Split Analysis
GMOC A-Meet (Day 1): Blue
Tundra/Desert
median leg score: 89.5
calculated time lost: 2:23 (+2.8%)
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| # | dist | time | place | delta | score | lost* | pace | dist | time | place | delta | pace | comments | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | 320m | 2:40 | 4 | +50 | 45% | 82.7 | 8:20 | 320m | 2:40 | 4 | +50 | 45% | 8:20 | Man was this a nicely planned course! And the thing is, you don't realize how well it was planned until you get back, look at other people's splits and routes, and realize that a few routes you took weren't that great, and some that looked manifestly correct were indeed, by a margin. I was 50 seconds behind Sergei on this one but don't consider this to be a loss. I had a nice introduction to the map and hesitated a bit near the control, gathering map info in the process. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. | 365m | 4:38 | 7 | +1:38 | 54% | 69.3 | 1:20 | 1:02 | 12:41 | 685m | 7:18 | 5 | +2:26 | 50% | 10:39 | I did not read out the first long saddle correctly and searched in it. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3. | 500m | 3:22 | 2 | +4 | 2% | 102.0 | 6:44 | 1185m | 10:40 | 4 | +1:16 | 13% | 9:00 | I decided to turn the intensity down a notch because the HR was already sky-high and because I didn't want to end up bouncing around the woods and not having a good time. The terrain was so slow that this tactic paid off. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. | 150m | 1:13 | 3 | +2 | 3% | 98.6 | 8:06 | 1335m | 11:53 | 4 | +1:17 | 12% | 8:54 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | 565m | 7:05 | 4 | +53 | 14% | 89.3 | 12:32 | 1900m | 18:58 | 5 | +1:00 | 6% | 9:58 | I held back again right after the trail crossing, and that paid off later in the course (#12–#17). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. | 495m | 3:43 | 1 | -7 | -3% | 103.6 | 7:30 | 2395m | 22:41 | 3 | +43 | 3% | 9:28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. | 185m | 1:42 | 4 | +17 | 20% | 89.5 | 9:11 | 2580m | 24:23 | 3 | +1:00 | 4% | 9:27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8. | 390m | 3:39 | 4 | +35 | 19% | 89.8 | 9:21 | 2970m | 28:02 | 4 | +58 | 4% | 9:26 | I probably left the trail too soon, a compulsive desire to go more straight than I can. Followed by Jan Urban. Around left on the trail was a good option that I didn't see. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. | 520m | 4:51 | 6 | +1:01 | 27% | 85.0 | 50 | 9:19 | 3490m | 32:53 | 4 | +1:54 | 6% | 9:25 | Here's where straight was best and hardest to execute. I had decided already that the woods were mostly crap, and just realized, upsettingly, that there was an around option to #8, so did the around—lost probably 50 seconds. Saw Ross doing the #15–#16. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10. | 315m | 2:42 | 5 | +29 | 22% | 85.2 | 8:34 | 3805m | 35:35 | 4 | +2:18 | 7% | 9:21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11. | 330m | 3:44 | 6 | +1:00 | 37% | 79.6 | 11:18 | 4135m | 39:19 | 4 | +2:45 | 8% | 9:30 | Drinking took about 30 seconds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12. | 1200m | 11:01 | 3 | +44 | 7% | 97.5 | 9:10 | 5335m | 50:20 | 4 | +3:00 | 6% | 9:26 | Around! I think the two routes were about equivalent timewise, so the one with the least consequences wins—the easy one. Followed Rick DeWitt, passing him at the first trail junction (on-on-on). As I dropped down into the control's valley, Alan Young was coming up from behind and catching up fast. Alan almost beat me at the Billygoat this year, so I thought I was getting some quick company. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13. | 485m | 4:28 | 1 | -28 | -9% | 107.7 | 9:12 | 5820m | 54:48 | 3 | +1:54 | 4% | 9:24 | The company disappeared as I executed the around option nicely. Looking at the splits, I guess it mattered a lot where exactly one hit the trail. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 14. | 370m | 2:14 | 3 | +5 | 4% | 97.8 | 6:02 | 6190m | 57:02 | 3 | +1:58 | 4% | 9:12 | A bearded HVO guy (Declan Hennelly?) was around. I saw him again as I left #16, he was coming in. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 15. | 520m | 4:48 | 2 | +5 | 2% | 100.0 | 9:13 | 6710m | 1:01:50 | 3 | +1:35 | 3% | 9:12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16. | 1280m | 11:20 | 5 | +1:58 | 21% | 88.8 | 1:50 | 8:51 | 7990m | 1:13:10 | 3 | +2:25 | 3% | 9:09 | Here's where straight was best, judging by Mihai's split. But most everybody was protecting their reasonably boom-free races at this point, so my understanding is most people went around. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17. | 380m | 3:56 | 5 | +22 | 10% | 91.4 | 10:21 | 8370m | 1:17:06 | 3 | +2:47 | 4% | 9:12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18. | 430m | 5:24 | 5 | +2:04 | 62% | 67.0 | 1:35 | 1:21 | 12:33 | 8800m | 1:22:30 | 3 | +4:51 | 6% | 9:22 | I sucked mightily as I didn't follow the plan. I had made up the plan on the way to #16; it was to use either of the N–S trails to get S to the NW, white face of the spur the control was on, and quickly drop in. I went straight-ish instead. Ed White was walking, gently stepping over all the crap; I was running locally around the crap and making about the same progress as Ed. Then I stopped short of the control, hesitatingly, and Ed walked past me. Grrr. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19. | 245m | 2:29 | 5 | +22 | 17% | 92.2 | 10:08 | 9045m | 1:24:59 | 3 | +5:13 | 7% | 9:23 | On-in... | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 20. | 185m | 1:34 | 8 | +22 | 31% | 78.7 | 8:28 | 9230m | 1:26:33 | 3 | +5:35 | 7% | 9:22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21. | 50m | 15 | 9 | +6 | 67% | 64.4 | 5:00 | 9280m | 1:26:48 | 4 | +5:39 | 7% | 9:21 | Graeme pulled in just as I was exiting the chute. I was genuinely amazed when I saw the results—I thought low 70s for Will or William, mid-70s for Eric (rogaine). | ||||||||||||||||||||
* red = reported, gray = calculated