Orienteering 3:10:39 [3] *** 6.0 mi (31:47 / mi)
14c
Patapsco - CCBC
Course Distance: 7.8 km
Actual Distance: 9.7 km
A very memorable day of orienteering. It was cold, windy, and wet. The streams were much fuller than usual. In at least one case I waded up to mid-thigh crossing a stream. It wasn't until I was past the halfway point that I felt confident that I would finish. Climbing steep hills, even along trails, was tricky due to wet leaves and mud. I probably lost more time looking for places to cross the deepest stream than on anything else. The wet, slippery conditions were by far the most challenging part of the course.
My original plan was to do the blue course. I arrived around 11 but part of the map for the blue course was missing. I was told they would print the missing part but that it would probably take 45-60 minutes. I was fairly certain that I wouldn't be able to finish the blue in under 3.5 hours so I did the red instead. I'm not certain that I would have been able to finish the blue in less than 4 hours, considering how long it took me to finish the red, possibly longer.