi ahr:121 max:168 9c shoes: Brooks Ghost Blue
Backwards model to warmup/refresh a bit.
Orienteering1:09:52 4.92 mi (14:12 / mi) +66m13:38 / mi ahr:185 max:215 18c
Ran too fast too #1, eyes watered, I thought I could wing it, missed my turn.
Then missed #3 left, hit trail unsure of where on trail, but guessed correctly and caught it out of the corner of my eye.
Otherwise slow by enjoyable the rest of the way. Caught Steve at 10, thought he had a minute or two earlier start, so I could sit with him, but was able to break away by 12 although he had me worried. Tried to haul through the rest but did not have the fitness, and got lucky on 14 (was too far west but spotted it, I suck at bearings) then slipped en route to #18 and my attempted super heave back up took too much out and I overrevved but hopefully finish 18-F okay.
Orienteering33:45 1.26 mi (26:47 / mi) +101m21:27 / mi ahr:96 max:138 2c
Picked up two water stops from Saturday courses.
3 PM
Orienteering42:08 1.33 mi (31:41 / mi) +29m29:41 / mi ahr:90 max:138 13c shoes: Brooks Ghost Blue
Flag pickup. I learned that the blue dot stream was, in some places, crotch deep. Refreshing!
Orienteering1:00:22 1.84 mi (32:49 / mi) +82m28:48 / mi ahr:123 max:157 10c shoes: Brooks Ghost Blue
Model course. Black rock wasn't bad, but gray rock...ooof. Still don't know how to read the area near #7, so decided to be cautious for any of those. Really want to count the +5 extra flags we found!!
Orienteering1:40:23 5.53 mi (18:09 / mi) +290m15:36 / mi ahr:144 max:201 14c shoes: Brooks Ghost Blue
Yeeeargh
Okay 1-5, just not fast (and one parallel error exiting #3, but not a big deal since it still got me to the right trail), then I lost my beloved nitrogaine hat en route to #6, which was demoralizing, tried to peek for it en route to #7.
Then stuffed up #7. The bulk of my error was using the blue line as a creek, when it would later turn out to be a north line, so I ended up far down a slope and was not letting all of the extra reentrants convince me of my whereabouts, finally decided to bail to power line, figured it out, went to 7 via 8, then was okay for awhile.
Tweaked my route to #12 to look for the hat a little, but at least it wasn't raining so I could still see. Then, then it started raining hard, and I couldn't see, so I pocketed my glasses. I'd been through #12 to #6, so I found that fine, but the vague approach to #13 was more than my nearsighted self could manage. I missed the right, dunno when I crossed it, and wandered about before finally decided I must be south of the ride, went north and found it.
Yeeargh!
Good news, some kind soul picked up my hat and carried it in. Reunited and it feels so good
Orienteering11:39 0.75 mi (15:32 / mi) ahr:164 max:218 5c
Middle model
Orienteering56:47 3.42 mi (16:36 / mi) +128m14:53 / mi ahr:151 max:185 14c
Went perfectly, except #6, where I could not convince myself to go far enough north. I kept seeing a marsh, but it was not the marsh but the gully closer than the marsh. Taken off fifteen minutes and I’m in the mix on m40 crying emoji
Orienteering34:54 [1] 1.3 mi (26:51 / mi) +79m22:36 / mi ahr:126 max:148 9c