1. | A bit pokey. Was warmed up, but didn't feel good. | ||||||
2. | Stayed left of broken ground. Took the lead on this leg, but not by much. | ||||||
3. | Thought this might be tricky, so I used the dry ditch up to the depressions NW of the control and contoured over. | ||||||
4. | 4A fork. Was getting clear, so I pushed it a bit on this leg. | ||||||
5. | +01:00 | Complete hash of this one. Gave away my lead. Hit the road left of the line and then turned left before realizing I had to go back the other way. | |||||
6. | Pushed up the ridge and got some separation. | ||||||
7. | Careful to this one. Turned out to be easy. | ||||||
8. | +00:15 | Good leg, but a half line too low. Lost about 15 seconds inside the circle. | |||||
9. | +01:30 | 9B fork. Dumb route - took the "safe" route on the spur which added distance. Taking the redline to the road would have been just as safe and cut out a bunch of light/medium green. | |||||
10. | Straight, easy leg. | ||||||
11. | +02:00 | Just a terrible leg. Moving slow through the light green and not paying enough attention. Not really a boom because I was always pretty much in contact, just not run well. | |||||
12. | First really good leg of the race. Followed the ridge line the whole way, which was easy. Had good speed and was very clean into the control. | ||||||
13. | Followed stream most of the way. Control site didn't quite look like what I expected. | ||||||
14. | 14A fork. Figured that since I was in the lead, the safety of this leg was worth the extra minute of distance over 14B. | ||||||
15. | Big grunt up to the road. Legs were holding up OK. | ||||||
16. | Slow into this one after leaving the road. Didn't really have a plan. | ||||||
17. | Skipped. | ||||||
18. | Took trail across first spur, then straight at it. | ||||||
19. | Contoured over. Hit the circle about 1 line high. | ||||||
20. | Up to the road, then blast. Control was trickier than it looked. I was about to miss badly but I spotted it from a ways off and avoided a boom. | ||||||
F. | Didn't push too hard since it was clear that nobody else was around. |
Total Time Lost - 00:04:45