Race Evaluation
MVOC Cricket Holler: Night Score-O
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| 1. |
Lacked confidence Unused to map Unused to terrain +00:05 | Slow getting used to the map and seeing in the dark. Also got confused a bit about a trail bend that shouldn't be there. It's possible I wasn't on the right trail either. | |||||
| 2. |
Lacked confidence Unused to map Unused to terrain | Still running slow at this point even though the route is straight trail. Running with Matthew to the control. | |||||
| 3. |
Bad route choice Lacked confidence | Taking trail west to the stream, then follow along stream to the next trail. Took trail to shelter, then N to fire ring. Still with Matthew. | |||||
| 4. | Ran N, cross big path towards small amphitheater. Picked up Dick and Bob when we crossed the stream. Then up along stream to pit. | ||||||
| 5. | Feeling more confident with the map now, and aided with a straight forward leg, I picked up the pace to create some distance from the group. Ran the trail along the ran to #10. | ||||||
| 6. | Along the trail/fence, around the corner to the boulder. | ||||||
| 7. | Down the slope, cross the stream, and across the muddy field straight toward the western most building. | ||||||
| 8. |
Bad route choice Hesitated +00:15 | Didn't take the trail option. Instead ran past the buildings at the edge of field, then cut into the 'white' area trying to follow indistinct trail to #7. Woods was not runnable at all (lots of honeysuckles) and I never found the trail. But I somehow came straight to the control. The best route is staying in the open and go around. | |||||
| 9. | Up the hill, then ran the road and path to #6. | ||||||
| 10. | Down the trail SE out of the control to the stream/trail junction. Then follow stream up to gully. | ||||||
| 11. |
Read map too late Did not read control description +00:15 | Aiming off to the right on a compass bearing. Took a left turn when I hit the big trail, then proceeded to overrun the control. I just didn't read the description and map carefully enough to realize the control is slightly off the path in semi-hidden by trees. Stopped at the Y-junction and figured out what's wrong quickly. | |||||
| 12. | +00:10 | Back up the trail and taking the left fork. Lost some time in the circle because I just couldn't see the reflectors. | |||||
| 13. | Almost straight. | ||||||
| 14. | Had originally planned a left route based on earlier glances, but realized coming out of #2 that there's a more direct/easy right hand route along the fence. Didn't read the map closely enough to realize the trail ends about 3/4 way into the fence portion, so I slowed down a bit there I couldn't seem to follow the trail anymore. I just kept running along the fence until I hit the end (corner). Tom S. and I converged at the control, from opposite directions! | ||||||
| 15. | Back S along the fence to pick up the indistinct trail that leads SW to the main path. After that, it was a straight forward trail leg to #3. I tried to pick up the pace here in an attempt to get away from Tom a bit. | ||||||
| F. | Trail into the finish. Turns out Tom still has some controls on the southern portion of the map to get. |
Total Time Lost - 00:00:45