O - competition race (ROC A meet) 2:08:51 [4] 11.0 km (11:43 / km)
Long champs, 10.3 km nominal. Today started 2 min behind Walter, so went out hard to see if I could catch him. He was not having a good day, and I caught him going to #2. Kept pushing entire run; felt good despite Saturday's workout.
Not focused tight enough on the marsh area of #3 and 4, and lost 5 min on each. Wet weather had added some bonus marshes in the woods, and misread the features. Also hit #6 before #5, but sprinted between the two and probably didn't lose much time. Took the straight line from #10 to 11, but the white was kind of slow and may not have been better than the longer road route.
Ended up 4th; too much lost on the marshes.