Orienteering race (Classic) 1:28:48*** 6.37 km (13:56 / km) +270m11:30 / km ahr:154 max:167 spiked:6/12c shoes: Inov8 xtalon 212 B
Day 1 of Classic Champs at Truckee. Like yesterday, I didn't really have any major mistakes, but just felt slower than I would have liked at moving through the terrain. I mostly read the big features and ignored a lot of details. Lots of contours and compass work. I really thought that my route from 3 to 4 - somewhere between the trail to the south and the hilltop and somehow ending up ending the trail just about due west of number 4 - was less than optimal, but winsplits doesn't show it as an error leg. The only thing flagged is 4 to 5. I fell a little downhill and ended up at the set of boulders southwest of the control and then had to correct when there wasn't a control there. I'm now 13 minutes behind Kris and she is clearly running faster than me, so I don't expect to make up time on Day 2.
Orienteering race (Sprint) 20:53** 2.27 km (9:12 / km) +28m8:40 / km ahr:160 max:174 spiked:14/17c shoes: Inov8 xtalon 212 B
Sprint at Northstar Ski Resort. More hesitation and minor route baubles than I would have liked, but basically clean. Seems to have been a good run compared to my competition. I'm definitely rusty having not orienteered or really run off-trail since June.