Orienteering race 1:17:40 [4] **** 5.5 km (14:07 / km) +240m 11:36 / km
spiked:11/12c
Flying Pig Classic Distance Course. Perfect day - sunny and cool, really fun to be out in the woods exploring a new area. Lots of mud left over from yesterday, but it wasn't as much of a factor. Went faster than yesterday, although the min/km was higher because I didn't always take a straight line between controls due to the long distances. Not many opportunities to use trails, so needed to concentrate all the time. Looked for one control about 50 m early in a different re-entrant, but otherwise found everything exactly where I expected. Made a really bad route choice to run a winding trail between #9 & 10 instead of having the confidence to strike out cross-country - was thinking like an adventure racer instead of an orienteer. Won my category and was less than 2 minutes behind the more experienced Gator women, who each won their respective categories. Overall, a fun weekend and a very good learning experience. I've got a better idea of the weaknesses that I need to work on. Very proud of the excellent performance of the GHO Canada GHO High Performance team - Hammer (two 1sts and a 2nd while injured), Sudden (4th in Classic), Hustler (2nd and two 3rds) and CPiller (ranking steadily improved with each race).