Race Evaluation
Falcon Fundy O-Fest: M Sprint
jfredrickson
| 1. | +02:30 | Headed straight out to the road and ran up it a ways. It came up so fast though that I had trouble keeping track of exactly how far I had gone on the road, so I got nervous and decided to cut into the woods to avoid going too far. I ended up cutting into the vegetation boundary and going through the light green to the open white space in the middle of the green. I finally realized what I had done, but it didn't really help since there was a wall of the thickest pine trees I had ever seen between me and the control. It took me a while to squeeze through that wall, and from there it was an easy shot into the control. It was frustrating to start off with such a big mistake, but I put it behind me and focused on the controls ahead. | |||||
| 2. | This was just a straight compass shot to the stone wall and the visibility was good enough to see the control from a distance. | ||||||
| 3. | +00:50 | I compassed right down to the northern gully, but I hadn't read the control closely enough and I didn't realize that it was in the second gully. I was a bit confused not to see the control, so I cut over the gully to the second stream. Then I decided to check the control description and realized that it was in the second gully. I could have easily avoided this mistake by checking the control description earlier in the leg, but I was just too focused on running fast downhill through the tough terrain that I was just out of focus. | |||||
| 4. | This one was just a straight compass shot to the cairn. Visibility was good enough to see it froma distance. | ||||||
| 5. | +00:45 | I strayed a bit right on this control, and saw somebody up by the power line. For some reason I let this distract me and started running off in that direction thinking it was the vegetation boundary I was looking for. I quickly realized that I was running along the vegetation boundary I was looking for and that the control was in the other direction along it. This was just another example of me running too fast and not focusing on the navigation. | |||||
| 6. | +00:20 | I stayed left on this one to avoid the thicker green and hit the upper field. From there I ran to the lower field and cut into the woods to the stream thinking I was looking for a cliff along the stream. I then took a closer look at the map and realized it must be a bridge across the stream and that the control was on the far side. Again I was just not looking at my map closely enough. | |||||
| 7. | +00:10 | I was a little more careful on this leg, but almost too much so. I stopped half-way through it to check a vegetation patch along the side of the field before quickly realizing I hadn't gone far enough yet. | |||||
| 8. | +01:00 | This leg was just a disaster. I totally ignored my compass coming out of the control thinking it was an easy shot to the field, but I headed off way too far left, I guess getting pulled by the field until I hit the little field just west of the start. I realized something was wierd at that point and took a closer look at the map. I quickly realized where I was and ran the trail back towards the start and then cut down to the field and across to the control. | |||||
| 9. | +00:05 | I hit this one right on, but didn't see the control right away, so I hesitated inside the circle. I didn't lose more than 5 seconds though. | |||||
| 10. | +00:30 | For some reason I though this one would be a bit uphill from the stream, so I cut up to the little hill just to the right of the control. I checked my map there and realized what I had done, and cut west off the hill but still didn't see the control. Then I spotted it a bit farther off to the north. It felt like it was a bit too high, but I can't be sure since I had screwed it up so bad. | |||||
| 11. | This was just straight out to the road and then up and into the control. | ||||||
| F. | A quick sprint downhill. |
Total Time Lost - 00:06:10