SAABA, ctrls were very visible which took some of the fun away.
1- Nasty 1st ctrl, I didn't know where I was going. Ended up going one way out of the start field then decided to change RC (20s) I was going much faster than other people so quickly got back in the lead with Olly. After that I was all over the place with the RC barely knowing where I was.
2- Had planned this going to 1 but hadn't seen a closer path (10s)
3- Not sure if you were allowed to run on the road so went the long way round.. (?)
5- First of the technical stuff, decided to go around it (RC?)
6- ✔ (slow)
10- Should have gone out to the main path but went straight instead (RC)
11- Straight would have been faster (RC20s)
12- Passed the junction and took a path to the left which seemed way too soon, so I cut across to the one which seemed to be the right one. Then got lost, basically a messy parallel error. Olly overtook me just before I relocated. (4min 20s)
13- Traumatised from the last ctrl, very slow, but a bad RC, parallel error despite this (1min)
14- Bad RC (50s)
19- Wrong depression (15s)
Total- 7min 15s + 2-3 route choice mistakes.
This was enough to give 'Who needs Aidan!' a 2min 30s lead. I would have
liked to have made that a 8+min lead with a good run but after 12 there was no chance as I went much slower, got awful distance judgment and was much worse at choosing the best route choice (RC). It would have been good if the RAFO guy had had the decency to have a good race(and get my GPS tracker back in time for my start)
The most well organised, best planned harvester that I have been to. Best event of 2011 so far.
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