Orienteering race 32:34 [3] 3.5 km (9:18 / km)
shoes: Asics GT 2000 trail
This, as it turned out, was my *best* race of the trip. I guess I'm more suited for urban and open-terrain sprints than long technical courses.
The urban part of the course was easier than I thought, with no tricky blind alleys. I made one questionable route choice on 5->6; perhaps could have saved a few seconds. AP thinks I made another poor choice on 3->4.
Then the course went into the woods; the beautiful open runnable woods I had been seeking ever since coming east. And wouldn't you know it, these are the legs I blew. 6->7, ran past the trail without recognizing it and overran the flag by ~50 meters, backtracked and had to search a bit. 7->8, missed the turnoff from the loop around the school and took the long trail route, ~200 meters longer. 8->9, missed the first trail junction (shorter clearer route) and took the more easterly route, and had to fight through some thicket to reach the flag. 9->10, generally right on, but hesitant. 10->11, took the trail route out of the woods but went through the slow forest instead of the open forest to reach the flag.
By now the course was in more open parkland heading toward the arena, and I actually made up time and about 8 places from then on. These final 7 controls were my best running of the entire two-week trip.