Race Evaluation
Blue Hills Traverse: Traverse
iansmith
| 1. | +00:30 | I ran off to urinate behind a tree right before the start, and the mass start came at a most inconvenient time. By the time I passed the start triangle, I was about :30 back and everyone was out of sight. | |||||
| 2. | +00:45 | Out of the first control, everyone split into two groups. I had glanced at my map, but I only knew the direction and distances to controls 2, 3, 4. I followed the Saegers. My pack quickly dissolved; no one in my vicinity had a good plan. I figured we had gone too far north, so I attacked south and hit the control. | |||||
| 3. | Ran to the northern trail, attacked just north of the control. Got a bit stuck with some logs, but otherwise clean execution. | ||||||
| 4. | Ran on trail, attacked around the south of the pond. With a large group of about 8. | ||||||
| 5. | Started to get tired running on trail. I followed a group all the way on the trail, but I figured going south across the road directly would have been faster. | ||||||
| 6. | Ran on trail, but after the cliffs to the east, I contoured because I didn't want to descend only to reascend. I caught up with the trail runners at the control. | ||||||
| 7. | Ran on trail, cut a corner north of the little hill. I led a good group of people across the rocks, but my attack was up the gradient, while the group ran up the reentrant to my left. I punched in the middle of the group. | ||||||
| 8. | +01:00 | I couldn't keep up with the group of 10+ runners; I was slow throughout the leg. I ran to the trail, ran along it, then decided to cut some time by going over the hill. Unfortunately, I was too far north, hit the trail again, and attacked up the reentrant. | |||||
| 9. | +00:30 | Slow running to the road. | |||||
| 10. | +03:00 | At 9, I had a GU and retied my shoes. I ran up to the trail, then cut across the hill at the rocky ground. I should have either gone up the hill earlier or run to the road. | |||||
| 11. | Ran to the road and compassed via the boulder. Encountered some people as I ran to 12. | ||||||
| 12. | Clean attack up the reentrant. | ||||||
| 13. | +01:30 | Bad route choice: ran up along the trail over 13. Added unnecessary climb, and then overshot the control. | |||||
| 14. | +00:45 | Followed two guys. Sluggish up the hill and suboptimal route (below the buildings). | |||||
| 15. | Down to the road, up the trail east of the marsh, across the marsh, up the hill. | ||||||
| 16. | One of my best legs; good attention to the map. | ||||||
| 17. | Unremarkable route choice, along the trail. Took a GU twenty meters short of the control only to find there was no water. | ||||||
| 18. | +02:00 | Ran along the trails, then ran into and followed JJ. I should have stuck to the trail the entire way; we got a bit disoriented until we found the reentrant. I ran into Ben Parson (my old nemesis) and was motivated. | |||||
| 19. | +03:00 | Ran down the stream, across the trail, to the marsh. The flat terrain confused me, and I ended up wandering west to the trail. I reattacked and hit the control. | |||||
| 20. | +01:00 | Crossed the rock wall due east directly and contoured around to the control. I was a bit sluggish moving through the green, and I overshot by about 30 meters while descending the hill. Otherwise, ok. | |||||
| 21. | +01:00 | After pushing a bit too far west, I ran up to the trial and followed it to the intersection. | |||||
| 22. | +00:45 | A long trail run, on which I ran into (and was initially passed by) Bob Lux. Overall, the leg was clean, but slow. Lux punched before me, as the snow sapped my enthusiasm. I should have attacked further south along the parking lot. | |||||
| 23. | Bob Lux was in front of me, so I paced myself to hit the go control simultaneously with him. | ||||||
| F. | Sprinted in, keeping with my goal and custom of having the fastest finish leg. |
Total Time Lost - 00:15:45