Race Evaluation

NW Cup & WA Champs: Course 5: Day 2

1.	+01:00	Despite a 2-mile warmup, I felt very sluggish and not really ready to race. I was having a lot of trouble reading the features on the map and concentrating. I actually hit the marker just fine but was very slow.
2.	+03:00	First I ran past the correct bush (green area) and didn't see a marker so I proceed to a group of trees and scratched my head. I figured I must be at the white spot on the map and headed back to the green area I could find and I ran round it. I found out later that the marker was hidden in a bush. I never saw the marker but I saw the orange flagging and moved on but lost some time. This control was grounds for voiding the course.
3.	+03:00	I thought I was DQ'd so I was really trying very hard at this point. I was chasing Rick Breseman and was having a hard time catching up to him. Missed the reentrant to the right and relocated on the path which crosses the marsh and backtracked to the control. I laid down in the tall grass so Rick wouldn't see me punching but it didn't work.
4.	+07:00	Ran to the right to get a good crossing spot on the marsh and didn't correct for it when taking a bearing on the other side. It still doesn't explain why I missed the marker by some 300m to the right. Spent a lot of time relocating on the trail below the marker and finally spotted Sergey running to it.
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F.		Marker was hidden in a bush behind the fence corner. Another reason to void the course

Total Time Lost - 00:14:00