Race Evaluation
SLOC S-F: Red
ebuckley
| 1. | Good start, clean into the control. | ||||||
| 2. | Stayed high above the green by the lake. Hit the trail 50m right of the control. | ||||||
| 3. | Straight to the tip of the inlet, then straight at the control. Woods were just as fast as the trail. | ||||||
| 4. | Safe route using the big spur to the S until I could see the stream junction below the control. Objectively not fastest, but it's an area of the map where staying in contact can be tricky. | ||||||
| 5. | Way right to take the trail through the scrub oak, then clipping the tops of the reentrants into the control. | ||||||
| 6. | Yawner leg - trail pretty much the whole way. This might have been the beginning of the end for the legs, although they still felt OK. | ||||||
| 7. | Slightly right to make sure I hit the stream where it was crossable. Got quickly up to the right height on the far side and then contoured over. | ||||||
| 8. | Went up a line to miss most of the green. After the powerline went pretty much straight at it, but found the streams at the bottom pretty confusing. Was pretty sure i was on the right one, but sure felt a lot better when I spotted the bag from 50m out. | ||||||
| 9. | +04:00 | Went too far right and ended up pretty close to the gravel road, so I just bailed to the road so I could keep moving fast while I figured out what to do. That worked fine and I picked up the EW trail just S of the camp. Should have stayed on it, but instead cut the corner and got really slowed by the scrub oak. Crap leg made worse by the fact that I was now really overheating. | |||||
| 10. | Ran accurately, but it wasn't really running. Had to walk the climb up to the control. Matt was about 20s ahead of me for most of this leg. | ||||||
| 11. | Since moving fast was out, I didn't bother with all the trails and just went straight through the camp. Got ahead of Matt and passed Rob just before the control. | ||||||
| 12. | By now the death match was a death march and I just staggered along. Easy nav, but I was hardly moving. | ||||||
| F. | Was a bit worried about tiptoeing along the top of the waterfall given that my motor control was pretty shot, but couldn't give up on a tough run at this point, so I took the straight route in. |
Total Time Lost - 00:04:00