Race Evaluation
DVOA A-Meet (Interscholastics): Day 1: Blue
ebuckley
| 1. | Took the trail to the left. Objectively bad, but it allowed me to start running right off the gun, so it probably was about the same. | ||||||
| 2. | +01:00 | Missed right and went up the slope behind the control almost to the field before looking back and spotting the control. | |||||
| 3. | Took the field to the right and then the trail to the bridge. Tripped on the fence leaving the control. | ||||||
| 4. | Stayed fairly low to the right. Seemed like an OK route, although the rock outcrop made me climb more than I had expected to. Taking the trail over the top was probably just as fast. | ||||||
| 5. | Fairly straight. Used the trail bridge to cross the stream. | ||||||
| 6. | Stayed in the woods to the left because they were fast and I didn't wan't to have to hunt for an entry point from the field. | ||||||
| 7. | Straight. | ||||||
| 8. | Took the trail along the stream to the trail to the field. Then straight. | ||||||
| 9. | +01:15 | This was my big boom for the course, but it wasn't as bad as I thought. Leaving the control I went right to avoid thorns and then ran up the wrong spur. At the top I realized what was wrong so I decided to run around in the fields. Apparently this was a good recovery because I only lost a bit over a minute (pretty amazing for being that far off). | |||||
| 10. | I guess the mistake at 9 really focused me, because I ran the rest of the course much better, starting with this leg. Up to the trail and then contouring over from where the trail crosses the reentrant. | ||||||
| 11. | Slightly right to pick up the trail. | ||||||
| 12. | Basically straight, entering the woods where the trail comes in just left of the line. | ||||||
| 13. | Up to the trail then straight in from the trail bend. | ||||||
| 14. | Straight. | ||||||
| 15. | Didn't see the trail back out to the field, but straight through the thorns wasn't too bad. Took the field to the right and then contoured into the control. | ||||||
| 16. | +00:30 | Missed right and got almost to 17 before realizing that the rootstock was at the level of the stream. | |||||
| 17. | Basically retracing my steps back to 17. I'm a little pissed I didn't have fast split on this one since I'd already been there. | ||||||
| 18. | Slightly left taking trails through the green. Attacked from left of the line (I'd already been through this area during my boom, so I was pretty confident). | ||||||
| 19. | Straight. | ||||||
| 20. | Took the right hand crossing. Seemed OK, although left was probably just a little better. Was careful into the control trying to read the vegetation so I wouldn't miss it in the thick stuff. | ||||||
| 21. | Slightly right to stay in the woods. Hit the trails junction just before the control which made a nice attack point. | ||||||
| 22. | Took the trail that ran through the dark green, then straight. | ||||||
| 23. | Straight. | ||||||
| 24. | Straight. Hit a few thorns approaching the control. | ||||||
| 25. | +00:15 | Took the field route to the left. Didn't see the little trail that cuts through the woods on the red line. I don't think my route was much slower. Did mess up the approach just a bit - got suckered by the control on the ruin. | |||||
| 26. | Trail, obviously. Didn't run super hard as I knew I had another two races in the next 24 hours. | ||||||
| F. | Held back a bit on the run-in, too. |
Total Time Lost - 00:03:00