Orienteering1:49:50 7.7 km (14:16 / km) +521ft12:56 / km ahr:157 max:185
i'm just going to refer to this as 'the incident' and move on. to crochet. or maybe interpretive sitting. --- against my better judgement, i added my catastrophe to the splits, and gave up the chance to let them be lost to history. fun includes getting my SI stick yanked and flung on leg 3, a preview disaster leg on 5, a mini-disaster leg ending with hilariously/moronically mispunching/repunching 53 instead of 35, (not even realizing i'd been there once already. no wonder the control number seemed like it was on my list), immediately followed by a full-fledged, 50 minute long nuclear meltdown. Didn't really screw my head back on afterwards, but managed to limp along somewhat effectively. Ballpark, real Ben lost 55 minutes (45+ mid-meltdown), and fictitious smart Ben should've come in around 55min, assuming he didn't remispunch. hope i meet that guy some day, he seems cool. --- plusses include being well-rested for a number of the legs. ha! and successful blister prevention. many thanks to larry berman for the moleskin, and greg walker for the idea to tape the inside of the shoe - which i had never heard of before. that, and building up a dam around the blister a few tape layers thick saved the day. --- note to self, mispunch@30:49. starting out from the wrong con trol definitely helped the meltdown be as meltdowny as possible