Race Evaluation
QOC Wheaton: Orange
sevin
| 1. | P | D | R | 2 | Pretty easy on to 1. | ||
| 2. | P | D | P | R | 3 | I have no idea what the little circle things are that are mapped, so I ignored them and just used compass and pace-counting to find the control. Still taking it a little slow. 3 months between events is 3 too many! | |
| 3. | P | D | P | R | 4 | Decided it would be easier to go straight there instead of hitting the trails. | |
| 4. | P | D | P | R | 2 | Worst leg. Ugh. snow made things tricky. Found every rootstock except the control I think. c'est la vie! | |
| 5. | P | D | P | R | 3 | Annoyed by 4 but 5 was pretty good. | |
| 6. | P | D | P | R | 3 | Straight onto 6. Again, quicker than the trails which were options and treated as catching features. | |
| 7. | P | D | P | R | 4 | Perhaps easier to go with the trails and try to fine nav into the point...which is what I did, but the gullies and dry beds were easier to see since this side of the park had received more sun and thus had less snow. | |
| 8. | P | D | P | R | 4 | Followed the contours around, keeping the peak to my right and hit 8 spot on. Calf was pretty much done at this point. | |
| 9. | P | D | P | R | 1 | Easy leg; however, totally missed running right to the control because I got to where it was marked on the map and my sunglasses were fogged and the control was just a bit to the west....finally saw it once I removed the sunnies. | |
| 10. | P | D | P | R | 1 | Another easy leg | |
| 11. | P | D | P | R | 1 | Was not looking forward to this one---I still don't know how this was a rock feature. I had set out from 3-4 to use #11 to help me find #4. Ergo, I took a very conservative route and used the trails and dog park as hand rails and found it easily enough. | |
| 12. | P | D | P | R | 3 | More difficult due to the terrain and things to cross. Missed running right onto it by say, 10 feet. | |
| 13. | P | D | P | R | 1 | Used the trails to get there a bit quicker, found the creek and hopped down there. Up until this point I was relatively dry and as clean as one can be. Now I was just dry. | |
| 14. | P | D | P | R | 1 | SERIOUSLY. The little sign, I didn't recognize it. Didn't really know what feature to look for. Great plan up until getting to the vegetation boundaries. Finally found it. | |
| F. | P | D | P | R | 1 | Spent, glad to be done. Good course! |
Total Time Lost - 00:00:00