Run warm up/down 13:20 [1] 1.4 mi (9:31 / mi) +32m 8:54 / mi
Quick warm up before the race. Quad felt okay until I tried to do a little speed. Uh oh.
Orienteering 3:38:00 [1] ***** 10.0 mi (21:48 / mi) +214m 20:26 / mi
22c
The less said the better. I was doing okay until after 11, when two things happened:
1. I could not find 12. I spent a lot of time wandering around, first on my own, then with some cadets, to little avail. Was well west of where I should have been.
2. Around that point I wasn't able to run. My quad basically said no any time I tried to go any faster than a walk. So I walked the rest of the course.
Some things I learned:
* Thumbpass = awesome.
* When you spike a control based on reading features and then taking a bearing, it feels great.
* Just don't spend half an hour on the next control.
* Vague, flat areas with lots of green really aren't that fun to orienteer in.
Not sure if I'll go up tomorrow. Definitely depends on how my leg feels. No need to really put myself in a bad place with another day of stumbling around the woods.