1. | Took 1m30s to copy course. Then had a straight forward run along a track to #1. Pushed hard as Garry only left start 1m05s behind, but never saw him. | ||||||
2. | +00:45 | Changed route choice at last moment. Decided to go through OpenScat next to forest instead of staying on road. Worked out okay, but I think I might have been faster on the road. Then navigated slowly into control, hesitating often since the bush was so dense and overgrown. Got a bit lucky finding it straight away. | |||||
3. | Got out of the green straightaway and then more or less tiger lined it. Crossed the river downstream of the main path crossing, then noted my position relative to the next water channel. Used 2 linear clearings as an attack point line into the control. Ran this leg well. | ||||||
4. | +00:20 | Tried to stay in the open as much as possible and aimed left to hit the stream bed early. Then followed it uphill and cut into the green early.. however control wasn't in the clearing I though it was in... next one over. | |||||
5. | +00:45 | Went back to the stream bed and up it to the next control. Stupid error, never saw the track on the edge of the map that was a much better route choice. | |||||
6. | Contoured through the open clearings to the next control. Nice and fun, with an easy game trail running along the clearing line. | ||||||
7. | +00:10 | Dropped to the overgrown path and used the first bend as an attackpoint, following the old veg boundary into the control. Stopped a bit short and found a lovely pit not on the map. | |||||
8. | Stayed in the open areas once again, climbing the terrace slope earlier rather than later en route to #8. The thicket was a bit out in relation to the ditch and control. | ||||||
9. | +00:30 | Contoured across to the old track before starting the climb up to #9. Decided to play for safety and use easy features given the outdatedness of the map. Map error at the control site, with the re-entrant shown too close to the road. Lost time as a result. | |||||
10. | +00:30 | Cut the corner through the forest, but screwed it up, arrriving on the track again too high up. Forest was otherwise nice to run through. | |||||
11. | Left the road halfway along leg and started cutting through the dense veg in the river bed. Horrible... a bit of hit or miss whether you found a gap. Luckily managed to relocate easily on the otherside. | ||||||
12. | +00:10 | Took this leg slow and easy as there were few point to navigate on, and the leg took us back through the green river veg again. It paid off, ending up straight on top of the control. | |||||
13. | +06:30 | Should have gone around on the road. Instead lost some time going straight, straight through the dense river veg. Control was also misplaced further down the river, with me relocating each time to no avail. | |||||
14. | Took a line slightly left of straight. No problems. | ||||||
15. | +00:20 | Took a bit of a wrong angle out of the control due to dense vegetation, but came back to the old track which dissapeared when we entered the open. Then straightline easy nav to the feature. | |||||
16. | Straight line, no problems. | ||||||
17. | Saw the control from far off when I crested the ridge... control slightly out of place. | ||||||
18. | Went back pretty near #16 to cross river and pick up path to last control... quite easy. | ||||||
F. | +00:05 | Sprinted hard and searched for the emit on the finish line. |
Total Time Lost - 00:10:05