Race Evaluation
2012 North American Orienteering Championships: Blue Long
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| 1. | +01:30 | Actually dialed in the bearing for the first time in about a year. Did wrong and 180ed out from the start triangle. Relocated off a control placed at a root stalk NE of my point | |||||
| 2. | +02:00 | Originally planned to attack the point from the top, but changed plans halfway to the point and took a trail to the south and contoured to the point | |||||
| 3. | Just followed a compass bearing | ||||||
| 4. | Compass bearing, then dropped down between hilltops and hit the point dead-on. | ||||||
| 5. | Followed a compass bearing again | ||||||
| 6. | Compass bearing | ||||||
| 7. | +01:00 | Took the ridgeline after running on a side slope for a while. Should have used the reentrant though. | |||||
| 8. | Counted reentrants and hit the hill top to the SW | ||||||
| 9. | +00:10 | Drifted left. | |||||
| 10. | +10:00 | Poor decision making on this point. Changed plans halfway through and went for a riskier route. Ended up hitting the trail thinking that I was somewhere to the E of the point so I ran W, which was the complete wrong way. After going over what I thought was the hill N of the point I realized something was wrong and ran E on the trail. | |||||
| 11. | I was really pleased with this point. I don't contour very often because I hate side slopes, but i thought I might give it a shot for this point. Hit the plateau W of the point and nailed it. | ||||||
| 12. | +00:30 | Should have gone up to the trail and cut over. | |||||
| 13. | +16:00 | I planned on running to the trail and then following that up to the trail just S of the gravel mound and going off trail from there. It should have been a pretty solid plan, but I botched the execution badly. Ended up missing a trail intersection and then the trail just disappeared. Instead of going straight north like I should have I ended up going too far E. Didn't know exactly where I was until I saw people running the opposite direction and realized I was at point 14. Was concerned I might have gone off the map. | |||||
| 14. | +01:00 | Went up the wrong hill. Should have paid more attention to the map. | |||||
| 15. | +00:30 | Hesitated once I got into the reentrant. | |||||
| 16. | Straight forward. | ||||||
| 17. | Weird point. | ||||||
| 18. | +02:00 | Really tired. Drifted left and hit the swamp to the NE of the point. Went around the long way and took the trail to the point | |||||
| 19. | +03:15 | Took a bearing like I was going from 19 to 20. Realized about 200m into my incorrect route that something wasn't right. Corrected. Also hesitated upon reaching the reentrant north of the point. | |||||
| 20. | Straightforward. Got really tired though. | ||||||
| 21. | Decided to go east around Stuckey Pond and nailed the point. This is the first time I drank water on the course, which was probably a a poor choice (waiting until point 21, drinking water was necessary at that point). Couldn't remember If i punched though, and was worried I mispunched for the rest of the course. | ||||||
| 22. | +01:00 | Hesitated trying to decide whether I should go back and repunch 21. | |||||
| 23. | straightforward | ||||||
| 24. | straightforward | ||||||
| 25. | straightforward | ||||||
| 26. | +01:00 | hesitated | |||||
| F. | +00:10 | Beat by tank again |
Total Time Lost - 00:40:05