Race Evaluation
DVOA Frontier Festival: Blue - Day 2
Tundra/Desert
| 1. | Missed the trail junction right away, and ended up on a tour of the just-off-the-boulder-field-indistinct-boundary land. | ||||||
| 2. | Very carefully, downhill. I do not have the coordination to confidently run the stony ground downhill, nor the core muscle strength to tolerate kludgy running. Attacked from the ranger rancho place. | ||||||
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| 4. | Saw a huge fox who carried what appeared to be a dead rat. | ||||||
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Did not plan ahead +00:20 | To trail, then the consensus route towards the cabins, trail (missed the turn low), past the water tower, and the looooong iiiiiiin (passed Tom Bruce in the process - it's so obvious he used to be in a great shape, much more elegance over the rock than myself). Attacked from the thin spur. | |||||
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Bad compass work Confused parallel features Tired +04:30 | Lost 30 sec. or so in the boulders (see core strength, above). Pushed somewhat on the uphill, through the briars and raz. Then missed crossing the thin trail; hit the major trail (with Ross on it, but I knew he was on Red) and thought that was the thin trail. "Attacked" towards the NW off a bend in the major trail. From the peace and quiet in that area N of the trail, it was clear that that's not where the party was. Took exactly 1 minute to get back to the trail, and just over 1' from the trail to the bag, so this was about a 4' error. | |||||
| 7. | Steaming, through the bend in the major trail, off the indistinct trail, and in. | ||||||
| 8. | Passed Tom again on the approach. Thought about asking him if Kenny (-6) already passed. Could see the bag from ways away. | ||||||
| 9. | Navigated #9-#13 alone, with a lot of confidence. | ||||||
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Tired | Could feel the lack of energy approach, de ja vu circa P. Oaks, timepoint 70. | |||||
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Took a chance Confused parallel features +01:20 | Leaving #14, saw Kenny approach. He's at least 1' behind. This is my chance, the two platforms which I have a farily good feel for. Blew #15 low but recovered quickly, off the trail. William's choice to deliberately hit the trail appears best. | |||||
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Took a chance +00:40 | Leaving #15, at least a minute away, I can see Kenny's back. He's facing the bushes and not moving too quickly. At least 2'30 behind now, I think. I find another platform (#118) very quickly and bounce off; still, this could have been done better. | |||||
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| F. | Kenny arrives 2' behind. A good weekend, I think, until Eric's time is known. Still, I'm well on track to recover the 7 min/km pace. See you all next year, on Blue. |
Total Time Lost - 00:06:50