Race Evaluation
Chobham Common District: Brown
IanW
| 1. |
Did not like map | Map suggested gap in gorse, wasn't really one, then unmapped track appears | |||||
| 2. |
Hesitated | slow across here, just to get it right | |||||
| 3. |
Did not like map Bad distance judgement +00:20 | stopped one earthbank too early, map didn't feel right | |||||
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| 5. | spiked! easily beat Colin Dickson on this leg | ||||||
| 6. |
Did not like map +01:15 | Dragged too far left, partly because linking control line was obscuring path junction, partly as didn't check compass and map was all wrong - since when have decent size conifers surrounding you been mapped as rough open? | |||||
| 7. |
Ran too fast Not thinking clearly +00:45 | Thought was on one path when on the other, didn't quite feel right again. So cut across to woodland a bit too early | |||||
| 8. | Fine, just slow over hill and through tussocky rubbish in forest | ||||||
| 9. | no problems | ||||||
| 10. | had this exact leg last time was here, did it 16 secs faster this time! why, I've no idea | ||||||
| 11. | +00:20 | bit of a bingo control, depression in rough open scattered, very cautious approach | |||||
| 12. |
Bad route choice Did not like map +00:45 | Went straight and regretted, caught up in all sorts of marsh/thick forest not at all obvious from the map. Should have gone round on the path | |||||
| 13. |
Did not like map Bad compass work +02:00 | missed slightly left, earthbank seemed to extend further and veg. mapping was terrible again | |||||
| 14. |
Did not like map +03:00 | really missed this one, tried to go straight, again went by the veg which was completely wrong - control was supposedly in white woodland; rough open more like... Should have used path bend attack point | |||||
| 15. | +01:00 | Around ridge and into re-entrant. Where's the control? Hidden behind a lump/tree in the reentrant, that's where... | |||||
| 16. | made sure I was going to sight this one early, led to slightly slower time | ||||||
| 17. | gained time by cutting through woodland | ||||||
| 18. | +05:30 | This one was fantastic - there was no feature in the control circle!! Descriptions indicated it was a ditch, didn't know which way it was going, coupled with veg being wrong meant looked in wrong place for a long time. Was considering deliberately mispunching by this point. Eventually followed line of knolls and got it, supposedly a 'linear marsh' on the map - was at least 2m below the rest of the ground level. | |||||
| 19. | Nice and open, very visible control | ||||||
| 20. | Got this one OK too after getting feet wet in marsh that couldn't see marked on map | ||||||
| 21. |
Bad compass work Hesitated +00:30 | Over the heather, to path jct attack, messed up attack - 50m or so to the right. then very hesitant | |||||
| 22. |
Bad route choice +00:30 | Lost some time as chose the wrong route out of the control. Getting tired now | |||||
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| 24. | +00:10 | Fell over on way there, bit hesitant but had it no probs | |||||
| F. | Couldn't work out best route out of gorse, in end almost doubled back on myself, should have done do from the control! |
Total Time Lost - 00:16:05