Race Evaluation
US Individual Championships (Sprint/Middle/Long/Trail): Middle - Blue
mindsweeper
| 1. | +00:20 | Hesitated way too much because I was worried that I was on the wrong spur. Should have read map carefully and realized there was no way that could have happened. | |||||
| 2. | Went slightly to the left in the beginning to avoid climb, then up on the other side looking for the big boulder. | ||||||
| 3. | +00:10 | Somehow wound up on a second strip of bare rock to the E of the 'highway'. Made me hesitate for a second but managed to proceed to the clearing. Not sure exactly what an ideal time should have been on this leg. | |||||
| 4. | Followed the bare rock but wasn't 100% sure where I passed the trail. At some point I started descending out of instinct and rounded some boulders thinking that I was 2/3 of the way. Saw a control and checked the code - it was mine. | ||||||
| 5. | +00:05 | Ended up slightly too far to the right. | |||||
| 6. | Kept slightly to the right in order to know when I passed the cliff/boulders. Found the light green and spiked the control. | ||||||
| 7. | +00:05 | Expected to find a large boulder on the way and started hesitating at some point. Found the boulder with the control instead. | |||||
| 8. | +00:20 | Didn't read the control description carefully enough and came around on the W side of the rock features. Overshot and had to come back. | |||||
| 9. | +00:25 | Underestimated how vague the bottom of the reentrant would look. Stopped a bit short and hesitated. Was also a bit too far to the left. | |||||
| 10. | Straight, cut my thumb on a thorny vine. | ||||||
| 11. | +00:10 | Left the control to the right to reach the bare rock quicker, but had to look at my compass to realize I was way off the line. Might have been better to push through the light green in a straighter line. Some slight hesitation after leaving the last bare rock. | |||||
| 12. | Followed bare rock, found the small one where the ditches meet. Cut around the light green until I saw the bare rock. | ||||||
| 13. | +00:15 | Kept left to get out of the green, then stopped a bit short. | |||||
| 14. | To the bare rock and through the gap in the green. Met Biggins running the other way. Ended up a bit too far left but that was fine because the gully acted as a catching feature. | ||||||
| 15. | Followed the bare rock and then cut into the woods just before the shallow reentrant. | ||||||
| 16. | Decided that the green would be thin enough to get through, then discovered a huge road through it. | ||||||
| 17. | There was someone behind me at this point so I ran pretty fast. May have stayed too far to the left but I don't think I got caught in too much green. | ||||||
| 18. | +00:05 | Stayed slightly to the right and had to round the first spur. Ended up a meter too high. | |||||
| 19. | Followed the bare rock, still someone chasing me. | ||||||
| 20. | Passed Ken Sr. and went straight through the medium green, which wasn't bad at all. | ||||||
| F. | Tried to sprint but was pretty tired. |
Total Time Lost - 00:01:55