Race Evaluation
QOC Summer Short Series Sprints: Sprint 2
Nadim
| 1. | +00:30 | I started a few minutes behind Dave Pruden but didn't measure the time gap. I ran straight toward it, even backtracking the finish route from the first sprint. I paused at the reentrant edge. I misread the map and was thinking the control would be on the same side of the stream that I'd approached from. I was looking for it below and it was hard to see over the steep edge. I soon realized it'd be on the other side and saw Dave Pruden running along the top of the reentrant toward #2. After descending a few steps, I saw it ahead of me. | |||||
| 2. | +00:20 | I ran straight at first. Since this was the direction Dave Pruden ran, I figured this would be okay initially but realized that I again crossed an extra hill as I descended to cross the next reentrant. I hit the Pine Barrens on a good bearing and ran around the left side fo the pines looking for a gap where the control would be. I soon realized that I'd gone too far and came back. The gap was somewhat non-existent. The tree branches weren't touching but very close to it. The control was deeper in than I thought it'd be. | |||||
| 3. | I ran straight. I started to doubt my bearing before the second trail crossing but hit the intersection right on. I kept going and soon saw Dave Pruden off to the right a little. Eddie Bergeron passed me around this time too and I got to the control just behind him. | ||||||
| 4. | I was slow orienting my map and settling upon how to get to the next control. Dave punched at #3 and passed me chasing behind Eddie. I ran my own pace. I'm in bad shape anyway so I didn't think it made sense to try to stay w/Eddie or Dave especially if I wasn't sure of my own route. In earlier years this wouldn't have stopped me. Eddie's bearing was to the right a bit initially. He curved ahead across my path. I never saw the trail crossing but maybe he was on it. Eddie moved ahead. Dave corrected his bearing too. I got to the control just behind Dave. I wasn't making much time on him with running speed but my route was straighter. | ||||||
| 5. | We ran along the trail, then came off it as it bent toward the intersection to save distance. Next, we used the hilltop as a point to leave the trail and aim off to the next trail. I read the shape of the trees as they indented away from the clearing that the trail was in. Dave and Eddie had gone in here. I was worried that this was too early. If alone, I would have gone for a later break but it worked out okay. We hit the control losing site of each other but no one lost time. | ||||||
| 6. | Out to the trail and past the green, then in. I saw if far off but Dave was there first. Eddie was already gone. | ||||||
| 7. | I chose to go around on the right side. Dave had initially set off straight, then corrected to the right also. He over corrected, or never cut back left after the thorny areas were past us. Just after I turned left, I saw Eddie and Jan coming at me from the control still unseen. As I was getting there, I saw that Dave had corrected and was converging. I got there just a hand reach before him. | ||||||
| 8. | +05:30 | I ran straight and continued the same level of effort that we'd been running since control #3. Dave dropped back wisely. I hit the Pine Barrens just at the spot that we had attacked to get to #5. Going on bearing, I missed. I must not have been where I thought I was or just missed site of it. Emerging on the other side in a clearing, I realized I was at the trail bend. I still had a hard time from the distinct forest edge NW of #9. I wandered a bit and emerged again. Eventually I found myselft all the way SW of #2 at the perimeter trail. I was able to read the pine detail on the west side and went right to it. Just before arriving, Kris Beecroft emerged behind me. | |||||
| 9. | I ran on bearing toward #9 but ended-up at #5. From there, I was able to attack #9 successfully. It seemed like something was skewed incorrectly but I may have had a bad initial bearing. | ||||||
| F. | Fairly straight out, I used the trail. |
Total Time Lost - 00:06:20