Race Evaluation
QOC Beer O': Long
TimGood
| 1. | (beer)I am a slow drinker and am near the back of the pack. Dan and Ted get out first. | ||||||
| 2. | (1) No problem catching up on the road run to where the map begins. A little confused since the mapped start triangle appears to be on the road & I cannot find our actual start. Follow the pack of Dan, Eddie, Ted, Nadim and Dave into the control. | ||||||
| 3. | (2) Still following and keying off of Eddie. Hit my shin on a log and it hurts for the rest of the race. Still hurts today (tues) and I have a large bruise. | ||||||
| 4. | +02:00 | (3) Following Eddie, Dan and Nadim (but mostly Eddie). When we reach the stream and make a sudden right turn I wake up and realize that I should be paying attention. We spend some time running up the wrong reentrant. Decide we are short, stop following Eddie and keep going. Control seems lower than expected. Punch right behind Dan. Nadim may be in front of us. | |||||
| 5. | (4)Up the L side of reentrant and circle in from the top. Walk part of the uphill. Monty (the dog) is with me part of the time, Dan runs up R side & punches just ahead. No Nadim. | ||||||
| 6. | +03:00 | (5) Figure I am in 3rd since Marek must have passed us at (3). Cross the trail but do not see the clearing. Dan is ahead and to the right (to far right I think) Cross the stream and looking up the reentrant as Ted catches up. No control so we head E to the next one. Not there either so back W two reentrants. See Peggy and Dave running away, Tim Gilbert coming from below. Turned my ankle getting into the reentrant and hobble to the bag. | |||||
| 7. | +00:30 | (6) Out to the trail. Ankle feels ok, but Ted has gotten away. Pass Tim Gilbert and cut in at the trail to (1). Woods are crappy and I lose sight of Ted. See Peggy and Dave running out but when I try to follow their route back I end up missing to S. | |||||
| 8. | Out to trail any way I can. See Marek running in, assume he is on 2nd loop. Just before the trail, Eddie passes me going the other way. Know he is on 2nd loop. Ted is not that far ahead on road. Peggy and Dave go by on 2nd loop. Where is everyone else who should have passed us at 5? [Why is this leg 150m and the same leg in the opposite direction 384m?] | ||||||
| 9. | (Beer) The cup is a lot fuller than at the start, and takes forever to drink. Also retie both shoes. Ted has already turned the corner going out when I finish. | ||||||
| 10. | (7)Trash can is moved from start and I miss my jump shot with the empty cup. See Marek and Dan running in. Guess he was not on the 2nd loop. Try to retrace my route from (6). Leave trail at right place but still have trouble in the deadfall. No sign of Ted. | ||||||
| 11. | +00:30 | (8) Straight line and run down ditch/stream. See a flash of someone running away. Think it is Ted (probably was Peggy) Do not see the control and get worried when the stream seems to disappear. Looking around trying to determine exactly where I am I see the control behind me. | |||||
| 12. | +01:20 | (9) Over the top like an idiot. Hear somone below. Then come out W near the rocks. Think I am looking for a hill so run past the flat area and start up the hill to the E. Realize where I am and that I want a depression and go to it. | |||||
| 13. | (10) Look for good running near the stream and find the trail. Around the steep part and cut up by the rocks. Very slow on the uphill. Heading for the mapped reentrant when I see a control below me to the R. Not a very shallow rentrant but I check it out anyway. If its wrong, I'll just pop over to the next reentrant and it may be for the 3rd loop. It is 10 so I punch it. | ||||||
| 14. | +02:00 | (11) Very tired and do not take a very good line. Compounded because I did not adjust for where 10 was. Instead of hitting the stream on the line to (11), I saw (5) from the first loop. Sam Listwak was there. Out to the trail. Foolishly ran into the first clearing and immediately ran back out, then could not find the pit in the next clearing. Remember from 2 years ago that there was something wrong with map here. Could not recall what since I had found it then. | |||||
| 15. | Saw Eddie & Pat going back out to rehang 10. Did not know if he had finished or was on 3rd loop. | ||||||
| 16. | (beer) Ted is already done and I have seen no one else leaving for 3rd loop. | ||||||
| 17. | (12) Grab the map and start for the road but stop when I look at the map. It is a b&w hand drawn map with no scale. Appears to be the area around the start. Find a N arrow and try to line it up but it does not match well. Finally determine where 12 is and run to it. | ||||||
| 18. | (13) Control was visible from start and 12. | ||||||
| 19. | +01:00 | Confuse the mapped building with the parking lot. Cannot find the parking lot on the map since the lines are so far apart. Down the edge of the lot and across the road to the power line I can see. Nothing makes sense. Feel like an idiot since I know everyone can see me. Eventually figure out what was wrong. Cross the lot to the other power line. | |||||
| 20. | No hurry now since no else has come in for the 3rd loop. | ||||||
| F. | (beer) Missed the trash can again. |
Total Time Lost - 00:10:20