Race Evaluation
Hudson Highlander X:
dness
| 1. | Took it easy on this leg, following trails. I briefly considered being clever and going the other way from the start, but in the past I had been burned big time by being clever. I wonder whether it would have been faster? | ||||||
| 2. | road to point due E of control, dropped into the area S of the control, corrected after seeing people leave control area. Punched in with Tim Good, who I saw at many subsequent controls. | ||||||
| 3. | control was left of where we thought -- I spotted it in passing | ||||||
| 4. | W around top of marsh. Followed stone wall, seeing people on the right wandering around. I said "I think we're at the lower wall" and turned up just at the right moment. Thanks, Nancy, for sitting there. Picked up Sharon Crawford here. | ||||||
| 5. | Followed the purple line. | ||||||
| 6. | Followed Sharon on the trail to the left. | ||||||
| 7. | We had a little bit of trouble in the control area, but not much time was lost. | ||||||
| 8. | Followed Sharon right (in hindsight, straight N, following reentrants around would have been better). She went over the top on the trail, I came around the side, arriving the same time. T.G. just behind | ||||||
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| 10. | I looked at the map, wondered why they didn't put us on the road. But I trusted Paul when he said he thought the streamered route was best. Streamers weren't too plentiful. I parted ways with S.C. & T.G. when we were going N and they went off to the right. I went up a reentrant for a while, then saw them on a ridge above me. I went up and followed them in. | ||||||
| 11. | T.G. & I stopped for a few minutes. Not Sharon! | ||||||
| 12. | We bobbled a bit in the area. Hey, no teeth on the punch! | ||||||
| 13. | I went NE to trail up the hillside, T.G. went up earlier. I didn't see him again on this leg. When I hit the stream jct I didn't know it, got confused, finally went up the reentrant & found it. T.G. rejoins. | ||||||
| 14. | I went straight, T.G. to the right. We met at control. Nice view! | ||||||
| 15. | Somehow navigated to right line of cliffs. Didn't know where I was until I found the 2m cliff on the SW edge of the circle. | ||||||
| 16. | Up rocky reentrant N of line to trail. Cut E between the knolls after the trail bend, T.G. just behind. | ||||||
| 17. | NNE to trail, then across swamp break. No idea where T.G. went. When I got to the area, my brain left me for a while. Took me several minutes to figure things out and met T.G. again at the control. | ||||||
| 18. | T.G. takes off, I take a minute to plan. OK. N to trail, trail to Times Sq. and a bit further, taking trail W, up to saddle, down rocky reentrant, etc. | ||||||
| 19. | SSW to trail, then made a poor choice of following too far, losing elevation. Left trail NNE of control. Seeing that it was 2PM, I stopped for a minute in memory of my friend Al whose ashes were being scattered in the Charles River at about that time. I didn't know what line of cliffs I was following, met a couple of lost cadets when I got to the open area. We were W of the control, which I figured out and led them in. | ||||||
| 20. | Briefly considered the road, which might have been faster, but went straight instead. | ||||||
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| 22. | Got to reentrant NE of control and had a brain fade, standing for a few minutes until cadets caught up. Regained consciousness and led them in. | ||||||
| 23. | Cadets went straight, I took trail to road. Up over green spur. Cadets just behind me at control. | ||||||
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| 25. | Got to start/finish just as the awards were starting. I stopped to drink half a coke and a handful of pretzels. | ||||||
| 26. | Stopped to rest at top of climb. Peter Goodwin and another guy caught up.We got to the area. I spotted the rock and said "There's a rock". As a I got closer I said "There's a stick leaning against the rock". P.G. remarked "Good thing there's a control hanging from the stick". | ||||||
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| 28. | I stayed slightly higher than the others and checked a knollish region higher on the same spur, then looked down and saw them punching in. | ||||||
| F. | I was able to run, but P.G. & the other guy weren't. I thought it rude to pass them after they showed me the last control, so I finished with them. |
Total Time Lost - 00:00:00