Orienteering race 1:24:09*** 8.66 km (9:43 / km) +231m8:35 / km ahr:130 max:161 spiked:24/29c shoes: VJ Falcons 11
Red course at Fort Washington. 7.2k, 210m. The map had been recently updated and included every possible vegetation detail including every rootstock and the trunks of downed trees. Sam Kolins set a very nice course with lots of short legs which required reading the detail and figuring out the useful stuff (turns out the downed trunks were distinct and unique enough to be most useful). Most of the trails were removed from the map for the advanced courses. Sunny and low 50s with some breeze.
My orienteering was OK, having to stop several times to read the map detail. With the short legs, staying on the straight line and reading the vegetation usually worked. My biggest error (~90sec on control 25) was from loss of focus because I was getting tired (after 78 minutes of orienteering). Several other smaller losses from misreading details.
Thanks to Sam, Lena and all the other volunteers who supported them.
Field Checking6:21:28*** 13.73 km (27:47 / km) +380m24:25 / km ahr:83 max:122 shoes: NB Hierro v6 GTX
Checking out stuff at Merli. Vegetation mapping is excellent. Upper 60s, sunny - and we were worried there would be too much snow to get out in the terrain in March.