Lots of silly things factored into this not being a very good day for me.  I should have stuck with the original plan which was, when I got to the park, I was supposed to go right out.  But, instead, I inserted myself where I wasn’t needed and didn’t allow myself much time to get back to relieve Heidi (not that she would have cared, but I cared).

Then, I got to the top of the hill to the first control, having followed the Green runner ahead of me, and stood there looking around stupidly –  25/26 to the first control.

Between 1 & 2, I feel hard and whacked my right knee.  It hurt only for a moment, but it is very painful now 7 hours later.

Took some poor route choices for the rest of the controls, and when I got to the road, after starting to 12, I decided that I didn’t want to play anymore and headed back.

Felt really cranky the rest of the day, and was happy to take it out on a person who was 1.25 hours late, and is chronically late.  Said she didn’t head back sooner because she still saw checkpoints out in the woods, so she figured she might as well continue.

Between woe is me, and this person, I was a little bitchy.  Tomorrow is another day.