Race Evaluation
US Champs: Red Y
Spike
| 1. | I took it carefully because the leg looks difficult. Seeing the flag and water bottles at 5 helped. | ||||||
| 2. | About 100 meters north of the control I was unsure. Before the race (actually, after the model) I planned to bail out if I felt unsure. So, I went down the hill a few lines until I could see the field on the other side of the road. From there it was easy to go back to 2. Being sloppy was a good wake up call. | ||||||
| 3. | Stuck to the clearings as much as possible -- adding distance but staying out of the rough stuff. | ||||||
| 4. | Stayed in the clearings again. Once again I gave up some time but avoided some rough running. I saw Tom around the control (I think he punched just ahead of me). I didn't know his start time, but I figured he must have caught me from behind. | ||||||
| 5. | Sloppy near the circle. | ||||||
| 6. | Tom was a few steps ahead leaving the control. I drank a cup of water and looked at the leg a couple of times. I went back through the traingle, ran the trail and attacked from below. The control location seemed vague and I wandered a bit within the circle before I saw the flag. Tom was just ahead of me leaving 6 (he went straight). | ||||||
| 7. | Tom veered off to the right as we neared 7. I decided he must be M40 (instead of M35). Then I stopped thinking about how old Tom must be and decided I'd better pay attention to the map. I was suprised by how runnable the light green near the control was. | ||||||
| 8. | Went straight figuring I would miss the control, hit the trail and come from behind. I kept my eye out for the control and spotted it. Cool -- no need to attack from behind. | ||||||
| 9. | On the trail I met some hikers with unleased dogs -- poodles. The poodles barked at me and one jumped on me. I was paying attention to the dogs and not the map. I figured I must be just about due north of the flag (but wasn't sure since I was suffering poodle-induced-stress). I headed into the woods and saw the flag. Afterwards I found out the flag was misplaced. | ||||||
| 10. | Stopped within about 15 feet of the flag but didn't see it. Everything seemed to fit, but I couldn't see a boulder or flag. I looked aournd and looked at my map. I had no idea what to do -- everything fit. I took two steps forward and saw the flag. | ||||||
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| 15. | I went through the paved area with the campers (north of the control) rather than straight. | ||||||
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Total Time Lost - 00:00:00