Race Evaluation
Gauteng Colour Coded - Doornpoort: Course 1
nmulder
| 1. | Tough bastard as the first control. Took a bearing from the start control and got lucky. | ||||||
| 2. | Straight line. Am very surprised that I won this split, though road would be quicker. | ||||||
| 3. | Stayed on road until bend in bank | ||||||
| 4. | +02:00 | Messed this up. Lost focus and missed attack point on road, leaving it late and not knowing where I was. Went N to the path immediately to relocate and then came back in. | |||||
| 5. | Straight. Aimed slightly left to hit the first ridge before aiming for the left side of the 2nd. | ||||||
| 6. | +00:15 | Compass bearing. Ran on left side of gully, but almost got pulled down right branch. Had to swing back. | |||||
| 7. | Left around the outcrop on the flat terrain. | ||||||
| 8. | Path network, cutting corners and then attacked the control from below. | ||||||
| 9. | Straight into the quarry. | ||||||
| 10. | No problem. | ||||||
| 11. | Onto the path, under the powerlines, with the last pylon the attack point. | ||||||
| 12. | +00:20 | Went straightish, and decided to curve round the bottom of the control, but cut up the ridge too soon. | |||||
| 13. | +00:20 | Straight, but got a bit confused in the green. Didn't run far enough. | |||||
| 14. | Slightly right of straight. | ||||||
| 15. | +00:05 | Right of the main green patch, almost overran. | |||||
| 16. | +02:00 | Got pulled by Cobus to the left of the control after crossing the road. Parallel error on wrong path, but realised it immediately. | |||||
| 17. | Straight and got a bit lucky. Couldn't read much detail, so went on feel of distance. | ||||||
| 18. | Up the gully. Saw boulder from about 90 secs out. | ||||||
| 19. | +01:30 | Straight and then to the right. This was a small mistake as the map was actually very green here. Clambered over the hill into the control in the end, which slowed me down. | |||||
| 20. | +02:00 | Down the gully, but stupidly stopped short at the first set of ruins. Stupid stupid. | |||||
| 21. | Went for safety, intentionally going too far down the path so that I could relocate on the finish, then in. | ||||||
| 22. | +02:00 | Tried to contour below the slope. Mistake as I didn't know where I was. Had to go out to the road to relocate. | |||||
| 23. | Aimed to the right and straight in. | ||||||
| 24. | Straight and very pleased that I read the features all the way into the control. Good! | ||||||
| 25. | Straight. | ||||||
| F. | Paul won a split! |
Total Time Lost - 00:10:30