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Orienteering Sunday

Today I ran and orienteering event at Lake Kanawauke. I ran the red course, which was the most advanced course offered at the event. If the course were run along the red lines, it would be 6.55km (4.07 miles). Here’s the map:

I had a watch with a split lap timer, but I failed to split the laps at each control, so I think my times are probably as follows:

S – 1: 13:57
1 – 3: 31:27
3 – 4: 6:08
4 – 7: 18:24
7 – 11: 32:59
11 – 12: 4:00
12 – 13: 8:07
13 – 14: 8:09
14 – 15: 5:59
15 – 16: 3:52
16 – 17: 4:20
17 – F: 0:28

For a total time of 2:17:55. The time limit is 2 hours, so my finish is considered OT (over-time).

I lost a lot of time on the first 3 controls as I tried to relearn orienterring, having not done it in several months. Here’s the map:

Particularly irritating was control #2 – I had to give up and bear in the direction of control #3, which was next to a swamp. I found the swamp, found control #3, then doubled back to find control #2. Grr!

Anyway, loads of fun!