Race Evaluation

2006 North American Championships (Golden Leaf Ori: Middle Course 6

1.		Had a lot of energy. Went straight through the marsh and spiked it.
2.	+01:00	Right over the limestone after the trail, but then drifted left. Corrected pretty quickly.
3.	+23:00	Lost contact on the way and landed at a boulder 200 meters due north of the control. Never occurred to me I could be that far away, so my attempts to relocate were in vain until I hit some distinctive rock 120 meters southeast of the control. But I messed up the attack from there, didn't find it, and headed back to the north. Eventually I relocated on the trail 350 m. north. Ugly, mindless orienteering.
4.		With the race blown, I settled down and spiked the next four controls.
5.		Instead of taking the trail, which messed some people up, I went straight through the marsh, attacking from the boulder.
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7.		Bounced off a bit of trail, attacking from the bend.
8.	+01:00	Plan was to follow the fence to the trail, but I never saw the fence, and was hesitating a lot, and changing bearing, until I came to the clearing just right of line. Then the trail to the junction and in.
9.		Left of line to the clearing. Then saw it from a ways away.
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Total Time Lost - 00:25:00