Split Analysis
DVOA Frontier Festival: Red X Day 1
Nadim
median leg score: 74.6
calculated time lost: 22:16 (+26.9%)
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| # | dist | time | place | delta | score | lost* | pace | dist | time | place | delta | pace | comments | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | 560m | 6:15 | 4 | +2:42 | 76% | 74.6 | 45 | 11:09 | 560m | 6:15 | 4 | +2:42 | 76% | 11:09 | 0-1 Because work has kept me busy and limited my workouts, my first of many false excuses is that I trained hard Thursday and Friday. I felt sluggish on Saturday but my mind was dull too. I was a little rushed getting to the meet and driving-up the same morning. I didn't get to read the course setter's notes. Now that I've got that out of the way, I still hoped for a nice run and planned to use trails on Peggy's and Peter's advice. I set off on the trail around the field. At the intersection on the other side, I looked for the indistinct path but interpreted the map and compass bearing wrong. I ended-up heading down the trail that later would take me toward #3. I realized my error quickly, turning around and finding the correct trail. Once in the green, I was surprised by the difficulty of the vegetation. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2. | 185m | 2:35 | 3 | +1:32 | 146% | 77.6 | 13:57 | 745m | 8:50 | 4 | +4:14 | 92% | 11:51 | 1-2 Going back the way I came, I crossed the indistinct trail and found an incorrect control near a clearing. Checking it and passing it, I found #2 without much loss. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. | 675m | 13:39 | 4 | +8:57 | 190% | 37.2 | 15:00 | 6:50 | 20:13 | 1420m | 22:29 | 4 | +13:11 | 142% | 15:50 | 2-3 Backtracking to the clearing thinking to get out of the green the quickest way, I still had trouble making it to the trail. Finally on the trail, I saw Burnie going the other way. I made good time on the bad footing and was not tempted to cut-off along the marsh before reaching the big field. After turning right along the field, I saw many ahead climbing a ridge. I was trying to count trails but wasn't sure that some openings were trails at all. I started exploring one, then backed-out as it appeared to close-in. The people ahead had disappeared. Exploring another trail more thoroughly, I again backed-out. Now not sure which one was right, I started exploring them all almost systematically--very bad orienteering. Even when relocating at the road bend, I didn't use pace count and continued to have trouble. Nearing the marsh, I stopped to tie my shoes and then headed north. I ended up at a pile of rocks with a West Point runner--perhaps this was the ruin. It was covered in thorns. I kept wanting to go in straight lines but the thorns wouldn't let me. I finally relocated again at the road bend along the field and went to it. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4. | 510m | 11:04 | 4 | +6:54 | 166% | 49.9 | 3:39 | 21:41 | 1930m | 33:33 | 4 | +20:05 | 149% | 17:23 | 3-4 Going straight on the road to cross the field, I didn't even attempt to cut the corner as I turned north. I did use some trails to take me to the next road where I turned left and saw David Onkst coming the other way. Reading the vegetation boundary and guessing that I had gone far enough I cut into the trees about the same time as David did, but from a different spot. We converged in the woods and I kept my eye on Dave. He went lower and I went west. I think he found it first. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | 160m | 10:33 | 4 | +8:56 | 553% | 23.9 | 7:30 | 7:10 | 1:05:56 | 2090m | 44:06 | 4 | +29:01 | 192% | 21:06 | 4-5 David was near by so I tried to get out and away quick. I went high as he went low. High had fewer thorns. David said my way was better so he fell in behind. I paused as I approched a clearing. At first I thought it was ahead and told David. After he passed, I had second thoughts and thought to find the lake first to make sure. I really read the map poorly here since the lake was northward. I got caught-up in bad thorns and gave-up on reaching the lake. Bailing-out, I eventually reached the road used to approach #4. Setting a bearing, I couldn't go straight when I hit the trees. I went around and found it shortly thereafter. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | 235m | 2:27 | 2 | +15 | 11% | 102.7 | 10:25 | 2325m | 46:33 | 4 | +29:16 | 169% | 20:01 | 5-6 Up to the road and around, I never saw the intermittant trail that would have been more direct. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | 650m | 6:40 | 4 | +44 | 12% | 91.0 | 10:15 | 2975m | 53:13 | 4 | +29:48 | 127% | 17:53 | 6-7 Leaving #6, I had a hard time seeing the path I had just used to come into these thorny woods. Down the hill then I paused, thinking to go down to the left first. Instead I turned right and crossed the woods later but before the first field ended--again crossing the woods was slow due to thorns and downed trees. Across the next field, I got hung-up in more impenetrable thorns at the creek and had to back-out. Going around, I passed very close to the large barn. At the creek crossing, I saw Marek(?) going the other way. I found #7 easily on the trail. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8. | 185m | 2:55 | 4 | +1:52 | 178% | 46.3 | 1:15 | 1:06 | 15:45 | 3160m | 56:08 | 4 | +31:40 | 129% | 17:45 | 7-8 I drank water then headed off reading on the trail as I went. I passed the correct trail at the end. Crawling under thorns, I clamored over deer beds and under more thorns to get back on the right trail. