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Meadow Creek North: Elite Men

BillJarvis's comments - by leg

1. Bad route choice
Did not plan ahead
Time Lost: 00:45
Ran power line for 1st 2/3 but should have run road.
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4. Bad map reading
Time Lost: 00:15
Misread something as small pond to SW and drifted right til I hit fence path junction.
5. Bad distance judgement
Hesitated
Time Lost: 00:30
Took wimpy path route to W then used long pond and huge valley lip as handrail to hill and rough open field containing control. Saw Ted coming due S at control when I was just becoming confused.
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8. Bad map reading
Lacked concentration
Time Lost: 00:30
Drifted right but relocated on dumbell shaped marshy depression.
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10. EBone passed me coming into control.
11. Planned to run through long open meadows, until I got there and discovered they were fairways. Had to bail through a marsh.
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13. Tired
Time Lost: 00:50
Went way right to use ridge and rough open hillsides as handrails. Worked well but probably not the fastest route.
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Total Time Lost - 00:02:50

Suggested Exercises
endurance
speed
map reading
distance estimation
route choice
route planning
map contact
control flow
concentration


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