Race Evaluation
US Two-day Classic O Championships: Day 1 Blue
mindsweeper
| 1. |
Bad compass work Lacked concentration +00:10 | Almost made a 90 degree error down the E trail, but caught myself and veered into the forest at a better angle. Almost stopped a bit short. | |||||
| 2. |
Bad compass work +00:20 | Went too far to the right and had to climb back up a couple of contours. | |||||
| 3. | Had problems running fast through the vegetation. I'm surprised that my time isn't better on this leg. | ||||||
| 4. |
Did not follow plan Did not check features en route Underrated difficulty Could not relocate Hesitated +02:00 | The big marsh didn't look as marshy as I had expected, and after I crossed it I was not sure exactly where I was. I didn't find it easy to relocate on the cliff clad spurs because there were several of them. I kept runnning on compass at a medium pace, and eventually realized I had just passed the pond next to 6. I read the map more carefully from here as I didn't want to lose contact again. | |||||
| 5. |
Did not plan ahead Hesitated +00:20 | Should have stayed to the left in order to use hill with boulders as attackpoint. Instead I went more straight and hesitated a bit. | |||||
| 6. | Went below the cliffs and over the first spur. Climbed on top of the second spur and followed it in. | ||||||
| 7. |
Bad distance judgement +00:15 | Wanted to stay left on top of the cliffs. Hesitated when I came to the first cliff on the left. | |||||
| 8. | Passed the lower cliffs on the left side, then cut back to the right. | ||||||
| 9. |
Lacked confidence Hesitated +00:15 | Took the trail ontil it turned E, then headed for the marsh as a catching feature. Once I got to it it looked smaller than I had imagined, so at first I was wondering whether it was the smaller marsh to the W that I was at. This cost me a little bit of time because I hesitated. | |||||
| 10. | Stayed right initially to avoid having to contour. Don't remember exactly what I did next. | ||||||
| 11. | Straight, making sure the hill was to my right. | ||||||
| 12. | Went on compass to the tip of the first marsh, then across the various small hills. | ||||||
| 13. |
Lacked confidence Hesitated +00:10 | Around right to stay below the cliffs. It took longer than I had expected, and I stopped short a couple of times. | |||||
| 14. | Straight, using the small marsh on the right as an attack point as I could see it from up on the side of the spur. | ||||||
| 15. | Slightly to the left to get around the last cliff. | ||||||
| 16. | Sprained my ankle pretty bad on the way out from 15. Decided to take the left route choice. Pretty easy navigation. | ||||||
| 17. | Considered avoiding the climb over the hilltop, but decided to push through and go straight. | ||||||
| 18. | +00:20 | This was not my favourite leg. After being coerced into the reentrant below the control, I found a good place to climb out of it and contour to the trail. Then I crossed the trail, heading down diagonally. I saw Erin down below and was gaining slowly but surely. At some point I hit a tree with my hand carrying my sunglasses, and after a few steps I realized one of the lenses had popped out. I ran back and it was lying on the ground next to the tree. It only took a few seconds to pop it back in and continue. I used the spur next to the S fork in the stream to guide me in. It had a huge unmapped cliff on it. | |||||
| 19. | Straight down the hill, having big problems getting my spikes to stick to the rock faces that were covered with leaves. | ||||||
| 20. |
Did not like map +00:10 | Contoured, and started climbing a bit after what I thought was the last cliff. It turned out the hill was still further S, but I didn't climb very much too high. | |||||
| 21. |
Confused parallel features +00:20 | Down to the trail an on until it turned left. Then I crossed the stream, but it turned out I was on the upper trail, which took me towards the paved road that was out of bounds. Turned towards the hilltop and went over it into the reentrant. | |||||
| 22. | Contoured around the spur as I didn't feel like climbing up it just to run down on the other side. | ||||||
| F. |
Total Time Lost - 00:04:20