◪ race (Red Course) 1:05:35 [4] **** 8.2 km (8:00 / km) +315m 6:43 / km
spiked:16/18c shoes: Salomon Sense 3 Ultra SG
Since most of the map was field-checked by Geof, and all controls were placed by Craig, Geof, and Paul Bisset (WCOC), I ran my own course with moderate effort, making sure my map makes sense to me. Found some small glitches, but over all very pleased with our work, with little effort it can be polished to last for years to come. My navigation was OK, hesitated 2 x 30 sec max. Got really tired on last 2 km, dropped speed, sloppy execution to 17, ~1 min.
Good reception of the mapping by Rick Dewitt, unfortunately Stephan hurt himself on a fall, so he did not have much to say about mapping quality, I was looking forward to his expert opinion. May be next time, after I polish it a bit more.
Also, It was nice to see crowds of kids, credited to work of The Westmoreland Sanctuary. I was pleased to see WCOC, EMPO, and even DVOA members (beside myself). No Speedy, though :(