dersu's comments - by leg
| 1. | Didn't carry a compass on this sprint which probably gained me at least 2 seconds per leg. Here on 1, I made a quick decision not to look for any short cuts through the green. | |
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Bad route choice Did not plan ahead Underrated difficulty Not thinking clearly Time Lost: 00:08 | Here was my biggest mistake of the race. I had decided not to let fences dictate my route choice, but here they were too close together and too close to the control for hurdling, so ended up stepping and |
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| 6. | I was looking ahead in this race, and this leg, in particular was planned in advance, so there was no hesitation. I was checking out C12 as I passed through the portico. | |
| 7. | I was 10s off the leaders here, but I am not sure why. | |
| 8. | Took the longer L, because R had some climb and too much "stuff". I took the lead on this leg, so that was probably correct. | |
| 9. | Went left again. I was still in the lead after this leg, but the cadets were closing fast. | |
| 10. | Since you had to leave to the left of the red line, I figured staying left (between the two buildings) was best. I was 8th on this leg, probably because of the uphill. | |
| 11. |
Underrated difficulty Bad map reading Tired Time Lost: 00:05 | Went R instead of the slightly shorter L because L had too much "stuff". I could have done this faster by staying on the pavement longer, and going R around the belltower instead of L (I thought I saw some "stuff" but it was just the N line crossing the road). |
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Tired | Another choice between R and L, with the correct thing to do is to pick one quickly. I picked R. I think it helped that I had already looked for C12 on the way to C6. |
| 13. |
Tired | Starting to run out of gas. |
| 14. |
Tired | This was an easy leg. |
| 15. |
Tired Time Lost: 00:03 | R is actually a little shorter; I wonder if anyone went that way. I went the wrong way around the statue. |
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Total Time Lost - 00:00:16
| Suggested Exercises | |
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| endurance | |
| speed | |
| strength | |
| map reading | |
| route choice | |
| route planning | |
| concentration | |