Race Evaluation
Flying Pig / Interscholastics: Red Day 2
Nadim
| 1. | +00:05 | I saw Stanislav waiting at the start and figured he was on Red starting behind me. It took a few steps for me to realize I was on the wrong path, then the ride between the paths confused me further. | |||||
| 2. | I crossed the ridge and hit the trail. I paused at the intersection before realizing I needed to go down a few steps to the next. After contouring my way across the reentrants, I just roughed-in and could see it a way off. | ||||||
| 3. | I mostly went straight. I hit the reentrant with the small cove and used it as a clue to keep going. | ||||||
| 4. | I went up to go around the green before going right toward the trail. After climbing a bit higher, I went in on bearing and used the slope and fence to clue me in. In retrospect, going low would have been better as some times show. I just didn't see this option. | ||||||
| 5. | +00:15 | I contoured to the trail, then had to climb it till it leveled. I still didn't feel strong running the trail. Like others, I crossed the reentrants and ended up lower than the control. There wasn't yet an elephant trail up from there but I used the tops of next reentrants to clue me into that. Stanislav had just gotten there coming from above. I figured he must of caught me by taking a better route. Later I found out he was on the Green course. | |||||
| 6. | +00:10 | After listening to the commentary from similar situations in the Farsta, I decided to avoid the ups and downs crossing the reentrants and to instead suck it up early by climbing to the trail. Stanislav went straight and was out before me. I was making decent time once on the trail and I cut in at the pond. Oddly, I never saw #1 again. This made me worry as I decended the rib. I also pictured in my mind that the control was on the rib and not in the reentrant. When I'd gone a little farther than I thought it was, I saw the control to my right in the reentrant. I paused. I was convinced it was not mine and fortunately thought to check it anyway while at the same time thinking I was wasting time. Stanislav was nowhere in sight and I couldn't tell if I'd beat him there or not. | |||||
| 7. | I went left of the line, crossed the reentrant and got to the ride which continued on more than shown on the map. I hadn't noticed the ride before I got to it which indicates bad planning. From the ditch intersection, I fought through the green for the last bit and came out just on line with the control. The control was not manned. | ||||||
| 8. | I drank water and crossed the road. I crossed the reentrant and got on the knoll. To keep running I went wide to the left where the vegetation was the least thick. This made me have to climb at the end. | ||||||
| 9. | +02:30 | I missed the trail option to the right that Peggy took. I went straightish, through the left field, down past the pond and crossed the stream on the trail. I continued up the trail but must have misjudged the real top and correct trail bend. My bearing missed to the right. I knew I'd gone far enough but the sight of reentrants ahead and down further kept me going. I even crossed the fence SW of the control somehow thinking it was still N of the control. I ate a Gu w/o water. I went further east, finally climbed back and hit it. | |||||
| 10. | I trudged straightish, crossing the reentrant by climbing out of the ditch due S of the control. Stanislav was just punching as I got there. | ||||||
| 11. | +03:00 | I studied the map a little before setting-off toward Stanislav. He headed directly into the green so I cut right to avoid some of it. I got to the trail first but had to back track on it. Stanislav came out ahead the same distance that he was earlier. I gained but suddenly he turned right at the trail intersection. I hadn't seen it because it was through the dark green. I figured it was a better route than my planned route in the fields so I gave chase. Again I gained but only slowly. I was tired. I stuck behind him until the stream crossing. Stanislav cut in immediately while I stayed on the trail a little further until it bent. In the process I passed him. Still presuming that he was going to my control, I hurried on and didn't want to look back or slow. I intended to go to the fence intersection but never saw the N/S fence. When I hit the reentrant, I didn't know where I was when I was actually SE of the control 200m. I cut left going down, then cut right as I saw others running back and forth. I wandered across the green and found the E/W fence. I though to go up to the intersection from there but didn't want to waste climbing. Eventually I found more reentrants, crossing one and dropping further down. I saw a pond and realized it was the marsh NE of the control. The climb back up took over 1:30 and I could see the control much of the way. | |||||
| 12. | I wanted to be more careful so I went slowly to the left, around the green. I spotted the tops of the ditches and used them to guide me in. | ||||||
| 13. | I went straight but didn't run hard until I saw it. Some others who were converging helped clue me in. | ||||||
| 14. | +00:20 | I was rushing too much to catch the others who had gotten to #13 before me. I think at least one was on another course and must not have punched, instead looking for another control on his line. I stupidly followed to the left instead of dropping right down. I soon did but was unsure where I was and what the trail was doing at first. I picked-up the pace and caught site of two others. I chased, not bothering to read the map much. I missed the trail by the water that would have saved climb. I closed-in but still didn't read much. When the control wasn't where I expected (another was), I paused and they got ahead. I still had trouble making out where I was in relation to the control so I kept chasing. We stayed on the trail and then along the shore. Finally, I got there and realized I was chasing Rick Bressman and someone else. | |||||
| F. | Rick passed the other guy and then so did I by running hard to catch-up. Rick didn't know I was coming and I didn't feel like I should tip him off just yet. I pulled even, then ahead. I slowed a bit to a pace I thought I could hold better When Rick realized it was me, who passed him, he surged pulling about even. I kept steady, saving some for the last little climb. Rick may have misjudged the distance and burned out. He seemed to give up on the last bit. It was enough to signal me to push harder the last bit. I felt I need to be in better shape so that I could once again run this distance at the end of a run hard all the way. |
Total Time Lost - 00:06:20