Race Evaluation
NEOC: Needham Town Forest: Sprint 2
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| 1. | Bad Start, thought I had overrun 1st control and hit #4. Did in fact hit #1 as intended, but then left as if I was leaving #4. | ||||||
| 2. | Figured out that I was running to #5 pretty early, but still thinking I was S of #4, not #1. Hence tried to go straight rather than simply hopping on trail which I crossed not comprehending why it was not on my map. | ||||||
| 3. | On compass bearing, but missed wall to S. Circled back. | ||||||
| 4. | On compass, this time missing N. But at least this time I recognized the trail as I hit it and corrected quickly. | ||||||
| 5. | Trail run, cut in W of bare rock. | ||||||
| 6. | S to trail, all the way to intersection as running appeared better, then cut in from NS trail. | ||||||
| 7. | Trail, straight from intersection. | ||||||
| 8. | Straight over top of hill. | ||||||
| 9. | Trail, saw end of wall but no control on it, then realized I was seeing NS segment appearing closer to trail than expected. | ||||||
| 10. | To E of swamp. | ||||||
| 11. | E along trail, cut corner to smaller trail. | ||||||
| 12. | Navigated perfectly to #13, realized mistake, then overran #12 heading to visible control on White course. | ||||||
| 13. | Retraced steps (cursing myself). | ||||||
| 14. | Followed trail past intersection, then in. | ||||||
| 15. | On compass, but hit #11. More curses. My compass work really sucks. | ||||||
| 16. | Trail run. | ||||||
| 17. | Cheated. Never ran to #17, which I failed to realize until right now. I had registered from Jeff Saeger (who printed up maps) that there were only 16 controls, and never thought to check otherwise. More stupidity. But at least this mistake did not ruin an otherwise stunning performance. | ||||||
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Total Time Lost - 00:00:00