Fast Middle at Ironwood. Nav was much better than last year but still had plenty of mistakes. Really fun area and nice to run with Jan for a bunch of it to really push myself on tired legs. Went about as well as I could have hoped in this terrain.
1 - Started slowish as to not make a mistake and take 20 minutes to the first control like last year.
2 - Kinda slow through some of the veg but otherwise good nav
3 - Should have just looked around for a sec. This is a pretty painful mistake
4 - Good bearing and feature reading
5 - Parralel error, saw some other runners so I went over where they were and found it. Wasn't used to how the veg was mapped yet so the green wasn't very noticeable to me.
6 - Zooming to catch up with Jan. Also got pulled of my bearing by him a little tho
7 - My direction was thrown off a little coming out of the gully but I corrected it nicely
8 - I knew I was to far south but I still let a parallel feature throw me off a bit. Plus the green was allot thicker here than in other areas
9 - A bit of a bobble but not to bad
10 - Pretty bad bearing out the start bc I wanted to stay ahead of Jan. Got a cholla as well which slowed me for a sec but it wasn't to deep so easy enough to remove
11 - Was staring to slow down a bit so Jan started to get away from me by running faster along the trail
12 - Following Jan a little bit but also checking my own bearing and features
13 - Little hook but not too bad, passed Jan anyways
F - The wash was very sandy and slow so Jan got away and finished ahead of me.
Map:
https://www.livelox.com/Viewer/Southwest-Spring-We...