Race Evaluation
US Sprint/Middle/Long Championships: Red Long
bill3
| 1. |
Did not plan ahead +00:15 | Had trouble folding map due to *%&((^ thin map bag! | |||||
| 2. |
Did not follow plan +00:30 | basically straight, couldn't decide which way to go around pond; eventually went along west side | |||||
| 3. | took trail SE of cliffs - spiked it | ||||||
| 4. |
Confused parallel features +01:00 | went straight but couldn't distinguish one mima mound from another. Ran in circles after pace count ran out and finally spotted it hidden in the tall grass. | |||||
| 5. | went east of pond, through middle of skinny marsh, east of larger marsh, stopped to drink at water drop, straight to control - spiked it | ||||||
| 6. |
Bad route choice +00:45 | ran trail to east - lost time attempting to go through cliffs, ended up getting back on trail and going around cliffs to the east | |||||
| 7. | +00:10 | hesitated a little | |||||
| 8. | spike | ||||||
| 9. | went slightly left of line then right of line and spiked it | ||||||
| 10. |
Could not relocate +02:00 | hit creek 200m west of #9 and mentally placed myself near water drop thinking I had just come from #5. Spent a couple minutes trying to match terrain before figuring out my mistake. | |||||
| 11. | Decided to ditch map bag- I didn't want to litter so I put it in my the back of my shorts. Went in between cliff and lake right of line. Spiked it | ||||||
| 12. | spike | ||||||
| 13. |
Hesitated +00:30 | went left of line, through small marsh south of control. Unsure I was in right marsh at first. | |||||
| 14. | spike | ||||||
| 15. | +00:15 | straight and then around cliff to the left just before control - hesitated at edge of circle | |||||
| 16. | around to the left - spike | ||||||
| 17. | west to trail, north to west side of marsh, wiggled through middle of cliffs to the west of control - spike | ||||||
| 18. | +00:05 | straight- used white blob at N end of marsh and then followed trail a slight bit - missed just north but saw it right off. | |||||
| 19. | through middle of large marshes then west to trail, followed almost all the way to finish and then dog legged into control. | ||||||
| F. |
Total Time Lost - 00:05:30