Race Evaluation
CSU Orienteering Superstars: UMass Sprint
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| 1. | +00:25 | I misread the map, thinking I was at control 1 heading to control 2, and so wandered off for ten seconds before correcting. | |||||
| 2. | Clean; to the left of the building. | ||||||
| 3. | Giovanni started a minute back, so I pushed to try to stay ahead of him. Getting to the control required running down a narrow alley; as I was leaving the alley, I saw him on his approach. | ||||||
| 4. | A little extra oomph to try to stay ahead. I saw Kitty and Tira. | ||||||
| 5. | Another short alley. | ||||||
| 6. | It might have been faster to go north of the building; I went around the south. I punched perhaps ten seconds ahead of Giovanni. | ||||||
| 7. | Frantically trying to stay ahead of Giovanni; I punched maybe five seconds before he did. I took the stairs rather than the longer, more gradual grass to the right. | ||||||
| 8. | Giovanni passed me just before the control, and I ran out of power in the last twenty meters or so. | ||||||
| 9. | I saw Sam leaving 8, but I lacked the stamina to rally on the hill climb up to 9. I powerwalked most of it and saw Kseniya, Katia, and Giovanni in the vicinity. | ||||||
| 10. | I pushed down the hill aggressively and passed Kseniya. Fear of Sam took me, and I was with Katia near the control. | ||||||
| 11. | Just ahead of Katia. I saw Sam as I was leaving the control. | ||||||
| 12. | Giovanni was still visible, perhaps a hundred meters ahead. | ||||||
| 13. | Across a spectator-friendly grassy court and up some stairs. Katia was about ten meters behind me, and Sam another twenty or so. | ||||||
| 14. | The map didn't indicate a breezeway on the straight line, but there turned out to be one, which I took. Just ahead of Katia. | ||||||
| 15. | Sam pulled up even with me, so I put on some speed to try to break away. I punched ahead of her, but I couldn't shake her. | ||||||
| 16. | I crashed on this leg; Sam and Katia both cruised past me. | ||||||
| 17. | Really struggling. Sam and Katia ahead, but I lacked the strength to catch them. | ||||||
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| 19. | I could see my quarry (now including Charlie DeWeese) ahead of me on this long, straight leg, but I had nothing left. I picked up a little speed relative to 17 and 18, but not enough. I did get to see where the flag was due to the trio ahead of me. | ||||||
| F. | Around the south of the building. Well back of Sam, Katia, and Charlie. |
Total Time Lost - 00:00:25