Race Evaluation
NEOC Spring Rock Festival and Intercollegiates: Green X 2
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| 1. | Drifted right and hit the big trail but realized it right away. Ran trails until rock was on right, then turned left. | ||||||
| 2. | Straight up hill to trail. Green areas were obvious. Cut in at slight bend near creek bed toward wall. Saw BB heading back to trail. Rock was visible from end of wall. | ||||||
| 3. | Pretty much straight picking off rock groups. Drifted a little right. | ||||||
| 4. | Straight to road. Saw the rocky pit and the dirt pit. Went boulder to boulder and in front of the rock face to the reentrant. | ||||||
| 5. | Didn't like the looks of the green but thought I could pick my way through. The two reentrants were obvious. Then lost track of where I was but figured I could relocate on the trail. Ran trail to slight ridge and vegetation boundary and went in from there. | ||||||
| 6. | Went very rough NE figuring the cliff would be unmistakable. It was, but I ended up right in the middle and had to decide which side to pick. Went to the right figuring I might see someone exiting and sure enough BB was coming out as I was going in. This was good because he was 2 minutes ahead of me from day 1 and had started 4 minutes before me today. | ||||||
| 7. | Went straight. The little nose was clear as were the rocks near the trail. As others have noted, #7 came up awful quick from this direction. | ||||||
| 8. | Wanted to keep the early cliff on my left which I did but then drifted to the right from there to the trail. Saw the lower rock face and went up and around. Lots of traffic here. | ||||||
| 9. | Didn't want to go up the hill so went N along the trail and then cut left to intersect the road. Nice woods for running here. Startled by three deer running diagonally at me at very high speed. Jogged up the trail. Saw BB and others up ahead cut the corner so I did the same. Checked off streams and went in from last one. | ||||||
| 10. | Went slightly left to check off the wall corners, picked up the trail and split the difference at the junction. Surprise! Punched before BB. | ||||||
| 11. | NE fast to trail and off the T down the hill. Wanted to off-aim to left but ended up drifting right (again!) and got confused by the "black water" and had to think about it and come back to the left. Still beat BB to the marker. Would the trail have been quicker? | ||||||
| 12. | Cut in at the first rock and had to keep on to the second. BB nearby. | ||||||
| 13. | Slow walk up the hill. Saw the "x" but then got off to the right. Punched after BB. | ||||||
| 14. | Ran W down the hill - straight and quick. Beat BB to the bag. | ||||||
| F. | Kept to the right on firmer ground. Nice run in time was due to splitting the Timex after punching rather than before. |
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