Race Evaluation
London City Race Weekend: Soho course B
AngusL
| 1. | +00:20 | Straight into the map, and feeling very comfortable. Stupidly mistook pink (OOB) for blue (covered walkway) which cost me probably about 20 seconds. Simple recovery. | |||||
| 2. | Fast. Really feeling good running on quiet streets entertaining a small number of tourists and residents. | ||||||
| 3. | Straight up TCR as I suddenly knew where I was going. I normally recognise Foyles on the way up here, but conscious that my focus had come right in. | ||||||
| 4. | Round to the stairwell. Perfect. | ||||||
| 5. | Fastest on this leg. A cyclist saw me coming and shouted a (definitely friendly) warning from 15m as I crossed in front but I was moving way too fast for it to be an issue. | ||||||
| 6. | Long leg and proper route choice. Decided on the southern arc through Seven Dials as I know the route well and pace is better than navigation at the moment. Good time, even if the end was less direct. | ||||||
| 7. | +00:05 | Should have turned down one road later back the way I'd come. Probably cost me <5 seconds, but moving fast and knew that might count. | |||||
| 8. | +00:10 | Overshot the control in the sudden darkness of the covered passage. | |||||
| 9. | Faced off with a reversing rubbish cart and won exiting 8. Completely visualised the run to 9 in advance. | ||||||
| 10. | And same for 10. | ||||||
| 11. | Pleased with the route choice, again through Seven Dials. Keep it simple. | ||||||
| 12. | +01:00 | Straight-lined it, through the lanterns in China Town. The control was slightly off the description and on the ground when I reached it so didn't see it through the pace. Backtracked to check where I was and entered the unmapped (!) courtyard opposite before realising I was right. Very disappointed, but small total error. | |||||
| 13. | Flying now, perhaps after recovering my breathing with the delay at 12. Fastest on this leg. | ||||||
| 14. | And back on track, knowing exactly where I'm going through Leicester Square and above St Martin's in the Fields. | ||||||
| 15. | Almost overshot by 2m on the final approach turning south down the alley, but recovered it just in time. | ||||||
| F. | +00:05 | And sprinting in to the finish down the Strand, shouting "Excuse me"s to the tourists ahead blocking my path. Saw the penultimate left, knew where I was and turned the corner into a crowd of people but no sign of the Finish flag. Then spotted it, and done. |
Total Time Lost - 00:01:40