1. | Trail to bend then contour around on left. Nick Duca started at same time on Blue and had already run by on the way to 2 by the time I got thru the washed up stuff. | ||||||
2. | Started straight but then went right to get clear of the crappy footing and ended up coming from the reentrant to the W. | ||||||
3. | Low along the water then cut up on the trail to attack from above. No problem with the control but could barely move on the uphill. | ||||||
4. | Straight. So steep in places I had to shimmy up a fallen tree to get up the hill. Looking at the map now I see I should have gone around. | ||||||
5. | Straight again. Did not see any way to avoid the climb. Lost a lot of time halfway when I stopped paying attention and was looking for the control 1 reentrant early. | ||||||
6. | Trail north to clear the gullies then straight. Nice to be in the flat section. | ||||||
7. | Oh no, back to the hills. See there is a nice trail around on W and N but did not see it at the time. Planned to go down the reentrant and come from below. Got to far NW and could not get down the gully. Ended up running around to cross need the Blue control. Saw both Dave Onkst and later Ted while figuring what to do. | ||||||
8. | Started high, then caught the trail. Ted is here again on the way to a common control. When the trail crossed the stream, I just went up the stream since it was green on both sides. | ||||||
9. | Straight. Catching one last glimpse of Ted. | ||||||
10. | Straight but left (W) of line so I would catch the pond on the non green side. Worked fine except that pond was smaller than mapped and bearing from tip put me N of the control. Not much of ditch but I could see the bag. Raymond is here at the control also. | ||||||
11. | He takes off while I am drinking water and I am to tired to run fast. Straight expecting to recognize enough of the fences to keep on line. Pass right by the small pond with a blue? control. Hit the trail before the control and take it to the bend then straight. Catch back up to Raymond just before the control. | ||||||
12. | Mostly straight but forced E by the undermapped water. Hit the rootstock 150m N of the control and in from there. | ||||||
13. | Straight figuring I should not miss the large clearing if I pass the control. Strange slow vegetation but I spike the elephant trail just before the control. | ||||||
14. | Straight again but drift R and hit the wrong reentrant. | ||||||
15. | Follow the fence (which I do not see) SW to the clearing then in thru the white woods. | ||||||
16. | S to the semi open and follow the alley thru the green. | ||||||
17. | Straight but manage to run by the bag. Have to look around. | ||||||
18. | While looking I forget about the road I just crossed and like an idiot go thru the green while paralleling the road. At least it was passable. | ||||||
F. | No sprints today. I am beat. |
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