Race Evaluation
2013 IS IC Championships: Day 2 - Red
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| 1. | Easy leg. Just went down the spur. | ||||||
| 2. | Decided to aim off to the south. Hit the trail and went straight to the point. | ||||||
| 3. | +03:00 | Really stupid mistake. I read the clue description as reentrant, so I originally ran past the point and ignored it because it was in the middle of the field and not near a reentrant. | |||||
| 4. | +00:20 | Spiked. I felt good about what I did for this point, but now that I am looking at my gps track I think I could have straightened out the first bit of the leg. | |||||
| 5. | Straight to the point. | ||||||
| 6. | +01:00 | Tough point. Ended up taking trails north. Lots of hesitation. Stopped when I felt I was passing the point and looked to my right. Saw the point about 50 m off. | |||||
| 7. | Changed plans about halfway through the field. Decided to go one more field over and travel down a spur to the point. No problem finding the point, although the way it was mapped and where it was placed was a bit confusing. | ||||||
| 8. | +00:20 | Stupid bauble here. I ended up crossing the fence before the point thinking it was on the other side. Ended up having to recross after I looked at the map again. | |||||
| 9. | I felt pretty good about this point. I hit the trail west of point 8 and followed it for a bit to force me to contour. I am not sure if this was entirely necessary, the hills were pretty low. | ||||||
| 10. | Went high for this point. Not sure if this was the best choice. I think going low directly to the other paved trail would have been a much faster option. | ||||||
| 11. | +00:20 | Went up to a plateau and followed a rough bearing. Went up the hill too early, though, and the side slope caused me to run a lot slower. Also a lot of hesitation. | |||||
| 12. | Easy. Just ran across the field. I went high on the other side, which ended up being for the best, because according to Andrew the lower field was flooded. | ||||||
| 13. | Compass bearing. This is where I ran into Mark. | ||||||
| 14. | +00:10 | I had problems counting the trails on this point, which caused me to hesitate. | |||||
| 15. | Hesitated on this point as well, but don't know why, it was pretty easy. | ||||||
| 16. | Recognized this as being in the same area as one of the day 1 points. Decided to hit the power line trail and drop in at the second telephone pole after the road. Ended up cutting in early when i saw a trail that was easy to hop on and led straight to the point. | ||||||
| 17. | +01:30 | Stupid error. I ran along the path of least resistance and did not check my bearing. I let myself drift way off course. | |||||
| 18. | Went hard for this point. | ||||||
| F. | Go control. I probably could have pushed myself a bit harder. |
Total Time Lost - 00:06:40