Race Evaluation
2007 USOF Convention and Colorado 5-Days: Night-O Red
jjcote
| 1. | Once I realized this was just above a dry pond (familiar from Day 2, in fact), that made for an east attack. | ||||||
| 2. | Another attack from a dam. | ||||||
| 3. | Ran past a water jug, but wasn't certain whcih one it was, so didn't use it to navigate. No problem spotting the control when the ground started to drop away. | ||||||
| 4. | Slight error here, but recovered quickly. Was a little high and to the left, but I realized that and went directly to the control. | ||||||
| 5. | Along the fence, and at the corner there was somebody else being snookered by something reflective at the base of the rocks, but I wasn't fooled. | ||||||
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| 7. | Dropped down a little before the control, got a look at the pond, and saw that I had a smidge further to go. | ||||||
| 8. | Hesitated when I got into the vicinity of where the indistinct trail was supposed to be, but then decided that I shouldn't waste time on it. Went straight, found the trail going WNW, headed N toward the fence, and found the trail going NNW. Perfect. Left it when I hit trees, went in the correct distance, swung my light around, and spotted the big cliff just behind me to the right. | ||||||
| 9. | Through the deep gully and onto the trail. Didn't want to trust the location of the water for an attack, so I went up through the big meadow to the junk piles, then read contours and cliffs over the top and nailed it. | ||||||
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| 12. | Decided on lower route for a safer attack. I had almost caught Dominie at the fence, and when we reached the rocky slope down, I switched on my high beam. He said something like "You little shit", which motivated me to RUN down through the rocks. Somebody else was paralleling the road while I was making good time running on it. Easy attack, and came up through the cleft just as John Goodwin had arrived from the other side. | ||||||
| 13. | Just behind John, and he and somebody else came down from the control just as I arrived. | ||||||
| 14. | John inexplicably veered way to the right while I went on the beeline. | ||||||
| 15. | At this point I used the lights of the finish as a target, and just reached for whatever physical reserves I had left. | ||||||
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Total Time Lost - 00:00:00