Race Evaluation
2006 Sprint Series Finals: Sprint #2 - short
jjcote
| 1. | Mike and Nate Lyons went out in front right from the beginning, and I didn't know if I'd be able to keep up. | ||||||
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| 3. | Struggling to keep up on the trail, then we peeled off to the right at the bend halfway between #2 and #5. Got into the stony reentrant, and Mike seemed to drop back a bit, but Nate and I were together. I was moving too fast to read the contours, and although I could see a ridge ahead of me, I couldn't see it on the map. Climbed the slope and stood still for a couple of seconds, concerned that I might have blown the race by getting lost, but quicly saw that there was a trail before the control, so I just blasted westward on compass. Came out at the trail junction -- sweet. | ||||||
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| 5. | Nate took the trail through the rough semi-open, while I went north in the yellow. Straight to the control, and didn't see Nate ahead of me. Turned out that he cam up on the right-hand side of the swamp, and in trying to cross it, he went swimming. | ||||||
| 6. | Across the narrow part of the marsh, in the lead, and never saw any of my group again. Stony reeentrant was okay running, skirted the marsh on the SE side, and saw Spike (from previous group) coming out as I approached the control. | ||||||
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| 8. | Via the download station and took the small trail. Cut to the left near #11, then dirt road to paved road and to the control. Saw Spike just ahead of me at the control. | ||||||
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| 10. | Via the paved road, just behind Spike. | ||||||
| 11. | Spike went through the green (and a bit right), I think, and I never saw him again. I went a bit left, hit small trail to clearing, didn't see the control, and took a few steps to the east before turning around. | ||||||
| 12. | Dirt road, cut in a little after the poweline. | ||||||
| 13. | Straight. | ||||||
| 14. | Left via trail to dirt road -- should probably have gone right to the dam. | ||||||
| F. | First in my heat, so I advanced. |
Total Time Lost - 00:00:00