Race Evaluation
: CSU Feb. Semi-permanent course
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| 1. | Trail. Quite a lot of water in marsh, so had to climb through boulder field S. | ||||||
| 2. | Correct trail route. Noted #21 on hillside as I passed and that it seemed that distance to trail intersection to N was shorter than it appeared, but then didn't choose this route anyway later in race. | ||||||
| 3. | +00:20 | Embarrassingly hesitated on parallel features 50 m to SW. This would not have been so embarrassing if I had not done this leg so well on the first attempt. | |||||
| 4. | Must have been a little more E of #9 as I did not note the streamer. Much better attack from large cliff. | ||||||
| 5. | Paved surface to E of flag. | ||||||
| 6. | Pretty clean just N of line. | ||||||
| 7. | Swamp expanded, but again pretty clean. | ||||||
| 8. | To trail, then in at bend. | ||||||
| 9. | +02:00 | Still not sure what went wrong. Ran trail to intersection on L, then on compass. Eyes drawn to orange/white triangular markings on a fallen sign looking like an actual O-flag sitting in rocky debris that I interpreted as the base of a cliff. Went around base of hill and didn't see expected boulders. Travelled N then back and confirmed I was standing to W of swampy area. Finally climbed higher and found pair of boulders I was seeking. Am quite disheartened that my efforts were even slower than before when I navigated back to #3 before hitting #9. | |||||
| 10. | E of line following trail before cutting corner. | ||||||
| 11. | Crossed marshy area on trail before heading uphill. | ||||||
| 12. | +02:00 | Another embarrassing moment as I tried to loop in from W to avoid getting hung up in relatively unpassable cliffs to the NE. However, drifted too far too R and confused bare rock 100 m to W as the outcropping at NE margin of circle and hence navigated to #13. Compounded error by departing to the W before recognizing that there was no huge cliff in front of me. Sheepishly retreated N of line back to #12. | |||||
| 13. | At least I knew a good route back to #13. | ||||||
| 14. | Departed more cleverly this time to E before heading straight. | ||||||
| 15. | Somewhat E of line running past #11 on descent. Attacked straight from bend in trail to SW. | ||||||
| 16. | Took trail option running just N of line compared with attack from more southern trail on first run. Looked faster, but was slower in practice with a very wet approach to boot. | ||||||
| 17. | Straight noting large bare rock outcropping to R. There was probably a trail very close to my line, but I failed to see it. | ||||||
| 18. | +00:10 | Back SW to trail, but confused briefly by intersection and had to stop myself from running off to the trail to S that I had not seen running to #17. | |||||
| 19. | To trail R of line, then straight from bend. Another very wet crossing to get to climb. | ||||||
| 20. | Main trail to cross marshy region, then straight. | ||||||
| 21. | On line to large trail, then climbed before trail bend to run along ridge eschewing trail option I had considered on way to #2. | ||||||
| 22. | Retraced my steps along ridge before descending to trail. An argument could certainly be made for heading due E to hit other trail. | ||||||
| F. | Best effort I had left. |
Total Time Lost - 00:04:30