Race Evaluation
Canadian O Champs Classic: Course 7
peggyd
| 1. | Walked almost entire flagged route. Was surprised to see Pavlina approach the control from a different direction. Turns out she started 6 min before me and didn't take the taped route. | ||||||
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Bad route choice +02:00 | Ran down through the thick overgrown yellow areas to the road, then along the road to the yeallow bit just about due south of control. Lost time getting to road. | |||||
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Bad compass work +04:00 | Just missed control to the south but caught myself on the small marshes and green beyond. Lost c. 4 minutes though. | |||||
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Bad compass work +01:00 | A compass leg -- not my strength. Was caught by stream beyond control; was too low and had to climb a couple contours. | |||||
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Bad route choice +06:00 | Decided to head up to road/powerline, knowing I was climbing more than I needed to. Didn't go directly to road and lost time climbing through the thickish woods. Very fast once I hit the road/ powerline/trail system. | |||||
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Bad route choice Underrated difficulty Bad map reading +04:00 | Headed back to the powerline & came in from the north. Stopped too soon the first time; went back to the powerline and the second time I drifted too far to the east. Holger H-J was wandering in the same area, and said "my control is supposed to be a reentrant but there's no reentrant in my circle." So I was pretty sure we had the same control. I told him we were too far east and led him right to it. | |||||
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Ran too fast +01:00 | Didn't pay a lot of attention when I left 8 and had to slow down to figure out where I was. Luckily, I came into the big overgrown field just NE of the control & figured it out. | |||||
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| 12. | Beautiful woods! | ||||||
| 13. |
Tired Lacked concentration Followed others +02:00 | Was reading the features all the way, but 200 meters from the control I lost contact as I lost concentration and was led off to the east with another woman. I relocated first and headed back to the rocks. Found the rocks but didn't see the control, a bit further down the hill, right away. While still approaching, heard one of the Smith twins yell "go Sandy!", but didn't see Sandy. | |||||
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| F. | Passed on the run-in by Sandy Smith and another runner. Though I didn't have any errors on the last few controls, I figure Sandy must have lost some time because I don't think I would have kept pace with her from 13 in (and I didn't see her). |
Total Time Lost - 00:20:00