Orienteering (Yellow) 40:00 [3] *** 2.8 km (14:17 / km) +45m 13:13 / km
spiked:14/14c slept:10.0 shoes: New Balance- 769
OK, so let me start out by saying I would've hit somewhere around 30 minutes if all had gone according to plan. However, first I lost the clue sheet after control 4, so I had no idea what control numbers I was supposed to be punching. Time was lost here because I panicked and slowly jogged between 4 and 5 looking in vain for the sheet. But because it was Yellow, everything was pretty easy to find.... until control 13. It seems that I pointed my map the wrong way after 12 and sprinted off in the wrong direction. So I ended up running up to the reservoir so I could figure out where the heck I was. It was pretty easy after that, except I accidentally spiked a different course's control in the 13 box and spiked 13 in the 14 box.
I am really nervous about running orange at West Point.
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I was also just informed that a trio of Webster studs came through after me in a group and pulled off 30 minutes, knocking me from first place.
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Karl (Carl?) is an O-guru. Who'd have thought that compasses are unnecessary when it's sunny because our shadows point North?
Running (Easy) (short) 18:28 [3] 2.8 mi (6:36 / mi)
shoes: New Balance- 769
i wanted to make up for how slow i was at Cobbs Hill, so i went out for a short and quick run. i felt really sick and bloated, but that was probably just the sub i ate for lunch.