Orienteering race 1:29:59 [3] 5.2 km (17:18 / km) +120m 15:31 / km
NAOC Long Course (Course 7b)
Not a good race. Bobbled first two a bit, but recovered. Decided to go the long way around to #3 (east of the big swamp on the trail), but rolled an ankle on the trail minimizing the gain; then totally punted any gain away by getting lost in the circle and finding many other competitors at the swamp 100m W of the control. Recovered for (only!) a nine minute error.
Controls 4-7 were basically fine, but a bit slow; should have gone straight to #6, but took the trail across the stream first.
Made a big mistake on the trails near #8 and cost myself another three minutes before blowing the next one by just going too slowly.
35th out of 54 (I count Mark Frank as a competitor who beat me as I saw a photo of him punching the GO control for which he was MP'ed.)