Race Evaluation
USMA Extreme-O: Expert
Charlie
| 1. | I was very slow, I think only Pavlina and the Leonards were behind me. | ||||||
| 2. | Pavlina is with me here, but pulls away steadily. | ||||||
| 3. | Paul Regan and some others around here. | ||||||
| 4. | +12:00 | Up and over, seems right, but a lot of cliffs and foggy glasses. I think I am in the right place, but a crowd gathers and I lose confidence. Up to the top and relocate, back down - I had been within 15 meters. | |||||
| 5. | Joe M contours, I go up and over, flush a woodcock near the control. | ||||||
| 6. | To the powerline, the trail, and the road, down through a gap in the fence and right up the reentrant. Felt good. | ||||||
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| 8. | Felt good, up and over, down across the powerline. Should have cut out to the road near the buildings, 'cause going down the cliffs took forever. | ||||||
| 9. | With Joe M and Paul R. | ||||||
| 10. | To the right along the road - a longer route, but I was tired. | ||||||
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| 12. | +05:00 | Another glasses problem. I navigated right to the stone wall/trail junction, and followed the stone wall in, although I thought the trail on the map was the stone wall, so I was going to far and looking in the wrong direction. Passed the Leonards on this leg, but Paul caught me again. | |||||
| 13. | With Paul on this and the memory legs | ||||||
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| 18. | Paul went down to the stream, but I took a straighter route and got their first. Glad we didn't have to climb the tower. | ||||||
| 19. | Joe M was here first, but left after me. | ||||||
| 20. | Went N down the hill through the snow and around the N end of marsh. Took a long time, and I lost feeling in my left heel from the snow. Paul and Joe came in from S at same time. | ||||||
| 21. | More snow, colder foot. | ||||||
| 22. | Out to the trail. Joe and Paul were going around to the left, I cut back across and up to the top, followed ridge to control, beat them by maybe a minute. | ||||||
| 23. | +12:00 | Got off to the right and confused. Saw the control near our next one, and didn't know for sure what it was, but relocated. Saw Joe down below me when I was finally headed back. | |||||
| 24. | Up the reentrant to the top and popped over. Easy. | ||||||
| 25. | Seemed really far. | ||||||
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| 27. | Didn't like the look of the pack, but it wasn't so bad. | ||||||
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| 29. | Cramped on the first "obstacle", and took the 2 minute penalty. | ||||||
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Total Time Lost - 00:29:00