World Student Champs - Short Qualifier (section 2)

Since only 16 from this section would get into the A final, I decided that the chances of me in there were very small. my race strategy became to take it easy and navigate precisely, saving energy for the afternoon finals. Since the terrain was pretty technical, this turned out to work much better than the cadets' "lets run as fast as we can" plan.

1 190m 1:51 9:44/k		Ran up trail to Field (looked at map) ran on compass untill the edge of the reentrant (bigger one) saw control 20m to the left
2 210m 1:49 8:39/k		Came out on a bearing for the wet area but veered right some.  Attack Point planned for hilltop but I decided to go around the very top.  came off the top, control was a little further down than expected but not much.
3 230m 2:22 10:17/k		Ran on rough compass until the open area. followed edge up and into semi-open. no real attack point just continous map contact.
4 120m 1:48 15:00/k		Contoured across, got pulled right some by reentrant. didn't take careful enough bearing from cliff, ran past control ~20m. stopped when I realized I should be there. saw control back and to the left.
5 460m 5:09 11:12/k		Rough compass to trail, then again through marsh to the fence.  crossed fence to run in the semi-open, crossed back and followed the bend and reentrant then to attack point on second wooded spur. came straight into the control
6 150m 3:12 21:20/k		Planned to coutour and pace count but dropped too low. crossed stream end, but didn't adjust course. ran past the stream too low, thinking the control would be in the reentrant 20m past. continued to trail without stopping and re-attacked from trail bend.  I thought the reentrant would be bigger.
7 410m 6:45 16:28/k		Ran up the stream following the right branch and up when I was vegetation boundary. across on rough compass to semi-open, then again to large yellow open area.  used vegetation boundary curve to guide me in. looked around a little then ran on boundary to trail and reattacked control.  it was off of a knoll I stood on before, but not in a reentrant as indicated as far as I could tell.
8 180m 3:13 17:52/k		Ran on rough compass to trail/field.  planned attack point at field corner but didn't take accurate enough bearing.  when I ran 30m down the trail I thought was the open area with an elephant track, I turned right but didn't get to any cliffs. continued to actual white area, relocated on knoll, and saw control at the bottom of 3m cliff. (new strategy: cliff controls get attacked from below)  jumped down a smaller (but not much) cliff to the left, then back into the control
9 440m 5:43 12:59/k		Rough compass to the open area, then along hillside, up reentrant, across trail but too far to the right. I came to the wrong knolls, then continued to open area and relocated on cliff.
10 230m 2:15 9:47/k		Ran to the stream I crossed before and ran along it until I got to the open marsh. then up the rough open and right over attacking from a knoll.
11 350m 3:51 11:00/k		Ran down and around a little to get around fallen trees, saw open area and ran to it, then adjusted back up to semi-open and all the way to the trail. started contouring a little then dropped back down to the trail which was faster, and attacked from the marsh.
12 170m 2:08 12:33		back out to the marsh and trail, along the trail some more then down through a clearing.  I turned right at the marsh when I was open, then down a track and a little reentrant to the control.
13 250m 2:29 9:56/k		ran back out the same way as in, then across the marsh and up to a trail. followed trail into control (easy one)
14 360m 2:10 6:01/k		Across the crappy area following some czech babe and using finish streamers to see where control should be.
F 210m 0:51 4:03/k	Total 45:36