Orienteering race 3:47:57 [4] *** 16.78 mi (13:35 / mi) +500m 12:26 / mi
20c
Rock Creek Ramble. Ramble, Ramble, Ramble. I was hoping to do 20 miles, but fell ~3.3 short of that (albeit with 12 minutes to spare). I was very close to 5 mph after two hours, but then the long uphill run from 102 to 63, followed by a long road slog to 49 and a steep climb up to 66, dropped my pace down to 3-4 mph for the remainder. So yeah, turns out that two hours is indeed my limit for moving at speed before the wheels start falling off.
Course: 46-61-28-105-48-33-56-47-102-63-49-66-32-45-57-103-22-44-35-24
Miles:
1. 12:31
2. 12:56
3. 11:50
4. 10:42
5. 10:06
6. 12:39
7. 13:03
8. 13:04
9. 10:18
10. 15:08 (122:17 at the ten-mile mark)
11. 17:09
12. 15:15
13. 15:03
14. 16:09
15. 14:35
16. 18:41
17. 8:48 (0.78)