Orienteering race 1:31:57 [4] 5.64 mi (16:18 / mi) +624m 12:08 / mi
14c shoes: Speedcross 4 - Black
WPOC North Park
Red - 6.5 km (255 m)
Rained pretty heavily the entire time. It had been raining for the past couple days, so everything was soaked and the streams were really high. 1-3 went smoothly. Crossing the stream from 1-3 I was in over my waist (it would normally be below the knee). Slight bobble on 5. I misread the map and thought the thicket was closer to the woods, so quite a bit of hesitation in the field. Fine to 6, but the terrain didn't really do what I was expecting. Opted to go through the woods to 7 (instead of going down to the trail). It was definitely slower, but I was tired of running on trails/roads. The woods had lots of tall grass, which made for slow going. I was also slow coming in to the circle as I didn't want to pass the boulder. Went a little out of the way after 9 to cross the stream on a bridge. Not really sure the map was representative of the fields around 10, but I found it pretty quickly. Hit 11 right on. Decided to cross the stream and take the trail to 12 - I was not interested in bashing through green. It was up to my waist again and flowing quickly. Probably not that safe to be wading across, but I hugged a tree and made it fine. Last few controls were fine. Saw Kevin at 13 and watched him run the wrong way.