Orienteering (winter O) 1:21:00 [4] *** 9.83 km (8:14 / km)
spiked:22/22c weight:151.6lbs shoes: Ice bugs
MNOC Lake Maria winter 90 minute score O
Mild temperature (around 34 deg F) and no wind made this very nice running. Took off alone to the S and looping round counterclockwise. Very nice running on the lakes and also in the woods (snow was about 4" deep and got softer as time passed). Was clocking pretty good pace of one control every 3.75- 4 minutes (25 controls) so knew by half way that I wasn't going to sweep. Took a conservative option on way back and got back about 8 min early with 22 controls out of the 25. Just beaten on time by P W.
Sequence: 15,16,10,17,9,11,18,8,7,20,6,19,13,22,5,23,24,3,4,1,14,12-finish
Straight line route was 8.2 km so just under 10min/km for str line speed which was good with the snow
Wind picked up to 40mph+ and temperature dropped to 20 deg F as we left the park ... winter blast from Canada