Race Evaluation
OCIN TROL 12 - Mounds SRA: Green
hkleaf
| 1. | Trail to the junction near the bend, then straight down the spur. Slowed a little by downed trees. | ||||||
| 2. | Up the hill alongside ditch. Had planned to cut across rough open, but opted for the short detour N to the trail for easier running. Then off the trail just after passing dark green strip. | ||||||
| 3. | Cut through the medium green back to trail, then straight S down the spur from the trail bend, passing by a White control. I wonder if exiting #2 S through the more runnable parts of forest, then cutting across rough open to trail would have been faster? | ||||||
| 4. |
Did not follow plan Lacked concentration +01:00 | Contoured along to trail, then down the hill to indistinct trail. Got slowed & distracted by thorn vegetation, subsequently drifted right a bit pass the control. Corrected when I recognized the larger reentrant north. | |||||
| 5. | Didn't have a strong plan leaving #4, so headed back to the trail for a better look. Decided then to take a more direct route by going straight uphill, across rough open (it was slowish), then use the 2 long converging ditches as initial attack. Stayed high and contoured around to control. It was a good second half of a leg. Just needed better planning in the beginning. Going E out of #4 straight up the hill instead of S to the trail would've been faster. | ||||||
| 6. | Checked off ditch/trail crossing, then attacked off the bend. | ||||||
| 7. | +00:05 | Rough open's edge looks, uh, rough! So I stayed along the forest's edge to the trail, then up and over the ridge. Spotted the rootstock and rounded it to control. Lost ~5s trying unsuccessfully putting the SI unit back on the control stand. | |||||
| 8. | The red line obscured the trail out of #7, so I headed SE toward the bigger trail momentarily. Attacked off the trail/ditch crossing (White control), over the broad ridge, and straight to control. | ||||||
| 9. | +00:02 | Down hill alongside stream, crossed road, and contoured along to pit. Only there was a secondary unmapped rocky pit a few meters N of the real one. | |||||
| 10. | Straight - up down up down. | ||||||
| 11. |
Did not check features en route Underrated difficulty Lacked confidence Hesitated +00:45 | Tried to aim off right up the hill, then turn left once I hit the ridge top trail. Only when I turned left I couldn't see the pond. Thought perhaps my aiming was truly off, so headed S (right) along trail looking for pond. ~50m later, I recognized the trail bend ahead and open white forest to my left. Turned around back to the pond. I hit the trail where I intended to, I just didn't trust my execution enough to keep going left on trail a bit further. | |||||
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Total Time Lost - 00:01:52