1. |
No attack point +02:30 | Took it slow, as planned, followed features well on the map. Planned to contour from the trail intersection, and keep my eyes peeled for the nose on the other side of the big reentrant. Dropped lower as I came to the reentrant and crossed well below the control, then got all confused. Relocated off the flatness/road in the distance and climbed back up. | |||||
2. |
Did not like map +00:20 | Headed around the hill instead of way over to the side up the reentrant. The map definitely seemed funky in the area of the control - a lot of green - so I was hesitant when I got to the big clearing, expecting to have already seen it. | |||||
3. |
Bad map reading +01:00 | Ran well along the hill, ticking off features until I got to the turn in the hill and the little spur, but I was on the high flat part and it took me a while to figure out that I wasn't where I thought I was! Need to look broader.... | |||||
4. | I wish I could recreate what went through my mind on this leg for every orienteering leg. Simple enough leg, but I just glanced at the map, got the big picture and a plan, including attackpoint, and just went, and it worked great. Reading the map along the way to check things out was no problem. | ||||||
5. | These next few I didn't do too fast because of all the rock features, and I figured it was better to nail them than spend twice as long wandering around the rocks. Read the map well on this leg, passing some people. | ||||||
6. | Not reading as well here, but still passing some folks. | ||||||
7. | +00:20 | Hesitated quite a bit on this one, afraid to miss the control. Headed towards the road, figuring I couldn't miss it if I paralleled the road. | |||||
8. |
Did not plan ahead Did not read control description +01:00 | No plan on this one - should have used the road intersection as an attackpoint, even if not actually running on the road. Even saw the control and didn't recognize it because I was looking for a rootstock rather than an 8m stump! | |||||
9. | Deceptively easy. I always hesitate on these short legs because I think the control is really really close and am afraid of overrunning it. | ||||||
10. | +00:10 | Didn't move as fast as I should have been. Afraid to blow it so close to the finish... | |||||
11. | There were about 17 million people slowly making their way to this last control, but it was obvious that no one was actually looking at their map. I noticed the finish and just eyed the streamers back to the control and beat them all to it. | ||||||
F. | I really cranked it up for this finish, had to stay ahead of some dude. (I did.) |
Total Time Lost - 00:05:20