Orienteering race 1:43:16 [4] *** 4.6 km (22:27 / km) +245m 17:44 / km
spiked:11/14c shoes: VJ Falcons 3 (yellow)
Long Distance at Salmon la Sac. Very ugly.
Compounding errors on Leg 4 led to a 43 minute error - Yikes. First misread the map (the course printing and particularly control numbers were hard to see) and made a great route choice to the wrong control. Realized the error about half way and started navigating to the correct control, with additional climb and through some gnarly stuff (vegetation, downed logs and a bit of scree). As I attacked the control I was drawn off by others on my course and started looking too far NW. For some reason, I failed to relocate on a known feature and continued to bumble around. Finally stumbled onto my 2nd control and navigated from there to the point I was looking for. In the process of wandering around I twisted my ankle enough to cause some hobbling.
The rest of the course was OK with a couple of 2 minute errors until I was running on a trail going to control 13, fell and smashed my compass. I spent a couple of minutes looking for the capsule (i.e. the expensive part) and found it. It was still functional although I probably could've finished the course just fine without it. And at some point on the way in I twisted the same ankle again.
A monster error, a sprained ankle and a broken compass - not a good day. And the last orienteering for a while, so I have plenty of time to think about it. :-(