World Student Champs - Short B Final

3780m 15 controls. Official results - I was pretty happy with this race and the fact that I could still run/walk when it was over. Cadet Jeremy McKnight would have had a good time also but he skipped control 14.

1 290m 3:03 10:31/k		Ran up trail to bend off at rough compass, came out of green into a little reentrant and looked around a little on the next spur (75m short) saw semi open far to the left and then continued to control
2 180m 1:22 7:35/k		Ran straight to the trail and across the semi open but too far to the right because the marsh was open also. came back and left into control 20m
3 290m 1:59 6:50/k		out across marsh and into the field corner then straight down narrow marsh into control. saw it straight ahead from 30m away
4 430m 4:05 9:30/k		out directly north to get around second hill, then turned straight for power lines. attacked from the knoll there and turned left at a clearing near the control then continued straight into it.
5 130m 1:11 9:06/k		ran diagonally down, then corrected over left more, stopping to look around a little in the clearings just before the control, then continued straight into it.
6 150m 1:32 10:13/k		tried to contour a little out of the control, then went straight for it. saw a japanese girl standing at the control from 40m away.
7 240m 2:05 8:41/k		used fairly accurate compass bearing until the wet reentrant, then turned down into marsh and followed the flat into the control
8 210m 1:46 8:25/k		aimed for the trail junction, then into the open toward the two knolls. control was just past them and below.
9 400m 3:54 9:45/k		ran across the hillside counting ditches, then along edge of open around next spur. along narrow marsh, stopped right below control and climbed up steep into knoll
10 140m 1:37 11:33/k		down a really steep slope and up the series of clearings using less compass since I was behind two other runners. turned right, up into the knoll when I had gone far enough.
11 550m 6:14 11:20/k		the other two runners continued straight up the hill (hehe) I ran up and left into steep, wet reentrant, walked up to the top until I saw a passage between the 10m cliffs on the left side. started running again at the top, following the pointed end of the open area straight into the control.
12 180m 1:17 7:08/k		got carried down hill and ran too far to the left but then just ran along the field and back into the control (no time lost)
13 90m 1:00 11:06/k		thinking I was already at #13 I ran out to the junction, then realized but continued down the trail turning left into the control.
14 100m 0:57 9:30/k		ran to the junction again and down towards the control. stopped where I saw a french guy leaving and saw the control 5m to my left
15 210m 1:38 7:46/k		ran diagonally to the trail then turned left at the junction, not running full speed because I wanted to not screw this part up. continued on the trail to the control
F 190m 0:46 4:02/k		this finish sucked because there was 20m of climb.
	Total 34:26 9:05/k