Race Evaluation

OCIN Flying Pig XV & US ULtralong Champs: Saturday Red

1.	Read map too late +00:15	I took the powerline and overran the gully a bit.
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5.		Somewhere after hitting the camp road I realized I had been breathing 2/1 from the start, so forced 2/2. I don't think I lost time on this leg.
6.	Read map too late +00:15	Somewhere after crossing the road to the lodge I was being overrun with anxiety, but assessed the situation and deemed it fine. I almost got trapped in a half-canyon with earthbanks to my left, but recovered quickly.
7.	Did not follow plan +00:20	After Control 6, but before hitting the main powerline, I seriously considered quitting and taking the powerline home. But upon seeing a car parked at the junction of the powerline and the loop road, decided to continue; ran trails to the car, thinking they'd have a greater chance of quickly locating my lifeless body there. The trail detour probably cost me 20 sec.
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10.		Going through the canyon, the anxiety got fairly unbearable. Fortunately there were no heartbeat/rhythm issues, nor chest pain, to go with it. I was surprised at how easy the uphill efforts felt against the background of the malaise.
11.		Shortly after Control 10, I allowed myself back into 2/1. I took unmapped paths that I had surveyed on the way to #6.
F.		The run-in again was an easy jog.

Total Time Lost - 00:00:50