Race Evaluation
Possum Trot VII: Possum Trot
MeanGene
| 1. | followed crowd - road run to open, then woods, wait turn to punch. (Not in marathon shape, so goal "is to finish"). | ||||||
| 2. | Followed 2nd pack more W, than NW. | ||||||
| 3. | Never saw option to skip 3 & 4, followed ridge line to trail. | ||||||
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Bad route choice Did not read control description Lacked concentration Hesitated +03:00 | Lost a lot of time - went left of marsh (slow), then to SW corner of marsh to get up, then ran above steep earth bank S to spend another min looking down earth bank instead of going to depression. Keith Lay led me in. | |||||
| 6. | Jogged w/Charlie DeWeese most of way. | ||||||
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| 9. | w/ Charlie & Keith most of the way. 1st look at considering skipping a point. Knowing I would tire or cramp at the end, saving for skips late in the race a main strategy. | ||||||
| 10. | w/ Charlie & Keith most of way | ||||||
| 11. | went out to road to got to 10 (Charlie and Keith skipped 11&12; this choice saved the most distance), S on road, S on trail and in - felt fast enough. On road decided 12 was the 1st one to skip. | ||||||
| 12. | skipped | ||||||
| 13. | about to hit the paved bike path (11 to 13) and crossed Charlie's path - so he skipped 11... couldn;t calculate he skipped 12, too. A little cautious whithin 100m (right reentrant?) | ||||||
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| 16. | Up W to trail; paced counted between obvious reentrants to my left; broad spur easy to see and down to ditch. | ||||||
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| 19. | Headed due N, but recognized reentrant junction at bottom and slwoly jogged to 19 - OK. | ||||||
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Tired | N to trail, legs starting to rebel and jogged slower and walked some. | |||||
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Tired | Beginning of the end - out to paved bike path (west) and jogged and walked a lot more. Got off pavement about 200m S of control - had to walk, sat down on log by marker *about a minute before punching in. rest helped with cramping calves. | |||||
| 22. | skipped | ||||||
| 23. | Walking NE out of 21, got to paved trail again, then decided to skip 22. Can't run, so would rather deal with the crapping looking green from 23-24. Met Charlie again at water stop. | ||||||
| 24. | N up stream about 100m, then bailed out E to trail. Tight saplings 200m to get to trail. Jogged some, walked some. | ||||||
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Tired Not thinking clearly Lacked concentration +02:00 | Due W to "ski" trail (jogged most of this - "it's about over"). Had to walk some on campground road, totally turned off brain leaving pavement and back into woods. Was I in a bowl or on a spur? About 2 min just going slow (brain and feet) | |||||
| 26. | not concentrating on pace counting - just went to trail junction at the west end to attack. | ||||||
| 27. | Wasn't really sure I was on the right spur going up (it was right); walked by last control (Dick Neuburger) had pointed it out in the briefing, turned around after 30m & punched. Orienteered for 24 controls, didn't the last 4. | ||||||
| F. |
Lacked concentration | Orlyn and Charlie said "hi" at the finish. Pleased with overall result. The cramping did not get out of control and only two real bobbles. |
Total Time Lost - 00:05:00