Race Evaluation
Billygoat Run: 27th Annual
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| 1. | Took the left fork out of the gate will a small group, up through the 2nd clearing, E, up to avoid "pond (trail).follow trail on other side, then reentrant to control | ||||||
| 2. | N of ponds with a bunch, then go straight to control while they go off to the right. slow climbing, punch in with Lynn Walker. | ||||||
| 3. | straight NNW then E to come up reentrant N of the green. | ||||||
| 4. | take the trail (PG's route), which was slower, but easier on me. | ||||||
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| 6. | punch in with a whole crowd here | ||||||
| 7. | Run down the nose, trip, get first cramp, Through green reentrant, follow N side of pond -- seems too big, so when I reach the end I cut s with the intent of running s until the control area. Great plan, but I lost confidence when I ran into Tony F. (also was a little foozled by the map scale). Emerged at a big trail by a huge cliff (just w of the line) and didn't figure out where I was, -- ran trail to stone wall, figured it out, but still managed to wander to control. | ||||||
| 8. | SSE to contour around. Many unmapped rock features. Pick up Lynn again. | ||||||
| 9. | skip with Lynn | ||||||
| 10. | She goes up 2 reentrants too soon, I keep going on the trail and go up one reentrant early (with field), but not bad except the climb hurts. Minor cramping. Meet Lynn & lead her to control. | ||||||
| 11. | With Lynn. Run into VB who was looking for her compass. | ||||||
| 12. | Lynn leaves control (to E?) while I rest, then push N, through saddle. Lynn rejoins. I lose her just before the trail. | ||||||
| 13. | Should have taken in more fluids and fuel here, and rested more than 5 minutes. Boy would I pay later | ||||||
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| 15. | NNE out of control up through little pass. As I started down, got major cramps in inner thighs. Lay down for 10 minutes. When I continued, I missed the trail, ended up at stream junction, which was OK. Contoured around to control. | ||||||
| 16. | Up through reentrant, then follow trail to stream crossing then follow bearing. Fight through mountain laurel to top of a small reentrant. No control. Rest. While resting, notice control in next reentrant higher up. | ||||||
| 17. | Rested a couple of times on the way. | ||||||
| 18. | Easy -- swoop around to W, then N. | ||||||
| 19. | Straight to trail jct, then come around S side of hilltop. | ||||||
| 20. | Really can't afford stumbles, so follow trail around. Just before the reentrant, I need to stop for a few minutes. Then need to stop in the reentrant. | ||||||
| 21. | Where's the field? | ||||||
| F. | Where's the field? We don't need no steenking field. Straight to end. Last finisher. I definitely need to figure out how to avoid cramps on these long events. |
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