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Saturday May 4, 2019 #
Event: Get Your Bearings AR
9 AM
Adventure Race 3:03:00 16.7 mi (10:57 / mi) +127m 10:42 / mi
ahr:160 max:207 27c slept:6.0 weight:227lbs
Super fun GYB at Proud Lake w/ Cris.
Open was a killer, navigationally not too crazy and not huge route choice, so I tried to press hard to #1 to avoid being stuck in queue, yet somehow ended up in a short one at 2, all of those people were so fast. Then really fine the rest of the way, never more than 1-2 at any location.
I hoped to do the six mile trek in 90 minutes - we were right on, thanks to frequent pulls where I'd grab Cris's pack. I think the faster folks were closer to 70 ish, curious to see splits. Lots of nice spots!
Paddle went well, once I got us unstuck at the launch, haha. River was totally fine for paddling, just a bit higher than normal.
The real crux of the race - the bike o. Any order, but with a few caveats - one way trails had to be done the right way, and only cross tracks at the two trail crossings of the tracks.
We did Loop 1 mostly as loop cut, although bike whacked 20 across. I was more pro bike whacking than Cris, which is not entirely unexpected as she is a super biker and I am not.
We then took a shortcut to 23 that Cooper and I discussed pre race - I thought it would be a bike whack again, but as I jumped off my bike I yelled at Cris to stay on hers as there was a small trail. We cut across the clearing to 23 as I saw the distinct tree early - it was distinct! We cut to the next segment of trail but...
Dark zone! We had to wait for a train to cross, but it sort of worked out as I overshot the tiny trail that crossed it, so we had time to sort that until we could cross. Saw Richard and Caroline? at 24, but they probably had the southern points or something. We continued on, took some not great two track to the fine two track. plunged into safely-the-correct-way single track from 25-26, then jumped on the Kensington-Proud Lake connector, one of my favorite trails (it's just a nice trail through the woods) to grab Old Plank Road up to Garden to grab 27 using the very edge of the map.
Gas line short cut back into the park, then bike whack to the shelter, good for 2nd coed to Richard and friend, 3rd in two person coed, around 6th overall, surprisingly just 28 mins back on the super fit overall winners, not too shabby for not being in the best shape.
Really enjoyed the race!
Open was a killer, navigationally not too crazy and not huge route choice, so I tried to press hard to #1 to avoid being stuck in queue, yet somehow ended up in a short one at 2, all of those people were so fast. Then really fine the rest of the way, never more than 1-2 at any location.
I hoped to do the six mile trek in 90 minutes - we were right on, thanks to frequent pulls where I'd grab Cris's pack. I think the faster folks were closer to 70 ish, curious to see splits. Lots of nice spots!
Paddle went well, once I got us unstuck at the launch, haha. River was totally fine for paddling, just a bit higher than normal.
The real crux of the race - the bike o. Any order, but with a few caveats - one way trails had to be done the right way, and only cross tracks at the two trail crossings of the tracks.
We did Loop 1 mostly as loop cut, although bike whacked 20 across. I was more pro bike whacking than Cris, which is not entirely unexpected as she is a super biker and I am not.
We then took a shortcut to 23 that Cooper and I discussed pre race - I thought it would be a bike whack again, but as I jumped off my bike I yelled at Cris to stay on hers as there was a small trail. We cut across the clearing to 23 as I saw the distinct tree early - it was distinct! We cut to the next segment of trail but...
Dark zone! We had to wait for a train to cross, but it sort of worked out as I overshot the tiny trail that crossed it, so we had time to sort that until we could cross. Saw Richard and Caroline? at 24, but they probably had the southern points or something. We continued on, took some not great two track to the fine two track. plunged into safely-the-correct-way single track from 25-26, then jumped on the Kensington-Proud Lake connector, one of my favorite trails (it's just a nice trail through the woods) to grab Old Plank Road up to Garden to grab 27 using the very edge of the map.
Gas line short cut back into the park, then bike whack to the shelter, good for 2nd coed to Richard and friend, 3rd in two person coed, around 6th overall, surprisingly just 28 mins back on the super fit overall winners, not too shabby for not being in the best shape.
Really enjoyed the race!
Thursday May 2, 2019 #
9 PM
Walking 45:00 [1] 3.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
Ate slightly less terribly, managed to not let it be a zero day...all right.
Wednesday May 1, 2019 #
4 PM
Canoeing 41:28 2.87 mi (14:27 / mi)
ahr:166 max:175 shoes: Pirate Canoe
Met Cris at Newburgh Lake to bust some rust prior to Saturday.
There is extensively flooding up and downstream, so we were ready to call it if anything looked sketchy, but it was fine on this impoundment.
There is extensively flooding up and downstream, so we were ready to call it if anything looked sketchy, but it was fine on this impoundment.
Monday Apr 29, 2019 #
Note
Curious to see how it pans out - the 10 photo slideshow for Proud Lake has a higher initial click rate than the single image ones. Thanks for the pics MI Climber
9 PM
Biking (Trainer) 35:25 [3] 7.06 mi (12.0 mph)
ahr:89 max:96 weight:226lbs shoes: Long Haul Trucker
Should have started earlier, but at least got something in. More concerned about de-crapifying my habits at this point. :|
Sunday Apr 28, 2019 #
Event: SMOC Ortonville
12 PM
Running 4:58 0.47 mi (10:34 / mi)
ahr:181 max:195
Orienteering 1:26:42 5.16 mi (16:48 / mi) +101m 15:50 / mi
ahr:161 max:182 16c
I feel like the bulk of my fourth place was due to fitness, however, I did stuff up #1, which is always a terrible feeling, probably 3-4 minutes wandering around to incorrect streams.
Really enjoyed the course, have to go back and run the fall I missed sometime.
Igor taunted me by catching and passing me, and then easing off the gas and staying within sight, at least every time we were both on hill tops. ~200 m? Kind of funny. Yep, not a terrible route choice, Igor's up there. Yep, right zone, Igor's up there.
Really enjoyed the course, have to go back and run the fall I missed sometime.
Igor taunted me by catching and passing me, and then easing off the gas and staying within sight, at least every time we were both on hill tops. ~200 m? Kind of funny. Yep, not a terrible route choice, Igor's up there. Yep, right zone, Igor's up there.