orienteering race 1:55:01 [3] *** 7.7 km (14:56 / km)
spiked:16/20c shoes: VJ Integrator #3
Rocky Woods, Blue. Ugh. The four controls that I didn't spike were real stinkers, although one of those really wasn't my fault (map really flaky). One was a claerical error: the control codes were 101, 102, 103, etc., which was fine until they skipped one. So I punched control 109, and naturally headed for control 10, and got most of the way there before realizing that I had left #8, and still needed to get #9. The other horror was when I popped out on a large trail, just to the right of a junction, and knew exactly where I was and headed into the woods, but then everything looked wrong. Turned out I hadn't noticed the other trail on the map, which ws the junction I was really at. Mapped as a small footpath, but I could have easily driven my car on it. The bigger problem, though, was the conditions. A little thick, footing rocky in spots, but mostly it was 88 F (according to the thermometer on my dashboard when I got back to the car), so the best I could manage for a lot of the time was a walk.
Probably would have been another decent flying day, though it didn't look good in the morning.