Race Evaluation
Colorado 5-Day: The Chase
mindsweeper
| 1. | The idea of quickly catching up to Ross is not happening, as he starts way too quick for me. Instead, a guy in a white t-shirt comes in at the same time and I let him punch first. | ||||||
| 2. | I don't remember this leg very clearly. I must have been running too fast. | ||||||
| 3. | Someone in a blue suit is in front of me. I'll end up hanging behind him for large parts of the race. | ||||||
| 4. | Ross is still ahead and we are 5 people chasing him. Eddie is pulling ahead of everyone. | ||||||
| 5. | People are running straight towards the hill. I steer slightly to the left to avoid climb. Eddie also steers left but much more abrupt. | ||||||
| 6. | I can still see a trail of runners following Eddie, and I try to hang on to them. | ||||||
| 7. | Going up the hill Ross is slowing down - he tries to encourage me to go get Eddie. I manage to gain on a few of the others also. | ||||||
| 8. | I spot Eddie swinging left, and try a straighter route. He still gains 7 seconds on me it later turns out. | ||||||
| 9. | I run on compass bearing and try not to lose sight of the Eddie train. See someone in a white t-shirt behind me - Wyatt? | ||||||
| 10. | Almost get caught on the barbed wire fence. White t-shirt seems closer. | ||||||
| 11. | Aim for the rock and plan my escape. | ||||||
| 12. | I stay on the road for a bit longer than everyone else, hoping the fimer ground will save an ATP or two. White t-shirt goes more straight. | ||||||
| 13. | Last hill, must work hard! White t-shirt goes very high to the right. I see Mihai running left below the spur. He can't have found the control yet or he'd be running towards me. I follow and spike. White t-shirt is at least 50m behind | ||||||
| 14. | On compass - see blue shirt again. He falls on his face just short of the control but still punches 5 seconds ahead. | ||||||
| F. | As I sprint to try to catch blue shirt, I see Mihai and some other fast runner come back to 14 from the West. Turns out a lot of people made this mistake. I'm suddenly in fifth! I sprint hard but blue shirt hears me and manages to pick up. I slow down before the chute to save the juice for later... |
Total Time Lost - 00:00:00