1. | Had some trouble getting the map oriented so wasted some time getting out of the start. Tired from a long run yesterday so not much speed when I did get going. E along the clearing then along N edge of woods until before the nub. Some deer were in the way where I cut in so I slowed so I would not scare them to much. | ||||||
2. | S to trail then around to trail into parking area.. Paused at first clearing (with pit) thinking it looked like a trail before going on to correct trail. Dave Onkst was at the bag with the Washington Post people. | ||||||
3. | W to open, then headed for marshy area. Went to N side but accidently popped all the way through wooded strip to trail. | ||||||
4. | Out to trail along clearing edge. W to jct and S a bit on this trail. Approached from E, missing most of the nettles. Streamers around pit visible from way off. | ||||||
5. | Through nettles to road and followed forest boundary from parking area. | ||||||
6. | Back out to open area and indistinct path. To road and then doglegged in and out from trail to S. | ||||||
7. | Straight, using the line of cannons and then the restrooms to keep my direction. Control visible as soon as I entered the woods. | ||||||
8. | This is where I usually mess up on this map. I run to hard early then die and make mistakes on the hill. Slogged up the hill doing a lot of walking. Past the fence square and stone wall coming out at the trail-road jct. Road until it started downhill then into the woods. Control very easy to see. | ||||||
9. | +01:00 | Not a very good decision on this one. Misread the contours and thought that if I dropped down to the trail, I would have to climb back up. Oops. Countoured parallel to trail and then could not get to it easily because of the green. Joined trail at the cliff halfway to (9). Cut off trail at bend, past fence square and into the reentrant. | |||||
10. | Uphill to trail-road jct. Down clearing a bit then straight to bag. Visible from way off but I had to wait for the punch. | ||||||
11. | Straight. To easy, not only was forest tip very obvious, the bag was visible from the road jct. My hip was giving me some trouble after I stumbled in the tall grass, so I slowed a bit. | ||||||
12. | Straight. Weaving all over in the grass trying to find a good path. Aimed between the cannons and the road jct. | ||||||
13. | +00:20 | Follow the beaten path through the woods but drifted right at the top. Came in from the fence square. | |||||
14. | Before punching (13) I had decided I wanted to stay high on the way to 14. | ||||||
15. | Out to road and cut in just past the bend. | ||||||
16. | Long run through the grass. Found some good running early by going down the reentrant where the grass was pushed down. Just aimed for the middle of the woods. Cut in early because the woods had better running than the tall grass. | ||||||
17. | Straight, heading for the building I could not find on the map. Figured I would see the control when I got close. Saw someone else come down the trail and punch so knew where to aim for. This section of tall grass was the worst running of all the open areas on the course. | ||||||
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Total Time Lost - 00:01:20