Race Evaluation
Billygoat Short: Red
Nadim
| 1. | +00:30 | I was hesitant and unused to the terrain. I went cautiously. Upon hitting the first cliffs, I went left around them; in retrospect, right would have been better. Although I had read the control description before going, I forgot it and went to the wrong side of the cliff at first and came all the way around it to punch. | |||||
| 2. | +00:45 | I hit the trail but came off it too soon. I was low and left. I ended up curling back around to the right to hit it. | |||||
| 3. | +01:00 | I drifted left too far, never seeing the pond to the right of the line. I came down the hill off the knoll far enough to see the stream before climbing back up. | |||||
| 4. | +00:30 | I ambled toward the trail, cut right on it, then attempted to drop into the reentrant. I drifted right and hit the other trail, corrected aim and got there. | |||||
| 5. | I went pretty straight, through the saddle and to the left of the cliff. I paused in the saddle. | ||||||
| 6. | +01:00 | Cherrie Mahoney appeared right behind me at #5. I rushed down to the road with her chasing. I started straight across and saw Cherrie run down the road a bit. I crossed the first stream at the bend, managed to keep straight to the next, then got sucked right instead of climbing when I should have. Cherrie later said she was behind me at this point. Eventually, I climbed up a reentrant, then to the big cliff 125m off the line to the right. At least I then knew where I was. I cut left and up the next reentrant. On the run I hadn't seen two cliffs on the map. I hit the first, and dumfounded looked a bit before moving on. Just as I did, Peter Gagarin popped over the top of the same cliff and expressed some displeasure. He was high and beat me to the correct cliff. | |||||
| 7. | Peter went off straightish. I decided contouring around would be better. Peter was right. The footing was not so good on my route. | ||||||
| 8. | A quick hop and jump. I didn't want to follow Peter but there was no way to help it. | ||||||
| 9. | My punching technique is not so good. Peter put some distance on me leaving. I went down the reentrant and left around the cliffs losing sight of him until popping over the rise to see him leaving the control. | ||||||
| 10. | I drifted a little left but corrected at the top. Peter was farther ahead again as I'm much slower reading the map and punching. | ||||||
| 11. | Setting off, I chased Peter, gaining as I bounded downhill on a cleaner section of forest. The route took us over the knoll where a small lean-to was denoted by the X on the map. The master took a route I didn't expect as he ripped down the hill. He flew down to a small saddle and knoll well left of the control, but out of the green. In the green, Peter put more distance on me as he crashed through the bushes. | ||||||
| 12. | I lost sight of Peter shortly after he left. I ran to the road, hitting it at the small clearing. I thought Peter had gone straight and I might catch him but as I looked ahead, there he was on the road too and sprinting. I couldn't make up the distance. I cut left at the road intersection and punched. | ||||||
| 13. | Straight ahead, I leapt the fence and could see Peter finishin ahead. My punching technique still wasn't that hot... | ||||||
| F. | Sprint... |
Total Time Lost - 00:03:45