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9. | 890m | 13:19 | 4 | +6:01 | 82% | 62.4 | 2:10 | 14:57 | 4050m | 1:09:27 | 4 | +37:41 | 119% | 17:08 | 8-9 Confidence was not good and I didn't see the trails crossing the large thick green area anyway. Since I knew #9 was near #3, I chose to go far around. Marek(?) had gone this way earlier (though he turned-out to be running Blue and started from a different control). I also thought that by going around I'd lose less time since I didn't have to read the map to do it. I passed #7. I was more efficient crossing fields but not very fast running. I passed #6. Still not having stopped running, I approached the Y-intersection near the end of the field and misinterpreted what I saw. I turned left too early w/o checking the bearing. Reading a clearing, I turned left again, instead of right which would have lead me to the control--I thought I was on the other road. Picking a trail, thinking I'm headed straight to the control, I didn't find anything but kept going as the trail bent left. The trail took me straight to #3 which fortunately I recognized from the code--damn! Headed out the way I came, I crossed the road and read trails to go straight to #9 Another guy punched about when I got there. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10. | 185m | 3:24 | 2 | +1:20 | 65% | 93.5 | 18:22 | 4235m | 1:12:51 | 4 | +39:01 | 115% | 17:12 | 9-10 Wanting to play it safe, I went to the road and turned left. I planned to go along the stream but remembered the green woods here didn't let you do this well. I cut in. The other guy from #9 went more directly but we converged. After a little searching, I think I get there just before he did. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11. | 300m | 3:34 | 4 | +26 | 14% | 91.3 | 11:53 | 4535m | 1:16:25 | 4 | +39:27 | 107% | 16:51 | 10-11 Setting off to cross the creek and hit the trail, the other guy who was punching was blocking me from seeing the way that others had gone when leaving. I tried to crawl under more thorns but was turned-back. I ended-up following the other guy across the stream after he finished punching. I passed him at the trail. Using the trail to climb the hill, I went in around the west side to save climb/green woods, then spiked the control. In retrospect straight over the knoll would have been better because the light green woods weren't bad like elsewhere. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12. | 160m | 1:39 | 3 | +30 | 43% | 88.2 | 10:18 | 4695m | 1:18:04 | 4 | +39:57 | 105% | 16:37 | 11-12 On bearing, I fell into the correct reentrant and saw the control quickly. Blue West Point runners were punching too. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13. | 170m | 2:34 | 2 | +24 | 18% | 110.6 | 15:05 | 4865m | 1:20:38 | 4 | +38:44 | 92% | 16:34 | 12-13 I like this area much better than the first half of the course. Cautiously, I set a bearing but mostly rough compassed down the reentrant. I was pleased that I recognized the prominant spur and knew that the control, not visible from below, was where I anticipated. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 14. | 220m | 3:22 | 4 | +1:33 | 85% | 68.3 | 1:00 | 15:18 | 5085m | 1:24:00 | 4 | +40:17 | 92% | 16:31 | 13-14 Along the spur, then right, I pulled-up short. I saw the man from #9 and #10 go by-probably on Red Y. A woman looking confident drew me to the south side of the hill. We both adjusted but she gots there first. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15. | 635m | 13:27 | 3 | +6:41 | 99% | 73.4 | 3:45 | 21:10 | 5720m | 1:37:27 | 4 | +46:58 | 93% | 17:02 | 14-15 Passing the woman from #14, I ran to the clearing and the triangle. I saw the man from #9 and #10 go into the woods headed north on the trail so I followed. Turning right on the trail used to go from #2 to #3, I read the clearings. I twisted my ankle but hopped it off. As I tried to cut north, I found the dark green to be impenetrable and had to back-track 150 meters before an opening appeared. I stuck to the trail and found the T-intersection. My first attack missed to the right slightly by 10 meters. After looping back, the woman and man I saw at #14 appeared ahead, on their attack. After a little following, I punched after them. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16. | 275m | 5:03 | 4 | +3:15 | 181% | 54.5 | 1:21 | 18:21 | 5995m | 1:42:30 | 4 | +50:13 | 96% | 17:05 | 15-16 The woman and man at #15 headed back to the trail and I gave chase. They both soon hopped out of the woods to reach the field just as I caught them. My course was different, so I kept on the trail. The trail soon lost me however. I saw Gail who was running Green. Though the trail dissappeared I kept running until I reached the right reentrant. At the bottom, I look around and saw it to the right. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17. | 340m | 1:56 | 2 | +7 | 6% | 110.6 | 5:41 | 6335m | 1:44:26 | 4 | +50:20 | 93% | 16:29 | 16-17 Staying in the reentrant mostly on a rough trail, I reached Daniel Boone Lake before cutting-up to the road. Kissy is ahead punching the GO control. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 18. | 235m | 43 | 1 | -1 | -2% | 107.8 | 3:02 | 6570m | 1:45:09 | 4 | +50:19 | 92% | 16:00 | 17-F Cheering Kissy in as I pass her (she's running Green but ran a marathon the previous weekend), I have a good finish kick. This was still a rather dissapointing race. | ||||||||||||||||||||
* red = reported, gray = calculated