1. | +00:30 | Stopped short on the two small hills NW of the knolls. | |||||
2. | +01:45 | Didn't climb enough and missed to the left. Relocated on the gulley junction due E of the control. | |||||
3. | Picked a slightly too high route and got caught in some green stuff. Maybe a lower route would have been less troubleshome. | ||||||
4. | +00:30 | Didn't notice the power line route choice and went straight instead. Didn't see the gulley on the spur so I crossed the bigger one and hesitated for a short while before deciding it had to be the right one. | |||||
5. | Carefully would my way through the green on the faint trail. Could have run faster if I didn't care about blood loss. | ||||||
6. | I headed out of the control to the E, but then realized the green wasn't bad and turned to go straight over the spur. I went up the trail in the reentrant, and traversed a bit at the top. | ||||||
7. | Runnability looked good on the other side of the power lines, so I entered the forest earlier than I had originally planned. | ||||||
8. | +00:15 | Straight to the road, but again I hesitated before deciding I was counting the reentrants right. | |||||
9. | Up one spur and down another... | ||||||
10. | Instead of contouring around the first reentrant I went straight, but I contoured to the left around the second one in order to avoid the medium green. Probably could have attacked the green instead. | ||||||
11. | On the trail down the spur, then stayed to the right of the long reentrant. | ||||||
12. | +00:30 | Tried to go straight, but hit the reentrant to the NE. | |||||
13. | +00:30 | Coming out of the control I saw Maricel running into it. This motivated me to push mysef to run faster and be less hesitant. I followed the power line to the main reentrant, then up the trail on the spur again. Maricel stayed under the power line longer. My shortcut gave me a poorer attackpoint however, and I lost whatever 10-20 seconds I had gained on the route choice by going to the wrong reentrant to the S. | |||||
14. | Went a bit far to the left, Maricel punched ahead of me I think. | ||||||
15. | I was able to climb the hill faster than Maricel, which surprised me. I went straight for the spur on the other side of the power line bend, and found the control easily. | ||||||
16. | Ran as fast as I could down the spur without checking the details closely. I actually half expected to come out left of the pond, but didn't mind getting to the road instead. As I got to the bend in the road and entered the forest, I noticed Maricel behind me to the left. I went down the trail and stayed on the line pretty much, then rounded the lake to the right. Instead of following the valley I climbed up on the hillside, which was probably a mistake. (The green in the valley was quite runnable.) I ran down the road and entered the forest at the second parking lot. I didn't gain anything on Maricel, but still punched ahead of him. | ||||||
17. | Running faster than Maricel but less accurately, I swung wide right and had to climb back up the reentrant. | ||||||
18. | Again went a bit far right, and this time Maricel passed me. | ||||||
19. | Crossed the spur on the trail, then skipped to the next one. Maricel started running down on the other side of the reentrant, but I stayed on the trail until the last minute and regained what I had lost on the previous leg. We avoided too much climb on the other side of the road and contoured for what seemed an eternity. Maricel punched ahead - I was a bit tired from my fast but inaccurate running on the shorter legs. | ||||||
20. | Went initially higher than Maricel and kept a straighter line, punched just barely ahead I believe. | ||||||
21. | +00:10 | Ran up the hill as fast as I could, and went to the wrong sign to the NW. Maricel went to the right one and now had a few meters on me. | |||||
F. | I had spent too much energy on the previous climb and couldn't catch up with Maricel. A sore reminder of our Relay duel the previous year, although this time it lasted for much longer. |
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