Orienteering race 1:15:13 [4] 11.12 km (6:46 / km) +423m 5:41 / km
shoes: VJ Supra 2014-1
DVOA A-Meet Day 1 - Ridley Creek State Park
I work on the announcing crew first before racing and therefore started last. I think this was definitely an advantage today, as there were a lot of elephant trails in the snow, which made the running easier.
I got confused on 1 and 2, but I think a lot of others did too. Ran better after that, but still made mistakes on 7 and 12 (bad route - got stuck in the terrible green instead of bailing straight down to the trail). I had a good section after that and felt pretty good physically, but made another unnecessary mistake towards the end on 23 before finishing well. I ended up 3rd, 2 minutes behind Sergei R and an impressive Erin, and just ahead of Jordan. I start first tomorrow, so the conditions will be very different.