Race Evaluation

NEOC Powissett Peak: Red

1.		This includes map copy time, because I didn't punch my watch after the copying.
2.	Underrated difficulty Confused parallel features +07:00	Made a parallel error attacking from too far north on eastern trail. Had a hard time relocating. This area of the map usually throws me off even when I'm training here; virtually every feature between the trails has a parallel. Saw someone who at first I thought was Misha a few times prior to the error. Now I believe it was Nick Gosling running Green. Doug Gosling was searching for the control during the same time I was, and found it first.
3.		More or less trailed Doug.
4.		Took a different route than Doug, and saw him running from the control before I reached it.
5.		Nick Gosling (?) was at the control when I approached.
6.		Went straight rather than following trails. Probably not the fastest route choice, but wanted to practice off-trail skills. On the west side of the hill, Nick crossed my path going up while I contoured to the northeast. At the control he arrived just after me, from the opposite direction.
7.		Southeast to trail, east on another trail, then followed the stone wall, having gone around a knoll and gotten out of sight of Nick. Through the green (not bad) and then south over the little hill. Had to slow down because my pace count ran out. The 2m boulder was pretty well hidden.
8.		When I trained here a couple of months ago, the burned area threw me off. Took care and got better results this time.
9.		Around to south on the trail.
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Total Time Lost - 00:07:00