Race Evaluation
Ottawa Ski-O: Long
boyle
| 1. | Demonstrating that I would not damage ski trails, I swung way wide of the warm-up track and lost time. | ||||||
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| 3. | Cutting up the hill from the control to the picnic shelter showed me early that the inclines and no flotation would be some serious cardio. I used the roads still open for cars for speed knowing that skiers would prefer groomed trails anyway. | ||||||
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| 6. | I bushwhacked between controls that were designed to be reached by groomed trails. A ski-O map has features removed making it a challenge to attack once off trails. Even so, I managed w/o compass work and no shadows due to overcast skies. | ||||||
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| 8. | According to the split analysis, I should have done faster on this downhill plow through cliff side snow. Apparently, the skiers took better advantage of this downhill. | ||||||
| 9. | Apparently, some skiers use my tracks to carry skis & walk up this hill. | ||||||
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| 12. | Getting the second map, I simply picked up my ground speed for the rest of the course. | ||||||
| 13. | Compared to this leg, there was no snow in the forest. Cutting across the wind-drifted field, the deep was exhausting. I also picked up a couple dozen burrs. | ||||||
| 14. | Being wasted from the previous leg, I actually used the groomed skate trail. | ||||||
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| 16. | With this leg, I was able to start using some of my own trails to revisit controls on the second map. | ||||||
| 17. | I put my head down & raced the skate trail. Don't tell. | ||||||
| 18. | I thought I should be able to beat the skiers on this tiny leg but I didn't. | ||||||
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| 21. | I'd been out too long and began to drift off my aim. I would have been faster staying on ski trails. | ||||||
| 22. | This time my aim through the forest was too far right and I ended up S 50m of control. | ||||||
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| 24. | Returning to the area with buildings and roads my ground speed was good. | ||||||
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| 27. | I lost focus, decided not to go to what turned out to be the correct control. That single mistake was enough to drop a results placing. | ||||||
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Total Time Lost - 00:00:00