Igor's Bishop sampler mostly in the dark, magicshine on low. Started just before 6 am.
S - appreciated the streamer
1 - didn't find the streamer, did a few sweeps. Confirmed more or less right spot
2 - Oops, missed high in the circle, then mucked around a bit. And I thought I tried to use a safer AP by going around the long way (on purpose). Night o w/ reflector, I think I would have had it. Need to be more deliberate about circle center than trolling edges, but there were some sort of very soft saddle-y type things (from a distance in the dark) that lured me around. Hill I ran by should have been my strong giveaway.
3 - woo woo, made sense
4 - Per plan, use the bottom of the swamp to head up the hill
5 - no streamer found. Deer? Hunter? Checked high hill to confirm, pretty sure was in right place
6 - Oops, parallel error - went south on wrong hill back to trail, easily corrected
7 - I got lucky. The more I practice, the luckier I get!
8 - Slow and steady, use that NE reentrant from the depression
9 - Dagnabbit. I saw a trace of footprints, counted that as trail #1, but it wasn't a trail, just tracks, then tried to relocate off a marsh, thought I was on the other marsh (NE of my turnaround). A good reminder to stay stron on your compass even when exiting to a trail. Easy walking made me drift too much!
10 - I tried to respect it, using the swamp, but then I lost count of hills and reentrants. My concentration seems to wane at this point in races - need more fitness or rather more deliberate, "alright, it's over 45 minutes, time to get very deliberate" I am proud that I recovered while still in contour chaos without going back to the trail.
11. Used the erosion gully as AP
12. woo woo
13. woo woo
14. woo woo
15. fast woo woo
16. yes, trails are different, but features are so big no worries.
17. Fun climb
F. sprint F
Right around 10 it transitioned to dawn and got a lot easier. By 12 it was pushing day light, by 14 I could see quite aways.
Thanks, Igor!!