Race Evaluation
DVOA-Stuckey Pond: Blue
dness
| 1. | I was almost to the first clearing when I found I was holding the pen from the box in my hand. Since I knew it wasn't going to affect my placing , I ran back and returned it. On the way to the control, looked for rocky ground after the stone wall, but didn't find it and went too high. | ||||||
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| 3. | Considered the S-shaped route but didn't like the looks of the cliffs on the N side of the N pond, so just ran trails to E of the control, then over the hill | ||||||
| 4. | Reversed my previous route. Then took trails -- almost had a disaster when I started up the wrong reentrant. Corrected myself in time though, but was still hesitant as to whether I had done it right. Managed to find #5, then compass bearing from there. | ||||||
| 5. | Kinda fast cuz I'd just been here! | ||||||
| 6. | My eyesight not being that good, I didn't understand the mostly N-S reentrant I found myself in. It was the one with the control, but I went up too high, and then luckily saw it to my right. | ||||||
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| 8. | Was surprised to see a road in the reentrant and second-guessed myself. Lyn crossed my trail and when I looked back to see where she was heading, I saw the bag. | ||||||
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| 10. | Skirted marsh to right, followed stone wall and took a bearing from the stone wall corner -- thought I ran down the right nose, but actually ran down the left. | ||||||
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| 18. | Followed the line, crossing the swamp where it was maybe 5 m wide. When I got to the ridge, looked for a saddle. Not even a hint of one! I went one more meter and saw the bag maybe 5 m away. Subtle feature. | ||||||
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| F. | Hey, maybe that Shaklee Performance stuff really works! I downed almost a quart of it before the race. That and a Gu and a Clif bar (not to mention camelback) got me through. |
Total Time Lost - 00:00:00