Race Evaluation
QOC LITTLE BENNETT: Blue
Nadim
| 1. | I went straight across to the trail hitting it at the intersection, then following it to a kink. I got off the trail a bit early but it was a safe move. | ||||||
| 2. | +02:30 | I started to go straight, then thought to go around to the right, then compromised. I crossed the trail at the open area, then drifted far right. At the bottom I went left and hit #14 expecting it to be #2--bad. Not recognizing the code, I went on anyway but tentatively. | |||||
| 3. | +00:30 | A guy was ahead and moving my way. I took off quickly without getting a good read. I went straight, catching then passing him only to stop at another wrong control. Figuring it out, I caught-up to the same guy again, who let me punch first. Thanks... | |||||
| 4. | Mostly straight up, I could run the hill w/o stopping. I wanted to find the trail intersection at the top but could hardly see the double trail and just kept going. I was glad it was just at the bottom of a big reentrant. | ||||||
| 5. | +02:00 | Planning to go straightish, I drifted right and upon seeing the field, changed my route to go through it to the field and trail. Changing my mind again, I jumped back into the woods angling for the trail but never saw it. I found the stream and got pretty close to it but couldn't find the stream on the map while running--it is shown in the thick green which wasn't that thick. I never saw the trail along the lowIand either. I was still unsure I had the right reentrant until I crossed the T-intersection and started seeing other controls and runners again. Bad. | |||||
| 6. | I went straight at it, getting a little too high on the left. Sam Listwak the course setter said he expected some would go around to the right. | ||||||
| 7. | +03:45 | Eagar to do better, I took off w/o setting my bearing correctly. I kept veering left, hitting the trail left of the bend. I came down it to the right, not sure why the curves didn't match-up and turned left at the first intersection. Again, I hadn't seen that there were two trail intersections in the area. After I could see it was going the wrong way I realized where I was and charged into the downfall hand drawn on the map. I passed right by #1, then followed the white gap to the next reentrant, passing another runner along the way. I attacked from the right of the stream intersection, almost missing it well to my right. | |||||
| 8. | Sam's course notes said we wouldn't find an optimal road route but I went up anyway. The climb was slow but the running still seemed more efficient. I left the road at the reentrant and followed the rocks/cliffs. Finally a better leg for me. | ||||||
| 9. | +01:45 | Rushing again, I took a bad route. I thought if I went straight it'd be too hilly so I just blindly ran down the reentrant, headed NW at first. I should have gone SW. I crossed the creek, took the trail and counted reentrants. Crossing again, I then attacked off a trail bend, going through the mountain laurel at the end. | |||||
| 10. | Straight across and up the hill. To keep running, I cut left to use the reentrant to level the climb. At the road, I mistook which intersection I was at and went down the middle road instead the the west most one. I think this was better than I planned as it saved climb and distance. I passed the bath room building and hit it just before Steve Meacham got there. | ||||||
| 11. | +00:45 | I crossed the creek immediately and started going too high. It looked okay to go straight so I tried, passing the chimmney along the way. I popped-out of the green well to the left, saw it on my right and ran almost 150m to it. | |||||
| 12. | Down to the stream junction then mostly straight, glad to see it where I thought it should appear. | ||||||
| 13. | Staying straight across the first big reentrant, I got left a bit and onto the windy trail on the next ridge. I slowed to open and eat a PowerShot. I thought the running would be better and it didn't seem so winding on the map. It got me to the next reentrant which I dropped down into, 100m above the 5th control, then up to the top of the next ridge/knoll. I contoured around the next reentrant to hit it well. | ||||||
| 14. | I went straight to the trail intersection and took the trail to the bend. Coming down the reentrant, I felt it was more defined than on the map so I started to think I'd need to look to my right at the bottom. I saw the control to the left and thought to check it anyway and it was right. Just lucky. | ||||||
| 15. | I went a little low then just tried to go straight through the green, trying to keep running until I hit the trail. I hit one deadend along the way which I backed out of to the left. I hesitated after crossing the trail, looking for a way around or a good entry point into the next green. I went through and found it not bad. | ||||||
| 16. | Straight across to the knoll, I just kept my feet moving along the ridge of the knoll to the control | ||||||
| 17. | +01:10 | Across the saddle, then angling down, I could see it far off. I got there, looked at the code then scratched my head. I had looked at the wrong block of my control card and thought something was amiss. I took a split, wandered uphill, could see the building at the finish and the clear reentrant so I went back and figured it out... | |||||
| F. | Chug, chug.. ahh. Not very satisfying navigation but I felt I ran okay and that I'm getting more fit again. |
Total Time Lost - 00:12:25