Race Evaluation
US Champs: Blue - Day 1
EWhite
| 1. |
Did not plan ahead Did not read control code +00:10 | Checked control code at pit | |||||
| 2. |
Read map too late +00:15 | Hesitated at end of stone wall segment to east, up on ridge - hadn't read contours. | |||||
| 3. |
Did not follow plan | ||||||
| 4. | Went straight from road intersection. | ||||||
| 5. | Road | ||||||
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| 7. |
Lacked confidence | Took conservative route - SE to trail and attacked off small hilltop by trail. | |||||
| 8. |
Lacked confidence Hesitated | Unsure south of gorge. Slow into control. | |||||
| 9. |
Took a chance Bad map reading +01:00 | Perfect to swamp, then pulled off by Red control west of ours. | |||||
| 10. |
Bad map reading | Navigation shaky - went slow and relocated from boulder to NE. | |||||
| 11. | Glimpse of white shirt (Eric Bone) closing on #10 spurred me - took straight line route. | ||||||
| 12. |
Did not check features en route Bad map reading +01:30 | Took off a little fast and got a little confused after crossing 1st stream. Relocated from ridge across linear swamp to north of correct hill mass. Slogged through swamp. Passed by Eric somewher in here without seeing him. | |||||
| 13. |
Lacked confidence Hesitated | Stayed west of swamp. Terrain vague near control - approached slowly through unmapped light green until in reentrant uphill of control. | |||||
| 14. | Greg Balter caught me just past road and beat me into control. | ||||||
| 15. | Just ahead of Greg into control. | ||||||
| 16. | Greg right behind me again. | ||||||
| 17. |
Ran too fast Read map too late Disturbed by others +01:30 | Decide to lose Greg and go too fast down hill, across stream, up through slash, across trail, down into swamp...where am I? Oh, hell! I'm 300m NW of control. No problem from there but damage is done. | |||||
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| 20. |
Bad map reading Tired Lacked concentration +01:00 | Poor map reading - dance in and along eastern edge of kneedeep swamp west of area bound by stone walls. | |||||
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Total Time Lost - 00:05:25