Orienteering race (sprint 1) 43:01 [3] *** 2.4 km (17:55 / km) +100m 14:50 / km
spiked:8/11c slept:7.0 shoes: Jala Jukola Spider 6 #3
Ratlum Mountain sprint, the longer one, starting after the rainstorm had stopped leaving just wet woods (mid 60s). The rain was good and held off until early evening as we were leaving after the picnic (more on the drive home).
Careful/slow to start as I've been discombobulated before here figuring out where north is. Though I suppose I didn't take the best route, choosing to follow the beeline rather than taking a trail around to 1.
A little bit off on 2, coming in from the trail W, but I saw George W. (who had started shortly before me) coming out. Trails to 3, then climbed to trail past garden on way to 4. Fine to 5 and 6, then tried to compass to 7 but missed N on the wrong side of a medium green blob. Decided I must be too far north and headed S and saw George and Lyn leaving control -- okay.
Beeline again to 8, up and over the hill, hit the trail, and check off 2 boulders, small cliff, and large cliff then E. Down to white woods and it was there, off to the right. Marie smoked by me here on way out to 9. Trail to big trail and around past side trail and small boulder to where woods get "whiter", cut in to curvy trail, and see Marie zooming towards me -- must be that way. :-) Location of rootstock #10 didn't seem to match where I attacked from the hill; seems like it was closer to the swamp, SE of boulder on hillside... Easy in from there. So lost 30 sec on 2, a couple minutes(?) on 7, and less than a minute on 10 -- could have been closer to 40 min, but no better under these conditions.
FR=2.641 km