Orienteering 44:22 [4] 3.9 mi (11:23 / mi) +217ft 10:48 / mi
shoes: NB 410 v5
Seneca Park Trail Challenge. I started out way too fast, trying to keep some sort of contact with the lead pack. I quickly lost the two top runners, and was running pretty close to Steve from the beginning to #5, then at the start of the next leg. He went through the fence opening which didn't seem like a good idea to me since the control (#6) was on the inside corner of the fence. It turned out well for him because he was able to reach through the fence and punch the control, and then he had an easier route to #7. I met up with him again at #8, and we ran down along the rail-trail to the next fence opening a bit before #9. He passed me soon after that, as I was quickly running out of gas. Then I got passed by a few others -- Mike, Stina, and eventually Zak Borden. We met up with Zak around #18 when he was inexplicably coming from a totally different direction than Mike and I were. They all beat me to #19, but Stina took a different, apparently less efficient, route to the finish and I edged her out. I was 7th out of 12 finishers.