Race Evaluation
London City Race: 5. Mens Veterans (40+)
AngusL
| 1. | P | D | Could have taken a slightly more direct route over the last 5m but trivial time lost. | ||||
| 2. | P | D | P | R | Very straightforward, round the back of Morgan Stanley. | ||
| 3. | P | D | P | R | Clear fast run. | ||
| 4. | P | D | P | R | Perfect approach and fastest on this leg | ||
| 5. | D | R | Slightly behind with my thinking here because I'd been looking ahead to six, but still fourth - the route choice had no alternative options. | ||||
| 6. | P | D | P | R | +00:45 | 51st and 45s lost: poor route choice heading out east. This is silly of me - taking the less obvious route because I think the planner's trying to be clever thinking people won't spot it. Don't guess on derivatives of the problem… | |
| 7. | P | D | P | R | Happy with this, and back up to 18th. Might have been quicker going east to avoid the traffic. | ||
| 8. | D | OK - 20th. Worked on my route on the way, having fallen behind again. | |||||
| 9. | P | D | P | Good mental image of this one. | |||
| 10. | D | R | Actually almost ran straight past this one, and got fifth. Good route choice heading south out of #9. | ||||
| 11. | P | D | R | ||||
| 12. | P | D | R | Slightly tired on the hill. | |||
| 13. | P | D | R | Slightly overshot. | |||
| 14. | P | D | Possibly the wrong route on the longer leg which I'm normally good on - north might have been better than east. | ||||
| 15. | P | D | P | R | |||
| 16. | P | D | P | R | +01:00 | Overshot due to two people standing in front of the control on the way in. Should have had a better image of how far I was running. 65th was my worst leg all race. | |
| 17. | P | D | P | Having looked at this on the way to #16, I ignored my route plan and went with the flow. Can't complain with 13th though, so not too bad! | |||
| 18. | D | Not ideal start to the leg but no disaster. | |||||
| 19. | D | Again possibly tiring meaning I was losing contact with the map but 15th isn't poor. | |||||
| 20. | P | D | R | +00:40 | Another poor leg given tiredness creeping in and wanting to take a contrarian route. Took the longer southern route rather than re-tracing my steps. 54th. Could have saved time at the control site by keeping going rather than hesitating. | ||
| 21. | P | D | P | R | Back on it. 11th. | ||
| 22. | P | D | P | Interesting control site but in traffic for the first time and that was helping me regain some focus. | |||
| 23. | P | D | R | Despite knocking my ankle leaving #22, back on pace. Very little difference between north and south routes - south possibly slightly quicker. | |||
| 24. | D | Running on instincts now, but quick. | |||||
| 25. | D | P | Slight recovery on map reading. | ||||
| 26. | D | Completely focused on my pace… | |||||
| F. | D | … and second on the final leg. |
Total Time Lost - 00:02:25