orienteering race 1:55:51 [4] *** 5.0 km (23:10 / km) +130m 20:30 / km
14c shoes: Inov8 O-roc 280 Red Threedux
DVOA French Creek North - Green
Certainly not my best effort ever. I went out right at 10 so I could get finished in time to come home, shower, and meet a friend later this afternoon. Had some trouble concentrating. 1 was ok, on 2 I was too far north but saw Sam going to the control.
3 should have been easy, not too far in from the road, but I first went in by the wrong drainage pit. Another person went in right ahead of me, giving me more false confidence. Once I realized I was wandering around, I went back to the road to double check my location and realized the mistake.
To 4 I first drifted over and hit the trail, then ended up going over it high and hitting the green with all the rocks, except I wasn't totally sure if that's what it was, so I ended up circling it, getting into some nasty sections, and then attacking from below to actually find the control.
At that point I was wondering if I should quit, since I'd be OT if that pattern continued, but I kept going and everything else was pretty much fine. I did bounce out to the trail from 6-7 and 7-8 to simplify those, and went around on the trail/road from 11-12 rather than go through a bunch of light green with rocks.