Race Evaluation
Harrismith O-ringen: Day 1 Brown
nmulder
| 1. | Finished the master maps in 3 min. Went around on the paths to play it safe given it was the first control. | ||||||
| 2. | Flat out run. Went left of the thicket so as to approach the reentrant from the bottom. Turned out to be the better option. | ||||||
| 3. | +03:30 | Map error here. The control was a lot closer (100m instead of 300) from the bath bend which was my attack point. I think it's the path that has changed in the last 10 years, and not the embankment that's in the wrong place. | |||||
| 4. | +00:15 | Went a bit too far right to start with, was heading for the nearby chalet before I corrected. Otherwise straight in. | |||||
| 5. | Left the path system early, taking a tiger line from the first path bend to the chalet and in from that side. Worked out perfectly. | ||||||
| 6. | Took a slightly right line of centre. Was aiming off on the dams lower on the slope, but saw the control by suprise early. I was still expecting to go another 20m or so. | ||||||
| 7. | Pushed the leg hard and found a nice game track leading from the saddle in the perfect direction for #7. | ||||||
| 8. | Returned via the game track to the saddle and the ran road all the way to #8, attacking it from the open ground on the right. Pushed hard. | ||||||
| 9. | Tiger line on a bearing. Saw significant tree from a short distance off - spot on. | ||||||
| 10. | +00:10 | Ran road, but probably left it for the boulder a few metres too late. Could have gone straighter. | |||||
| 11. | Crossed the first bushy section slightly left of the connection line... just picking up game tracks through the bush. Then straight down path to chalets and control. | ||||||
| 12. | Straight line. | ||||||
| 13. | Straight line once again. Could have pushed harder, but used the leg to study the intracate section coming up. | ||||||
| 14. | +00:30 | Only 1 route choice... the road. Searched for the control too low and too far... had an inkling I was low / far, but finished double checking before heading up higher on the slope. | |||||
| 15. | Straight in... ran leg well. | ||||||
| 16. | Straight line, ran hard, trying to pick up some mega features to navigate on. | ||||||
| 17. | Left of cliff, no problems. | ||||||
| 18. | Straight line again. Saw feature from a while away. | ||||||
| 19. | Between cliffs and straight in. | ||||||
| 20. | +11:00 | Something very wrong here. Went very hard in a straight line. Got to the area in just under 3 mins, then spent the next 10 searching for the control. Was about to give up when fellow competitor called me in. I think the control was on the wrong mega-boulder, plus the control description was inaccurate... the control was not hung on the E side of the boulder. | |||||
| 21. | +00:45 | Still fuming, so I stuffed this one up. I had pre-read control description, but forgot description during my 11 min hunt. I didn't double check again and thus was looking on the wrong side of the boulder. | |||||
| 22. | Things getting better again. Ran next to fence, straight in. | ||||||
| 23. | As straight as possible to bottom of gully, then up it. | ||||||
| 24. | +00:10 | Ended up going slightly too far left and hitting road a bit early. | |||||
| 25. | Ran leg hard, straight line / contouring. Didn't look at detail at all until I got into general area where I started navigating more finer. Spot on. | ||||||
| 26. | +00:10 | Tricky leg. I played safe and navigated to the nearest large boulder before attempting a go at the control. Hit it okayish. | |||||
| 27. | Straight line, could see Sig Tree from a while away. | ||||||
| 28. | +00:10 | Back in the tricky area and for the first time, got caught on not pre-reading my map. Exited #27 wrong way before correcting. Otherwise fine. | |||||
| 29. | Straight line and hard. Didn't read map detail at all until circle. | ||||||
| 30. | Went round the top side of the boulder to #30. Faster I think as I didn't loose any height. | ||||||
| F. | Sprint finish... not too bad for a change. |
Total Time Lost - 00:16:40