Orienteering race (Boom Shaka Laka) 1:14:54 [4] *** 7.3 km (10:16 / km) +330ft 9:36 / km
spiked:15/18c shoes: VJ Falcons
MNOC Battle Creek Red Course set by Darrel and David, Vetted by Todd. If I could have 2 points back, I would be pretty happy. #3 I took a look at the pond, it looked crossable, so I went for it. Turned around when the water got to my knees..... #18, Huge boom. over 11 minutes. I think I got finish fever. Came down off the hilltop and focused in on the creek. I think the path up the reentrant + hurrying + plain old being stupid led me down the creek. I kept waiting for it to turn north. Embarrassing. I probably lost 8-9 minutes on this point. I did run across a dozen wild turkeys that let me run right through the middle of them. I kept waiting for them to go "goose" on me and all attack at once. They probably didn't know I was human as I had gopher sized clumps of thistles all over me.