Race Evaluation
US Relay Champs: Green
TimGood
| 1. | Took the handoff just in front of a cadet, who immediately passed me on the run to the maps. Noted that he also took a green map as I took an arc into the box so I could grab the map without stopping and already be running in the direction I knew others had gone. Passed the cadet as he stopped to look at the map. I expected him to follow and then blow by me again. Appeared that he wandered off in another direction. Checked to be sure my map was correct color, then ran hard directly to the control, coming from the road side on the final approach. Cadet was not in sight. | ||||||
| 2. | Thru the clearing and took the trail into the woods. Cut off at the bend and over the the next clearing. | ||||||
| 3. | +00:30 | Looking for a good way up, went a bit more left than intended, coming out with the fence in the way. Slowed down from my earlier speed now that the course was uphill and there was no one around. Had planned to go thru the gate and cut across but it was locked, so went all the way around to the left and along the edge. By the night-O start area and took the asphalt trail initially. Saw Mook coming the other way on the red leg as I went to far left to clear what I thought would be a wet area. Straight into the control. | |||||
| 4. | +01:00 | Took a bad angle leaving the control and instead of reaching the trail went thru the woods longer than I should. Saw a large round wood platform but could not locate on map at the time. Hit the trail then misread the private green as fight green and expected the open to be more open. Trail to the road instead of cutting thru the woods. Instead of coming out at the intersection I was 100m away down the road. | |||||
| 5. | +00:40 | After crossing the field, tried to ignore the trails as much as possible and just go straight. Intentionally went right of the line but came out more right than intended. Saw blue runners coming uphill as I went down. Wondered if they were coming from a common control but since I had to contour over several cliffs to the left decided not. | |||||
| 6. | +01:00 | Took the lower trail initially then tried to use the trails as much as possible since I was exhausted. Everthing was fine until just before the control when I should have cut in but instead lost confidence and went one more trail. Came in from well the right. Saw two people at the control. | |||||
| 7. | +00:10 | Trail to clearing, then followed the elephant path. Saw a control in the woods and switched elephant paths for the one angling to it. Then saw another control on the clearing edge. Checked my descriptions and had to switch back again. | |||||
| 8. | Straight. | ||||||
| F. | Tried to run hard, but not much incentive since I was alone. Surprised to see Nadim waiting for the handoff. Expected the mass start would have already occurred. Think I only moved us up 2 places but closed the gap on many teams so Nadim would have a chance to move us up. |
Total Time Lost - 00:03:20