Race Evaluation
Greenbelt Park, MD: Blue
TimGood
| 1. | Very stiff and sore from yesterday. Hurt just to warmup. Across entrance road to small trail and cut to Loop road where convienent. Across bridge, woods to trail and cut in just before the bend to avoid the worst of the green. | ||||||
| 2. | Straight line, missed slightly E but ditch easy to see. | ||||||
| 3. | +00:15 | Across parking and clearing to trail to (4) intending to dogleg from (4). Did not see (4) because I was crossing the log so cut in late. Missed to E hitting the trail instead | |||||
| 4. | Trail around. Wait for punch. | ||||||
| 5. | Trail to clearing and back into woods S of backstop. Straight but slightly N of direct line to skirt the green. Spiked it. | ||||||
| 6. | E to Perimeter trail, then SW on trail. As I was leaving the trail hoping I was in the right place, a sharp eyed white runner spotted it for the rest of her group. They wanted the trail jct but it saved me having to look. | ||||||
| 7. | +00:20 | Trail around. Thought I might see it or the ditch from the trail. Didn't and cut in to late missing to the S. | |||||
| 8. | +01:00 | SW to trail then straight from T jct trying to take the alley of white woods. Everything was fine until I saw a sewer cap after crossing the stream. Wasted some time determining if I might be at one the mapped ones before deciding mine was unmapped and continuing. Hit the lower pit and stupidly ran downhill looking for the other. | |||||
| 9. | +04:30 | Bad direction on exiting. To far E. Hit Blueberry trail S of jct and came out to road while looking for jct. Had planned to go straight but decided to take a chance and take road around from here. Should give me a good attack from far side and avoid any green woods. Would have cut SE corner except for private area so had to go all the way to Good Luck Road. No chance to see if road run saved time because I missed the control. Must have stayed to high because I never saw ditches to SE I had planned to use as attack. Eventually hit the ditch and trail 200m E. 90 sec to get back to correct one. See Vytenis leaving as I run back. | |||||
| 10. | Nadim catches me as I go SW to stream. Try to speed up to stay with him but not working very well as he pulls away. Having seen his workouts, it is not surprising. He stays S of stream while I cross at the intermittent part to cut the corner. See him running away as I fight through the crap near the bag. | ||||||
| 11. | Along the fence (which I never see but did not look for) then over to trail after rounding the last of the green slash. Trail around and head up just after the sewer cap. Surprised to see Nadim just ahead of me. I'm heading for the correct ditch when I think I see him stop and punch the middle one. Of course I have to go check it out to. Continue on to correct ditch. | ||||||
| 12. | NE to Perimeter Trail and Nadim just runs away. Trail until just before the creek then E while staying on the S side. See Nadim way ahead on the N side. I plan to use the road and avoid all the green and risk of finding the right ditch. If things go perfectly, he will get lost and I will beat him there. If things go well I will see him going out to road on way to (13) and follow his path back. If things go poorly, I will see him at the finish. Pretty good running on this side of creek. I pass my unmapped sewer cap from (8) and slow to look at the rickety bridge which I think meet notes said not to use. Things go better than well but not perfectly. I am almost to gully when Nadim pops out of it. | ||||||
| 13. | Pretty wasted by now so stop for a drink instead of trying to chase. Next control is a freebie, bracketed by road, powerline, and trail. I ought to know since I hung it yesterday. Go in at road bend and see it (and Nadim running away) from way off. | ||||||
| 14. | Another easy one which I hung. Took the trail. | ||||||
| 15. | This one is not so easy since it is a small mapped rootstock with lots of larger unmapped ones to the N. When hanging it yesterday I came from the north and had a hard time finding the streamer. Should be easier from this direction especially if Nadim is ahead of me to give it away. I catch a last glimpse of him ahead on the trail but that is the last time. I go straight without using the trail and follow the stream NE. No Nadim at the bag but someone else is there to give it away so I spike it. | ||||||
| 16. | Straight over the spur but really hurting on the uphill. | ||||||
| 17. | Intended to take the upper trail but forgot to cut up to it. Uphill on the Perimeter trail then trails the rest of the way in. | ||||||
| F. | Across the field. |
Total Time Lost - 00:06:05