Orienteering 1:15:00 [3]
Pig Sprint: 2 km in 12:39
I felt stiff and sore warming up so I had low expectations for a sprint. However, as it turned out I was able to get moving decently well. I wore my compression socks and the faster running buts me forward on my toes; for some reason both are better for my calf. I think my right knee is actually an impact injury from sometime on the course yesterday; don't remember when.
I found the sprint challenging and fun. The controls were very close together and that really kept me on thinking fast. I had one sub-par route choice and lost map contact once for a total loss of maybe 10s. Fun race.
I got third on red behind John Williams and Greg B. Baltered!
Pig MIddle: 4.5 km in 42:43.
24 controls, low vis, dense veg, intricate and dense trail network = stress! I was planning, counting features, talking out loud,... but it always felt like a big boom was possible with the slightest error. I lost some time on a couple route choices and some long relocation pauses. Overall though, I'm satisfied with my focus and nav. execution, and I was running ok. That said, it was back to stiff, sore and wobbly afterwards. Now I'm icing my mysterious knee injury. Fun, intense but fun.
First on red but I would have been well off the pace on blue.