1. | Slight hesitation at the roundabout but nothing to complain about. Got into the map quickly for once. | ||||||
2. | +00:10 | Not sure why I briefly hesitated on the route choice, but it probably cost me 10s before I chose the direct route. | |||||
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6. | Good leg, 5th overall and 5s off 1st. Focusing well on the map. | ||||||
7. | Not sure why this one took more time - may have considered going through the green. Indeed maybe that's what everyone else did?! | ||||||
8. | Ran right round the building. Should work out how I can fit checking control descriptions into my run. It would have saved me 10s, but worse to come. | ||||||
9. | Tenth on this leg. Chose my attack point well as I crossed the park by counting trees. Very minor hesitation on the final placing. | ||||||
10. | Eleventh here, so also quicker. Quite good down the path and then used the bench to cross the crossable fence. Useful. | ||||||
11. | +00:20 | Lost time here, at least 20s. Overshot, had to retrace. If I'd had a better attackpoint than "bend in path" and "possible veg boundary" I would have done better. | |||||
12. | +00:20 | Another. I must have just missed this over the cusp of the hill and overshot to the north side. | |||||
13. | +00:30 | Big one. AP gives me 30s - I'm amazed that's all it was, but with 42s for the leg and 9s fastest I suppose that's right! Somehow decided I had to go north to get to the control and did a Dan running round the end. | |||||
14. | Best leg - sixth. Helped being angry after messing up #13. | ||||||
15. | +00:10 | Silly mistake on entering this - don't consider navigating through anything which might be nettles in summer. | |||||
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17. | +00:15 | Should have navigated better rather than relying on knowing the topography and guessing where Scott had put the control. | |||||
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19. | +00:05 | Minor hesitation leaving #19 | |||||
20. | Must have had a poor route choice as I thought I did this one OK | ||||||
21. | Simple, and so… | ||||||
22. | … back up to speed | ||||||
23. | +00:15 | Long leg and 24th. I could have saved maybe 10-20 seconds with better navigation but OK. Trying to look ahead. | |||||
24. | Cut south too early, but it was failsafe. | ||||||
25. | Good route into the open wood rather than round the outside. | ||||||
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27. | +01:00 | Oh dear. Almost a minute lost in sight of the finish. Used the wood canopy to direct me to the thicket I needed, except I didn't place it correctly relative to the fence and wasted a minute about 50m too far north. | |||||
28. | Knew where I was going. Disappointed to be 3s off the pace. | ||||||
F. | Fourth on the run in. |
Total Time Lost - 00:03:05