Race Evaluation
Gauteng Orienteering Championships: Classic 1
nmulder
| 1. | +00:30 | followed the road around the hill, but missed the control coming off the clearing (wrong place by 20m?). Went wrong way down the cliffs before doubling back | |||||
| 2. | +00:10 | Stayed below cliffs before climbing in the clearing, entered green too early | |||||
| 3. | +00:10 | Very rocky downhill, so I took it easy. Maybe needed a bit more speed? | |||||
| 4. | Path, then across the open veld, crossed the road and straight across more open veld direct to the control. Ran well in the high grass. | ||||||
| 5. | Straight, using the green dots as APs. | ||||||
| 6. | Aimed off slightly left of straight. | ||||||
| 7. | +00:05 | Down the indistinct track, but cut too early | |||||
| 8. | +00:05 | Poor map reading almost led to an error. Saw the control 5m behind to the left before I was expecting it. | |||||
| 9. | Good running along a straight line. | ||||||
| 10. | +00:10 | Up the path, but went for the wrong fence enclosure...doh. | |||||
| 11. | +00:10 | Straight, using the footpath for a short way, climbed into the control from below. Could have run the hill faster. | |||||
| 12. | Right of straight until I hit the track. | ||||||
| 13. | +00:20 | Back along the track, but then spent too much time weaving, trying to find a nice way through the grass down to 13. Thus also lost my bearing and was going direction 14 before correcting late. | |||||
| 14. | Straight | ||||||
| 15. | +01:00 | Contoured around the right of the hill. Over the top was probably fastest. I also ran the main track, rather than the road past 12, costing more time. When passing 12 I should have started contouring already. So I took the worst of 4 options. Hit the control well-ish (bounced through 2nd clearing first), which at least made up some time. | |||||
| 16. | +00:10 | Climbed a bit, before dropping in a straightish line through a series of clearings. Then straight through some mild green to the control. Lost a bit of time on rocky ground. | |||||
| 17. | +00:05 | Along the paths and in. Could have run more aggressively. | |||||
| 18. | +00:10 | Back down the track and the long way round on the contour option. Bit too slow into the control (Is map accurate here?) | |||||
| 19. | Straight and good. | ||||||
| 20. | Straight and very good. | ||||||
| 21. | +00:15 | Had saved myself for the climb. Paced myself up the hill, through the forest, then the narrow yellow ride, leaving it late and contouring in. Maybe could have run a bit faster. | |||||
| 22. | Contour left around the hill. Gave very little climb and a good attack angle. | ||||||
| 23. | Straight along the path network and in. | ||||||
| F. | +00:05 | Sprint finish. |
Total Time Lost - 00:03:25