Race Evaluation

Western States Champs: Red

1.	+00:30	Eager to get going, so a little shaky to start. Just had to keep going. Hacked through the veg.
2.		Again, very deliberate here. The "small brown circle" feature was way more obvious than I thought it would be. ;-)
3.		Still lacked confidence. These first controls were straightforward and I had no trouble except doubting myself, thus the slow, deliberate.
4.		Charged down the hill on some elephant/footpaths. Easter egg hunt...
5.	+01:00	Farther than I thought it would be. I should think about distance more.
6.	+00:30	Ran to the road, followed it til perp. Ended up hacking through the green a bit.
7.	+15:00	Disaster. Ran along the nose and ran right past it, to the right. Took a while to convince myself that I was really that far right.
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9.		Drifted right coming out of 8, so I was in the saddle, but quickly and easily corrected.
10.		Getting really tired and thirsty. Trail to dirt road, across the side of the long hill from the open area. Again, I was right on, just hesitant.
11.	+03:00	I lost all ability to concentrate and execute. Ended up following road to small path at corner and sort of randomly cutting over to run into the hill perp.
12.		Exhausted and very thirsty.
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F.

Total Time Lost - 00:20:00