Orienteering 1:32:28 [5] *** 16.42 km (5:38 / km) +20m 5:36 / km
37c shoes: HOKA Clifton 5
3rd place, could have done better. Lost around 3 minutes (which would have saved me 30 OT points) running around like a headless chicken after I lost contact with the map going to the second control. Then selected the wrong answer on #7 because the correct lights weren't lit, control circle was off center, and there was a GIANT Merry Christmas sign right there. oh well. Also made the mistake of being impatient and getting 17, 301, and 20 in probably the worst order possible... hehe. Also having a race partner who could call out the street addresses would have been pretty nice (then again I'd pity them because of all the unnecessary distance I accumulated)... Also also, one of the toughest things on this course was not bowling people over; there were SO MANY people out seeing the Christmas lights who witnessed an oddly dressed bozo with a headlamp going 9 miles per hour almost knock them over. What can I say, that's one way to get into the Christmas spirit...
Other than my mistakes, though, this course was really fun. Almost forgot how much fun it is to just send it in some nice, flat terrain (probably because I don't have any of that around my house...).