Race Evaluation
QOC: Greenbelt: Blue
Nadim
| 1. | +00:40 | Went straight but hit the stream up high and wandered. | |||||
| 2. | Took the trail | ||||||
| 3. | +00:25 | Went past the bathroom but hit the green too low. | |||||
| 4. | Took the trails. Surprised it was on the trail. | ||||||
| 5. | +00:30 | Took the road around. Saw Dave Onkst ahead just before reaching the Perimeter Trail and cutting it. Dave went straight on the road toward the Dogwood Loop. Cutting in at a trail bend to the control, I missed going high. Coming back, Dave was there and we punched about the same. I fiddled w/my map because I had inadvertently stuck my first control card in the map case. The second was in the holder on my hand. | |||||
| 6. | Dave and I both got there close together again. It seemed longer than it shows on the map. | ||||||
| 7. | Went way around the green on the trail, nearly passing #8 to get to #7. I was hesitant again. Dave was right there too. As many times as I'd been in the park, I'd never been to this part. It made me feel disoriented a little. | ||||||
| 8. | Back mostly straight to #8. | ||||||
| 9. | Took the trails around past the Dogwood parking area. Dave went a more clockwise route on the Dogwood loop trails. | ||||||
| 10. | Memory Leg - I looked at the map for about 45 sec. Not feeling that confident any more, I took trails. I cut off too soon but could see it. | ||||||
| 11. | Memory Leg - I looked at the map for about 30 sec. Around the green to the left and right on the trail. | ||||||
| 12. | Memory Leg - There was no map to read. After searching for more than a minute I concluded it was stolen. Dave came behind and we hunted some more. We decided to just head back to #9/14. I took trails. Jon later told me that he guess the next gully location from the clue description and found #12 and the next map. | ||||||
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| 15. | Trails went straight there. | ||||||
| 16. | +01:30 | I thought that since this was for training, I should take a harder route. I stayed high on the Dogwood Trail and tried to hit the alleyway through the green, down to the creek. The alley didn't last. I got pulled to the right. Nearing the creek, I cut left. I must have just missed to the right. Following the marsh I hit the creek and came back. | |||||
| 17. | +02:45 | I stayed low, going to the road, then coming up and back. I wandered the gullies, not knowing which was which. | |||||
| 18. | Taking the road uphill, I dropped down from the clearing with two signs, a little left of the pit. | ||||||
| 19. | +09:00 | Went low along the creek. At a distinct bend, I climbed higher but couldn't see any thing. I went on presuming I'd hit the wrong reentrant and repeated a few times. At the end of the green, thought to drop down to the creek again, cross and use the presumably white woods to get a better perspective. The vegetation had changed and the woods were worse. I crossed again, wandered, came to the north side of the green again, then took the trail uphill. Following the green south, I could see it easily. | |||||
| 20. | +01:15 | I avoided the green by going north again, the way I'd come. I zig-zagged my way uphill, trying to identify exactly where I was. Upon hitting some gullies I realized I was southwest of the control. | |||||
| 21. | +01:30 | Rushed out too fast and must have had a wrong bearing. I went wide to the left. Along the way, a 1" thick stick got tangled in a hole in my O pants. I had to break it to get loose. | |||||
| 22. | Crossed the stream. Took the trail and dropped down at a bend. I had to go left a long way. Others said later they suspected the control was hung on the wrong pole. | ||||||
| 23. | +00:25 | Took the trail chasing a guy who had punched #22 ahead of me. I neared passing him at the fork so missed I the straighter trail on the left. At a Power Gel along the way. At the T intersection, I thought to go straight, then after a few steps turned around back to go along the parkway. At the knoll, I hesitated not seeing it but realized it was on the other side. | |||||
| 24. | Along the parkway mostly then following the reentrant to the root stock. | ||||||
| 25. | Got close to the park road to avoid the green the up the reentrant. | ||||||
| 26. | Straight | ||||||
| 27. | Used the trails to cross Deep Creek, then left at a bend. I'd practiced trying to hit this spot once before but from the campground. I had trouble then but spiked it this time. | ||||||
