Race Evaluation
US Middle Distance and Relay Champs: Relay - 8pt Orange
Nadim
| 1. | Injured, I jogged and walked for the whole course. I was more aggressive in trying to run than the previous day and had some success. However, I had aggrivated my knee a bit too. I jogged this leg slow--going uphill at this steepness didn't bother me. I recognized the dummy as the manmade object and sited the hill ahead. I think everyone was in front of me though some were going to other controls. | ||||||
| 2. | I jogged downhill cautiously. I was confident about which control to go to. Someone ahead of me froze when she realized that it wasn't her control so I had to ask her to punch to get out of the way. | ||||||
| 3. | Oddly, I started catching-up to people on this leg. I may have passed a few. I climbed the ridgeline and went right to it. | ||||||
| 4. | I went around the flags, across the road, then immediately up the hill. Though I knew there was more climb this way, I reasoned it would be best (faster and safer) for me to use the path on an injured leg. I passed Gayle Ryan and others were behind us. Peggy was not far ahead. I passed the trail intersection, following her route which stayed on the trail the longest before dropping into the control. | ||||||
| 5. | Still pretty close behind Peggy, and seeing Brad not far ahead also, I trailed the train to the control. | ||||||
| 6. | I hopped over the hill steady and straight. | ||||||
| 7. | Going down the ridge, Peggy was able to move faster. I lost her after crossing the first reentrant. I came upon Zak as he paused above the pond. I went a little left, then along the shore leading Zak to the control. | ||||||
| 8. | +01:00 | I was eagar to try to get away from Zak. Funny how I make the same mistakes even when going slow--my run around the pond and not looking at the map to #7 had me believing I should continue going straight. Some other people did too but perhaps they were on other courses. I crossed the ridge going 90 degrees away from the control, then turned the wrong way on the trail near the wrong lake. I reversed myself but lost time. I also was wishy washy about the final attack. I finally came to the right trail and then in from low. | |||||
| 9. | I somehow caught up to Zak. Another woman had punched in front of me. Now that we were on grass, she and Zak moved faster than I could safely do. I stayed close to them by jogging a straighter line and being confident about where the control was. | ||||||
| 10. | Like #9, I kept close to Zak and the other woman. | ||||||
| 11. | Across the road and to the control. | ||||||
| 12. | I went down the ridge similar to the way I'd come up it. At the bottom, I went to the correct control but didn't check the code. | ||||||
| 13. | I wondered about punching the correct control at 12 while keeping straight. I knew that I'd feel guilty if I had let my team down by mispunching. I hoped to catch Zak and the other woman but did not. | ||||||
| 14. | I ran straight to the swings and saw Max along the way. He didn't see me. I started to go to some stone walls to the right but realized the error of the when I put it in perspective with the huge water. | ||||||
| 15. | Along the shore. | ||||||
| F. | Moving steady. I may have started to feel just a bit of fatigue in my strut. |
Total Time Lost - 00:01:00