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Sunday Mar 16, 2014 #
9 AM
Ski-O race 1:25:00 [3] 10.0 mi (8:30 / mi) +400m 7:34 / mi
Humbug.
I felt good going in to this race, but then goofed on the first control, lost 3+ minutes, and wound up way behind the rest of the way. Poo.
It was really cold at the start and somehow I didn't even read what I needed to read on my map in 15 seconds (lowest trail off the field) and went two higher, lost contact, then compounded that with two wrong turns and a lot of climb. I should have been at the control in a minute, instead it took me 4:15 and I had some extra climbing. And a lot of cursing. Plus, this put me behind a bunch of people I had to pass on several out-and-back legs to controls on narrow trails, necessitating stopping to let them by or going slowly as they stood off to the side.
Probably that alone was good for 5 minutes. If I had been 7 minutes back and not 12, I'd have been a much happier camper. As such, I just skied, pretty well and made some good route choices, actually, the rest of the way. Which makes the first huge goof sting even more. Unhappy with how I did. Harrumph.
I felt good going in to this race, but then goofed on the first control, lost 3+ minutes, and wound up way behind the rest of the way. Poo.
It was really cold at the start and somehow I didn't even read what I needed to read on my map in 15 seconds (lowest trail off the field) and went two higher, lost contact, then compounded that with two wrong turns and a lot of climb. I should have been at the control in a minute, instead it took me 4:15 and I had some extra climbing. And a lot of cursing. Plus, this put me behind a bunch of people I had to pass on several out-and-back legs to controls on narrow trails, necessitating stopping to let them by or going slowly as they stood off to the side.
Probably that alone was good for 5 minutes. If I had been 7 minutes back and not 12, I'd have been a much happier camper. As such, I just skied, pretty well and made some good route choices, actually, the rest of the way. Which makes the first huge goof sting even more. Unhappy with how I did. Harrumph.
Ski-O warm up/down 32:01 [1] 4.1 mi (7:49 / mi) +196m 6:48 / mi
Went skiing. Snow was good but my legs/arms/body was very tired.