Tundra/Desert's comments - by leg
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| 2. | I won! I won! | |
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Confused parallel features Time Lost: 00:20 | Got confused by the Orange control. Happy to see Wyatt actually got the bait. |
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Hesitated Time Lost: 00:20 | Saw Syd going to #19 and remembered his time. Turned out I did not get his start time correctly, so I thought I was way ahead of him when I did get to #19. Hesitated a bit near the bag. |
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Followed others Time Lost: 00:25 | Saw Perttu Ilmarinen (+3) and Anders Svensson (+6) leave the control and Andy Dale (+9) way below in the reentrant. Thought all were going to the control, so followed Perttu for just a bit, then turned around and met Andy at the bag. |
| 9. | Different choices but met Andy at the bag. Very happy on the way; at this point I think that I have no chance to hang on to Andy, but the other two I should be able to hang on to till the end. How wrong I was. | |
| 10. | Followed Andy to the bag. Anders and Perttu well ahead, don't see them. | |
| 11. | Followed Andy to the bag. Now it feels that the pace is a little too quick. | |
| 12. | Found the other two at the bag. Drank and rested a bit. | |
| 13. | Caught up with the crowd despite having rested at #12. | |
| 14. | Starting to fall behind on the open-field running. | |
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Did not read control description Followed others Time Lost: 01:30 | Was about 50 sec behind the pack leaving #14, and that proved fatal. Could not see them find #15 but was counting on it and did not read the description; literally went over the top of the bag because I was looking for a clearing, not a reentrant; got way too low and had to climb back. |
| 16. | I see them no more. Quietly, alone the rest of the way. | |
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Bad map reading Time Lost: 02:00 | Deviated to the right of the line and miscounted the rocky outcroppings. Unhappy about the map until I had a chance to examine it after the finish. |
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Did not check features en route Read map too late Bad distance judgement Tired Not thinking clearly Time Lost: 01:45 | At 73:30, an abrupt shift happens. Just on the last leg, I was pushing it uphill quite actively. Now, I'm hungry, dirty, and tired. HR tanks. It's over. Made two errors on the leg: Stayed in the reentrant going around the blob of green to the right for about twice as long as was necessary, and missed the bag just to the left. |
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Tired | Mostly trails from here on; through #4. |
| 22. |
Tired Not thinking clearly Time Lost: 00:15 | Missed the bag just to the right. |
| 23. |
Tired | |
| 24. |
Tired | An ugly march up the road. |
| 25. |
Tired | Cramping up in the second green. |
| 26. |
Tired | "Good finish", says Joe S. Uh? |
Total Time Lost - 00:06:35
| Suggested Exercises | |
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| endurance | |
| speed | |
| strength | |
| map reading | |
| compass work | |
| distance estimation | |
| map memory | |
| map contact | |
| control flow | |
| concentration | |