| 28. | I went straight. There seemed to be an extra reentrant. I saw Dave and one other guy going down the reentrants toward a junction west of the control. I was surprised to see him there but he must have passed me at #19. I spiked it. | ||||||
| 29. | +05:30 | Begininig of the window. Would have been nice to have letters or something to go w/the control. Slow going to the creek. Went up the intermittant road most of the way toward the hilltop control first. Missed it to the right a bit. I wandered a big foolish loop further to the right before coming back to it. It turned out to be on a rootstock. | |||||
| 30. | +02:30 | Across the ridge on the left side a little. I expected the control to be on the left side but upon hitting and following the ditch left I found nothing. I went completely backup up and down the right side, still following the ditch, before finding it near a large rodent hole of some kind. | |||||
| 31. | Over the ridge again and down to the reentrant, then left. It was further up than I thought but was easy to find. | ||||||
| 32. | Straight, I almost saw it as soon as I left #31. | ||||||
| 33. | Straight, I almost saw it as soon as I left #32. | ||||||
| 34. | +02:00 | I got confused about which control I was on and headed toward the houses more than the road. Without codes to match-up on the map, I couldn't tell quickly from just what I'd punched so far. Saw the houses and turned back. | |||||
| 35. | Mostly straight to the water control and drank. | ||||||
| 36. | Last control in window Box 1 was near the ruin. It was a little further than I thought it'd be. | ||||||
| 37. | Headed off straight but got confused about which ditch was which. Saw Dave Onkst again. He said he'd just punched 37. so I made a sharp left up and back to it. | ||||||
| 38. | Punching faster now with the second punch card on my hand, I took off for the trail. I left it just after a bend to hit an alley way between the greeen. Crossing the dry creek was easier than last year when I'd got hung-up in the green, nearer the bridge. I was surprised to be right on it. | ||||||
| 39. | I punched quickly and took off again. I saw Dave Onkst again. He was about to turn around thinking he'd gone too far but I got to repay him the favor at #37 by telling him the control was behind me. I ran fairly quick and spiked it going mostly straight. I pulled away from the fence as the ground began to rise. | ||||||
| 40. | +01:50 | The green drew me right. At the trail crossing, I wasn't sure exactly where I was but took a guess and kept going. I got too high then did a U-turn to the left coming down to find it. | |||||
| 41. | Went straight. Passed right along the pit then upon finding some unmapped reentrants, I pulled up short. I had to go up and down and forward to find it. | ||||||
| 42. | Finally here was something I could do. Straight to spike it. | ||||||
| 43. | Down to the Perimeter Trail, then right up the Still Creek Fire Rd. Crossing the road, I attacked and curled in to it. | ||||||
| 44. | +01:15 | Start of window Box 2. Used the road, then went straight across toward the western most control. I missed it an hit the Blueberry Trail and had to come back up. | |||||
| 45. | Straight across the trail to the next western most control. | ||||||
| 46. | Uphill to the control in the ditch to the east. Straight. | ||||||
| 47. | Southward, uphill and straight. | ||||||
| 48. | Downhill, almost due north straight. Messy & tangled. | ||||||
| 49. | Following the ditch northward mostly straight--tangled in green. | ||||||
| 50. | +00:15 | Over the ridge and down to the floodplain. I passed the reentrant but didn't see it right away. I circled a little. | |||||
| 51. | East along Still Creek to the Park Road. Left, up the hill feeling strong still. Instead of going right at the intersection and using the trail, I stayed on the road until the next stream crossing. It was easy to hop the North Branch Still Creek above the stream and hit the trail. I only stayed on for a few steps before I could see the trail intersection way ahead. Cutting off to the right tbefore then, I spiked--though an easy control, I though the route optimal. | ||||||
| F. | Didn't use the trail much. Ran past the port-a-johns left over from the Girl Scout event the day before. |
Total Time Lost - 00:31:20