Race Evaluation
London Night Series 2014-15 #2: Wimbledon Common: Long
AngusL
| 1. | Deliberately steady to this one, as I've been rushing in to courses a bit much recently. North to the junction and then east. Saw it from 10m to the south. | ||||||
| 2. | Very straightforward, approached from the south east of the pond. | ||||||
| 3. | Straight on to it again. | ||||||
| 4. | Used the path on the vegetation boundary to line me up, then dropped in above to the middle of the pond and headed north. Slowed by vegetation. | ||||||
| 5. | Disappointed. Headed into the woods perhaps a bit early and had to scout round to find it. | ||||||
| 6. | Very annoyed, and still not sure how I got this wrong. Back and forth between the tracks trying to identify the right one. Ended up too far north, dropping to the south end of the lake, so headed up the stream and onto #6 after a lot of routing around. | ||||||
| 7. | Messy direct cross country route, but almost straight onto it which is quite impressive for such a long leg. | ||||||
| 8. | Very straightforward, which is good as others struggled. | ||||||
| 9. | Down the very foggy track and cut in perfectly to the lake and rose up the hillside onto #9. | ||||||
| 10. | Up, across the open and then took the slightly windy track to simplify navigation. Fine. | ||||||
| 11. | Mare. Crossed the fairway, dropped in and then ended up on the stream about 5m from the control and then went the wrong way! In the light of day, I can see that there's a stream junction there which would have helped, but didn't see that in the dark. Lost a LOT of time. | ||||||
| 12. | Good recovery, even if short-lived. Up and onto the track and onto #12. | ||||||
| 13. | Again, so near and yet so far. Messed up leaving the open, unsure of the track I was on and eventually wasn't on one. Pushed on through the bush and hit the stream, and looked for the earth banks and was again within 5-10m according to the GPS but didn't see them and overshot losing 10:00. | ||||||
| 14. | Familiar territory here, and up to the southern track then cutting up to the control. | ||||||
| 15. | Moving fast with Paul Todd for company, and don't recall the route to this one! | ||||||
| 16. | Slightly further on than expected. | ||||||
| F. | And simple to finish. |
Total Time Lost - 00:00:00