Running (Warm-up) 5:00 [2] 0.4 mi (12:30 / mi)
Warm-up for Day 4 of the Ash Festival on the New, New Blue Mountain, CO map.
Orienteering (Competition) 1:02:52 [4] 8.81 km (7:08 / km) +450m 5:41 / km
spiked:11/13c
Day 4 of the Ash Festival on the New, New Blue Mountain, CO map. Starting 4 minutes behind Rich Kelly and 1 1/2 behind Jan Ingebrigtsen, I caught sight of Jan at the first control. He and I caught Rich somewhere around the 5th or 6th control, then started to leave him behind after #10. Jan was hurting us on the hills however at #11 I got in the lead and opened it on the way to #12. On the way to #13 just nearing the end, I looked back and saw Jan on a ridge to my right. Doubting myself, I went into the reentrant between us, coming out to the road and turning left as Jan caught me. Fumbling about a bit, Jan saw Rich descending a straight route and we both aimed to intersect with Rich getting there first, then Jan, then me. It was overall fun for me and probably entertaining for the crowd at the finish. It was dissapointing to lose it this way (I should have trusted my line) but fun running with Jan and Rich on the nice Colorado terrain.