Day 2 Texas. Much better day mentally (for the most part) and I finally bonded with my new compass. A few goofs: got pulled off line by other controls twice, at 2 and 16.
Then, the big mistake. Chiori caught up with a 10 (she started 4 minutes behind me). I got distracted. I got to the trail that I planned to take to 11, but some how, I convinced myself that I was about to head the wrong way. And then I did head the wrong way, for a long time, a classic 180. Lots of warning bells were going off but nothing stopped me until I hit a road. A road??? WTF? Figured it out and headed back the way I had just come.
So disappointed with my races this weekend. Physically weak pushing through the woods, mentally weak the whole time.
It's been years since I had a clean run at an A meet. I need to figure this out...