Orienteering race 1:59:25 [4] 13.9 km (8:35 / km) +280m 7:48 / km
Blue Hills Traverse
Pretty good for most of it, made plans and they worked, which was really fun. The start was of course panic-ed (eventually ended up on the road) and close to 2 was just a mess. 18 I also had major issues locating the cliff among the rocks, which was way frustrating to loose time like 100m from the finish!!! Think I was pretty straight on, but then tempted to go higher for some reason... I was aiming for 'near top of rocks', but there was open scattered rock above the true rock field part of it, pulling me higher. Still learning about rock features.
Mass start made it interesting to be racing around people. Was definitely tired by the end, but think I went a good pace. Taking 2 glasses of water was key, had that dehydrated taste in my mouth by the end of the race anyways.
Got a friend from Boston out to try his first orienteering think he enjoyed it, the orange more than the yellow, which is a good sign! Also carpooled with PG and Gail, great to have such good company for the car trip!
Wearing the race t-shirt now. Woo blue! Like it. =)