Race Evaluation
West Point A-Meet Day 1: Red X
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| 1. | Well, my split is faster, about 3:37. This is my second course after doing Red Y. When I started, the start punch had been turned off. The cadets could not figure out my real time afterwards. I know I run faster then the first time on the same leg on Red Y. | ||||||
| 2. | Now it gets fun. Similar but not same legs. Have to pay attention and adjust the route. | ||||||
| 3. | Running in the heat is fun, kind of. Had a nap between the courses, since they run out of maps. | ||||||
| 4. | +00:45 | Again, coming in on a slightly different angle, I almost overrun the control, but at least can run easily without climbing down the cliffs. | |||||
| 5. | Contours and hit the controls right on. Eat some candy to refuel. | ||||||
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| 7. | Go right around the green, then follow trail. No more water. Kind of tough to watch the empty jugs. | ||||||
| 8. | +02:30 | I run off, return to #7 after being insure if I punched. Now I know my brain is fried. - Take road and trail uphill, hope to save legs from cramping. | |||||
| 9. | More candy. What great sport nutrition. | ||||||
| 10. | Decide for an all out trail jog. Grind my way uphill somehow. Running would be saying too much. Beautiful empty water jugs and cups. | ||||||
| 11. | Again, the empty jugs remind me of running in the desert and seeing hallucinations of springs. Something like that. | ||||||
| 12. | Am so tired, that I can barely run downhill. Pass the pipeline, see nothing than boulders. Find the control right away after I see the large cliff/hill behind it. | ||||||
| 13. | Now the legs are getting spongy. But I still read the map. | ||||||
| 14. | The final legs, across the trailers and their little gardens (not). | ||||||
| F. | I finish my second red. It was fun and I got really a lot of orienteering and practice. |
Total Time Lost - 00:03:15