Split Analysis
Sycamore Scramble: Long Sprint
Nadim
median leg score: 85.2
calculated time lost: 2:38 (+17.4%)
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| # | dist | time | place | delta | score | lost* | pace | dist | time | place | delta | pace | comments | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | 120m | +30% | 1:28 | 14 | +47 | 115% | 48.1 | 37 | 38 | 12:13 | 120m | +30% | 1:28 | 14 | +47 | 115% | 12:13 | Lunch away from the meet site and a needed nap at the hotel resulted in me getting to the starting line just in time. I saw just a few people start in front of me and worse, I forgot to clear/check my epunch. The people I saw were punching at one of two visible controls on cabins. I took a lot of time to find the start on the map and line it up. With my bearing I ran fast. As I ran and picked my way through the deadfall quickly, I didn't read the map again and didn't notice the control really to be the second set of cabins across a road (the road wasn't very distinct and coming through the same area the next day, I almost missed it entirely. At the control I ran to I checked the code and immediately assumed that I had a bad bearing. I turned and ran to the other control only to find that it was wrong too. Flustered at this point, I figured out the cabins were across the road but didn't know which one. I ran across the road and didn't find a control at the closest cabin but finally found it on the second. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. | 355m | +6% | 2:11 | 7 | +20 | 18% | 87.0 | 6:09 | 475m | +12% | 3:39 | 10 | +1:03 | 40% | 7:41 | I angled up to the road and ran until I could see the intersection. I had debated going around but the woods looked okay. I had a good bearing and also used the edges of the woods to figure out where I needed to go. I saw the control ahead in the last 35m. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3. | 250m | +8% | 1:20 | 9 | +18 | 29% | 83.8 | 5:20 | 725m | +11% | 4:59 | 9 | +1:09 | 30% | 6:52 | Down the road for speed, I looked for the broad spur on my right before attacking. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4. | 215m | +14% | 1:23 | 11 | +13 | 19% | 85.9 | 6:26 | 940m | +12% | 6:22 | 8 | +1:19 | 26% | 6:46 | I could see Chris Gross approaching #3 as I headed on bearing to #4. I was a bit to the left but the road bend helped me make the correction. I was more cautious at the end. I picked the right cabin though I almost missed reading one in the area. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | 80m | 25 | 7 | +4 | 19% | 85.3 | 5:12 | 1020m | +10% | 6:47 | 7 | +1:22 | 25% | 6:39 | Straight over the hill, I counted cabins using the road loop as a reference point. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | 165m | 1:05 | 6 | +17 | 35% | 79.0 | 6:33 | 1185m | +9% | 7:52 | 7 | +1:34 | 25% | 6:38 | I ran right a bit at first to get across the reentrant, then angled more down it. I made a bearing correction at the end when I could finally see it hidden in the ditch. No one else was around to give it away. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | 80m | +5% | 38 | 9 | +5 | 15% | 88.6 | 7:55 | 1265m | +8% | 8:30 | 7 | +1:39 | 24% | 6:43 | Straight. I was a bit cautious to pick the right cabin again, but did. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8. | 105m | +4% | 40 | 10 | +8 | 25% | 80.8 | 6:20 | 1370m | +8% | 9:10 | 7 | +1:47 | 24% | 6:41 | Like leg #5, straight over the hill; I counted cabins using the road loop as a reference point. Instead of reading the code, I used the center of the circle to correctly get to the correct corner. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9. | 430m | +15% | 3:11 | 12 | +1:20 | 72% | 61.8 | 45 | 52 | 7:24 | 1800m | +10% | 12:21 | 8 | +3:07 | 34% | 6:51 | I left #8 knowing that Chris Gross was still close behind. I confidently used the road to the bend but didn't want to slow down in what seemed like unmapped slash or light green after it. I cut left anticipating to go around it on the left and correct to the right but when I found fast running ground more to the left I used it. I didn't realize that I was on the mapped reentrant clearing. When I got to the bottom, I was confused at the uphill in front of me instead of a downhill broad reentrant that I could follow most of the way to the control. I never considered being as far off route as I'd gotten in 20 seconds from the road. Not knowing what was up, I went on bearing and knew that the nearby lake should help me relocate. I hit a reentrant and saw a control in it that I that was what I needed--wrong! At about this point, Chris Gross came running through. I thought he might have punched already so I headed the direction that he was coming from before thinking better of it and turning around again. Finally reading the map correctly, I realized the control was to be just beyond the reentrant with the control that I'd already found. | ||||||||||||||||
| 10. | 155m | 59 | 1 | -3 | -5% | 106.2 | 6:20 | 1955m | +8% | 13:20 | 8 | +2:59 | 29% | 6:49 | I ran hard trying to make-up ground on Chris Gross. I ended a bit to the right but saw Chris coming up from the left. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11. | 80m | +176% | 1:39 | 15 | +1:14 | 296% | 25.9 | 49 | 1:08 | 20:37 | 2035m | +15% | 14:59 | 9 | +4:02 | 37% | 7:21 | Looking at the leg, I figured I just needed to go beyond a visible cabin. However, I picked the wrong cabin. I must not have let my compass settle. After passing the cabin, I looked for reentrants and a control and saw one ahead, only it was farther than I thought it would be. I got there, crossing a 'road' that I didn't realize was there as I ran across it. With the code being wrong, I turned back and saw Chris Gross. Oddly, I thought I'd somehow gotten ahead of him but soon realized that he was leaving an area near the lake where the control should be... | ||||||||||||||||
| 12. | 85m | +7% | 45 | 9 | +8 | 22% | 83.0 | 8:49 | 2120m | +14% | 15:44 | 9 | +4:07 | 35% | 7:25 | Straight over the hill, I used the road loop intersection to help pick the right cabin. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13. | 155m | +3% | 1:01 | 6 | +11 | 22% | 85.2 | 6:33 | 2275m | +14% | 16:45 | 9 | +4:08 | 33% | 7:21 | I ran a bit right of the line to stay higher on the reentrant. I knew I needed to get near the power lines and since I'd parked near there, I knew where the control was. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14. | 150m | +7% | 48 | 12 | +7 | 17% | 86.1 | 5:20 | 2425m | +13% | 17:33 | 9 | +4:15 | 32% | 7:14 | Feeling slow and tired, I went straight. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15. | 60m | 12 | 9 | +1 | 9% | 91.7 | 3:20 | 2485m | +13% | 17:45 | 9 | +4:15 | 31% | 7:08 | Still feeling slow, I gave it a little push but with it being a poorly navigated run, I wasn't that concerned with pushing. I had much earlier in the race resigned to just achieving damage control for the 3 race total of the weekend. With my epunch having not been cleared, I eventually sorted it out with the meet director and result worker. The next day, they showed my time being too fast and I went back to again correct it. I'm sure of the splits I have entered here and have double-checked them against my GPS track. I'd punched a lot of extra controls: 2 on the way to #1, an extra one on the way to #9, and 2 extra controls on the way to #11. Boo hoo. | |||||||||||||||||||
* red = reported, gray = calculated