Trail running warm up/down 20:00 [3] 2.0 km (10:00 / km) shoes: Salomon wings bright green
warm up and cool down for Possum Trot
Orienteering race 2:17:53*** 14.5 km (9:31 / km) +600m7:53 / km spiked:26/28c shoes: Salomon wings bright green
Possum Trot XIII - at Knob Noster State Park, MO. A large group from MNOC (12 )on a warm and foggy morning. The usual fast pack mass start . New this year we were allowed to study map for 2 minutes prior to the mass start. Kept up with the very fast lead pack to #1 and about30 m behind to #2 and #3 . Dropped back with Peter W and Jason for #4 and #5. Then navigated and ran with Andrei and Jason Plunkett through to #15 . Peter W skipped 8 and ( and rejoined at 10). Split at 1:02:06
30 m off on #15 . Lost Andrei on way to #16, wasted 40 sec on #17 (overshot in the light green) then Jason and I skipped #19 , then also skipped #21 . 40 m wide on #25. Smooth run to #29 where Jason was about 75 m wide and I was suddnly about 40 m ahead . I punched , about 25 sec in front of Kelly B who was coming back to punch (and avoid a DNF) So took off at high speed for the last 800 m to #30 and the finish (22 seconds ahead of Jason P and 1:27 in front of Kelly).
8th place finish behind Mark E (1:50), Tom P (2:01) , Tom C (2:03), Andrei (2:04), Justin B , Pete C(2:06), Eric B (2:06)