orienteering 34:41 [3] *** 4.9 km (7:05 / km)
spiked:10/14c
WOC spectator races- P8 open race
half the team went to the middle model map, and the rest of us headed to the spectator races to run some courses. WOC runners get to run for free in the open races, and so all we needed to do was show up at the start with our ID tag.
Sam, Hill and I ran the P8 class which is basically like open-Red in the US. There were a lot of other WOC runners too, so the competition was quite tough. The map and the terrain were gorgeous, and it was a great day to run. Apart from the 200 extra meters that we needed to run up the trail to get to the start triangle, I loved this course.
I had a mistake on control 5, where I crossed the road in a different spot, farther right than I expected, and headed up into the woods on the other side. It took me a little bit to recover my senses and swing back. I was clearly running too fast on the way to 3 and 4 to make such a silly mistake.
felt really fast and really clean for the most part.
good to see some of the other US and Canadian runners hanging out in the finish arena.