One of my opponents made her fortieth move with about thirty seconds on her clock, but she had a decisive advantage by that point. Another opponent played very quickly. The two other opponents were about even with me on their clocks, if my memory is correct. I think my main problem is calculating slowly when more than one candidate move seems plausible. Several times I looked at my clock after moving and was surprised at how much time I spent.
I think I need to improve at setting priorities in positions that seem complex. In one case, I deliberated between a candidate move that would double my opponent's pawns by trading active pieces for less active pieces and another candidate that would make my rook more active. Even after I identified some of the advantages and disadvantages of each move, but I spent a while going back and forth before making a decision. (I ended up making the wrong choice, which explains why I remember that position.)
In an OTB tournament this weekend, I had one draw, three losses and one "win" by forfeit. I didn't expect to win any prizes, since I was rated 1519 in an U1800 group, and all my opponents were over 100 points higher, but I'm still disappointed.
The time control was forty moves in two hours and then sudden death in one hour, with a give-second delay. I played in a tournament with the same time control last summer and didn't have any time problems, but I had to rush in all but one of my games this time. One of my losses resulted from a blunder on my fortieth move, when I had only a few seconds left on my clock.
Of course, managing time isn't my only problem. I'll keep working on tactics, but does anyone have suggestions about how to practice for standard tournament time controls? (With a job and a family, I can't devote five or my hours playing chess too often.)