Race Evaluation
GMOC A-Meet: Relay - Green
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| 1. | I did pass through the triangle, then | ||||||
| 2. | took trails around to the left, cut the last corner, and came into control from the west. Passed Eric Smith, who had started a little ahead of me (with Ted Good). | ||||||
| 3. | West to faint trail, took that to big trail, took that as far as I could, then went straight in. | ||||||
| 4. | Missed to the right, came up by the two cliffs, heading westward into the control, saw Ted Good on his way to the next control. | ||||||
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| 7. | The saddle didn't look very saddlish on the approach (it did once I got up to it), and I overran maybe 20 m to the west before going up on top of the ridge. | ||||||
| 8. | Followed the ridge to the west, then took the westmost possible trail route and came up from below. | ||||||
| 9. | Trails back past start. Slowed down in the poky branches just above the control. | ||||||
| 10. | Ran at the base of the field, and heard spectators calling my name. As I reached the end of the field, I heard them calling "Ted", and figured (correctly) that Mr. Good was on my tail and that I had better hustle. The last little bit was kind of messy, and at the control I was caught by Davio Dunham and John Fredrickson (both on Red). | ||||||
| 11. | Along the edge of the field, likewise with the other two. Davio was running away from John, and I considered hollering that this was a really bad idea (which it turned out to be!). | ||||||
| 12. | There's the cliff -- no flag! Oops, other side of knoll. Ted came in just as I was leaving. | ||||||
| 13. | Got some encouragement from spectators to maintain my lead. Took the safe route back through the field and up the trail to the start, attacking from the bend. | ||||||
| 14. | Ted came in as I was going out, and I pushed hard, going essentaially straight. | ||||||
| F. | Glanced back as I punched, and didn't see Ted. Whew! |
Total Time Lost - 00:00:00