Orienteering race (A-meet) 1:36:35 [2] *** 9.1 km (10:37 / km) +1476ft 8:31 / km
ahr:132 max:169 spiked:23/27c shoes: Icebug Spirit #1
Blue, day 1 at the Fox Chaser. The biggest mistake was on control 9, where I checked all the rootstocks in the area before finding the right one. Failure to read the map and the terrain accurately in getting to controls 1 and 2 was just me not getting into the map fast enough. Somewhat poor route choice (not enough trail) and slow execution resulted in a slow split on control 8. In general, the terrain at this first meet of this spring season was much less technical than that at the first meet of last spring season (which was the West Point meet), so I probably was a bit too cautious and ran a little too slowly this time.
