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Saturday Feb 4, 2012 #
Event: Cabin Fever Rogaine
10 AM
Orienteering (rogaine) 5:46:00 [5] 22.0 km (15:44 / km)
Up at 3 am, met Tony "Unmapped Trail Finder Extraordinaire" Misovski at 4 am, and drove to Laurelville, Ohio, for the Cabin Fever 6 hr Rogaine.
Some snow gave us concern, as it severely limited visibility and reduced speeds, but after a half an hour, it was clear sailing and we arrived approximately 75 minutes early per the plan.
It was like an Infiterra reunion, with regular adventure racers Rick Waldo and Drake White on site as well. I saw some more Infiterra apparel but I didn't recognize the team.
Maps were available on check in, so Tony and I tried to figure out a route. Straight line for all points was only about 20km, so I briefly thought it might be possible to get them all.
Then we were off. We had selected an easy point to get acclimated to the terrain and scale. The hill climb was brutal. 12 contour lines at 20' per. Just lung crushing. But the point was were it was promised and we were off for the next. Really had to get used to the scale here. Then again some hesitation to the third as we tried to keep count of reentrants and spurs.
The hills would take their toll. When we hit the three hour mark, it was clear that a clear was not in the cards for us, so we tried to adjust, and perhaps missed a few opportunities to add easy points on the way to some high value points.
We finished after 5 hours and 46 minutes with 14 of the 22 points. I think Rick said he missed two or three, and Drake was around 18. Someone did clear the course with ample time to spare. That was not their first time in Tar Hollow.
This was fun and I'd like to do another rogaine again! Preferably after a lot of time on a stair machine or max incline treadmill.
Some snow gave us concern, as it severely limited visibility and reduced speeds, but after a half an hour, it was clear sailing and we arrived approximately 75 minutes early per the plan.
It was like an Infiterra reunion, with regular adventure racers Rick Waldo and Drake White on site as well. I saw some more Infiterra apparel but I didn't recognize the team.
Maps were available on check in, so Tony and I tried to figure out a route. Straight line for all points was only about 20km, so I briefly thought it might be possible to get them all.
Then we were off. We had selected an easy point to get acclimated to the terrain and scale. The hill climb was brutal. 12 contour lines at 20' per. Just lung crushing. But the point was were it was promised and we were off for the next. Really had to get used to the scale here. Then again some hesitation to the third as we tried to keep count of reentrants and spurs.
The hills would take their toll. When we hit the three hour mark, it was clear that a clear was not in the cards for us, so we tried to adjust, and perhaps missed a few opportunities to add easy points on the way to some high value points.
We finished after 5 hours and 46 minutes with 14 of the 22 points. I think Rick said he missed two or three, and Drake was around 18. Someone did clear the course with ample time to spare. That was not their first time in Tar Hollow.
This was fun and I'd like to do another rogaine again! Preferably after a lot of time on a stair machine or max incline treadmill.
Friday Feb 3, 2012 #
Erg rowing 50:00 [3]
Latest Ringer. I again got up around 5 without using an alarm. And I managed a slightly higher intensity than usual, at least I perceived that, but I should really dig up the heart rate monitor one of these days.
Given the no alarm wake up, perhaps tomorrow, when I get up at 3 am to meet Tony for the 6 hr Cabin Fever Rogaine in southeast Ohio, I will not feel completely and utterly awful, just kind of awful.
Given the no alarm wake up, perhaps tomorrow, when I get up at 3 am to meet Tony for the 6 hr Cabin Fever Rogaine in southeast Ohio, I will not feel completely and utterly awful, just kind of awful.
Thursday Feb 2, 2012 #
Biking (trainer) 1:25:00 [3]
Got up before five without using the alarm, and then watched Taken on the trainer. If I do that for the next four months, the Fury should go well!
Tuesday Jan 31, 2012 #
Erg rowing 45:00 [3]
Grimm #2. I was mostly just glad to get up and get going. 4 am Saturday is going to come way early.