once again, got home and results were already posted!
O-cross - no battery left in Garmin
map 1 of 3
map 2 of 3
map 3 of 3
- shorter race than yesterday, almost the exact same time - just nothing left after the first 3 races.
map 1 -BA
1 - let the fast folks go ahead, and just walked to the control - arrived as the line to punch ended
2 - trails to the last 100 meters, went a bit too high, then corrected and came back
3 - stayed low and contoured around hill - avoided a lot of climb
4 - just straight up re-entrant (lots of trees and roots to pull my self up) then right into control
5 - trails - already out of energy :(
6 - mostly trail, then open area, checking off black x, down the ravine and along the stream to the control
7 - back up the ravine, along the trail (cutting the big corners) and down the death defying slope - stopped my self by hitting a big tree - held on to tree to punch - and took a more sensible route up
8 - more or less along the trails
finish 1 - should have taken road, map exchange was across the road
map 2 AB
1 - right of bearing a bit - saw trail and easy into control
2- paths all the way - checked out 6 - know it was visible from trail, clambered down to control
3 - dropped right down and took trail - planned route to 4, and almost forgot to stop at 3 - realized shortly after passing where 2 on map 1 was, so knew my location - trudged up the hill to 3
4 - headed down and along swamp - easier climb up and trail to 4 - stopped early, but realized paths were too close and kept going to control
5 - same as on map 1 - same route
6 - trails at first, hesitated where I left the path - look for the route through the green that others must have opened up for me. found it and barelled down, coming out right at control
7 - up the hill again - losing my glasses and spending a minute or so hunting for them (had them in my hand because they were so fogged up) - around ravine on trail, then across saddle to same number 7 as first map - same route in and out
8 - a bit less on the trail this time as I knew I could get through these woods
more on the road to finish - map exchange
map 3 change of scale threw me
1 -just followed the spur out - easy to see where control must be
2 - screwed this up again (same as on sprint) down hill, across the 3 bridges, across the next bridge and up the trail - think the scale threw me and I didn't see the left turn - so just trudged up the hill far to the north of where i wanted to be - knew what I had done as I neared the road - used the towers to navigate and down to the control from above the trail
3 - Anne T and I arrived at 2 together so we pushed the last bit hard - map in pants, barrel down the ravine - ran up the stream a bit and took a nicer route up the other side - alin urging me along - not much left in legs to get to go control, found a little bit in legs for finish.