Race Evaluation
US Team Trials, Day 2: Red
Cristina
| 1. | I like starts like this, as long as I know it's coming. Gives me a chance to stare at the map a bit. | ||||||
| 2. | Set out at a pretty good pace, still obviously in sprint mode. But I was actually paying attention. Ticked off the stony ground and the small clearing with the wall. | ||||||
| 3. | Hopped on the trail for a bit and just aimed for the clearing. Feeling pretty decent, though not sure about the speed. | ||||||
| 4. | +04:00 | Plan was to pass the open stuff, cross the stream and handrail from a distance. Hit the buildings before the open, drifting right, corrected left and hit the small powerline. Didn't see it on the map and assumed I was on in at the big powerline and was thoroughly confused as to how I had done that. Ran ahead some and popped into the woods to find the boulder on the right and instead found some bare rock, not on the map. Finally headed back to the powerline and the major trail intersection and realized where I was. No problem from there. | |||||
| 5. | +03:00 | It just got worse. Never found the trail headed to the field, but no worries, knew the open areas would be clear. Cautious crossing the field and out into the woods on the other side. Followed an unmapped trail for a bit, and then two faster runners came by and pulled me off to the right. Stupid. Thrashed around for a bit wondering where I was (I knew I was right) and saw the open area with the wall. Headed back to the trail and approached cautiously from where it turned into a small trail. | |||||
| 6. | +03:00 | Frustrated and a little scared of screwing up more, proceeded very carefully, but apparently not carefully enough. Stayed to the right of the stream I was looking to cross and thus crossed the main one further down. Realized that I was going up too much, but not where I was. Headed back a bit and relocated off the bare ground. | |||||
| 7. | +00:15 | I actually hit this one, ticking off the small clearing on the way and taking it easy. | |||||
| 8. | +04:00 | I don't know what went wrong here. I thought I was going in between th efirst two streams, but I was between the second and third. And with low vis it took me a while to figure that out. But mostly I was justlucky by the time I found it. | |||||
| 9. | +00:15 | Clearing hopped very carefully. Also passed by some fast men. | |||||
| 10. | +02:00 | Drifted right again. Figured I'd gone to far, turned back, and again got lucky. | |||||
| 11. | Just like 9. | ||||||
| 12. | In conservative mode, handrailed along the stream and jumped off towards the control at the end of the open area at the top of the stream. | ||||||
| 13. | I really just wanted to finish at this point, with no more screwing around. Headed left to the stream more directly than the line. | ||||||
| 14. | +00:15 | Busted through the thick stuff to the main trail, not realizing that it was the wrong one until I hit the small one. | |||||
| F. | Always finish hard... |
Total Time Lost - 00:16:45