Race Evaluation
US Champs: Blue - Day 2
Spike
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| 2. | The control was not where I expected it to be. It was up a bit higher than I expected. As I was coming in to the area, I went quite slowly. When I didn't see the marker immediately, I was worried it might be IN the depression. Then I caught sight of the top of the control stand. | ||||||
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| 4. | I caught Wyatt at the marshy stuff near the control. I knew he'd gone out ahead of me but wasn't sure how far. I was glad to have some company because I knew it would help me keep a steady pace -- running alone would increase the chance I'd get lazy and go even slower than normal. | ||||||
| 5. | I saw the chance to use the road and took it. Wyatt was a bit behind me but didn't go all the way to the road. I got away from him (he told me later that he'd heard me bashing through the woods as I left 5). | ||||||
| 6. | I didn't see the road as an option -- and I don't think I'd have taken it if I'd seen it. | ||||||
| 7. | I stayed fairly close to the line. I should have gone a bit to the north for better running. Eric Buckley said that he took a compass bearing and noticed that his shadow pointed straight to the control, so he followed his shadow. I never notice that sort of thing. | ||||||
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| 10. | A big boom. My mind wandered and I drifted a bit to the east. I came to in an area that was a bit marshy. I saw a hill to my right with a flag on it. I ran up and checked and it was not right. I realized I was almost certainly east of my marker. Instead of taking time to relocate, I headed west toward the trail. Before the run, I'd decided that if I boomed a control, I would quickly bail out to a distinct feature rather than trying to relocate from where I was. I thought I could afford to lose a little time by bailing out and didn't need to take a chance that might lead to a huge boom. So, when I saw that I was not at the right knoll, I bailed out right away. When I saw the trail about 50 meters ahead of me, I realized where I was, and headed north to the marker. | ||||||
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| 12. | To the road and attacked the control form the southwest. As I was coming in to 12 I saw someone (Bill C?) on their way to 13. | ||||||
| 13. | I ran along the old rock wall and probably ran a bit harder than I should have. My legs were quite tired when I reached 13. | ||||||
| 14. | Tired legs -- I went slowly to 14. I noticed my mind was wandering. | ||||||
| 15. | I went to the northwest to go around the uncrossable marsh. | ||||||
| 16. | I was going to use the clearings, but for some reason changed my mind and went straight. | ||||||
| 17. | Ho hum.....my foot/ankle hurt on running down the hill. | ||||||
| 18. | Fell down on the way to 18 and smashed my leg, ribs and elbow (making it difficult to sleep on Sunday night). As I was leaving 17, I saw Bill C. running (quite fast) toward 17. | ||||||
| 19. | Trail. My legs were tired. When I got near the trail, I walked a bit, then walked a bit on the trail. James and Bill were on the trail. I decided to start running. | ||||||
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Total Time Lost - 00:00:00