Race Evaluation
US Short and Long Championships: Green X 1 (Short)
PBricker
| 1. | Followed Eric Smith to the control. | ||||||
| 2. | Small miss to the right, but no problem | ||||||
| 3. | Again a bit off to the right, which is strange because I went right over the small knoll just before the circle. | ||||||
| 4. | Straight through thick veg. | ||||||
| 5. | Up the steep hillside, then along the top of the hillside, coming in a bit high. | ||||||
| 6. | Attacked from trail due north, using the little cliff to guide me right to it. | ||||||
| 7. | +00:20 | Drifted left and when I got near the big cliff I stopped for a second to ponder whether I should try to go over it and attack from above. Nope. Headed north around the cliff and around the corner. | |||||
| 8. | +01:40 | Ignored the trail and crossed at the stream junction. Didn't take a careful compass bearing because it looked easy: run along the side of the spur until the form line knoll appears. But never saw any form line knoll, and thought I might have gone too far along the spur. Some wandering about. | |||||
| 9. | Attacked from trail bend, missing it a tad left. | ||||||
| 10. | Straight, over the knoll, coming to the hillside a bit right. Stopped to scan in both directions, and saw a promising downed tree. Flag was on the other side. | ||||||
| 11. | Straight. | ||||||
| 12. | +00:30 | Mixed up route choice, worst of both worlds. Started to go straight, but the green kept pushing me right. Once I realized I was so close to the hillside, I plunged down it, crossed the stream (one foot wet), and ran up the road past the finish. | |||||
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Total Time Lost - 00:02:30