Discussion: what will be the time limit fo...

what will be the time limit for the event?...how long?....I hope to be able to do the long and make the cutoff...but that may be a challenge in that terrain....although with all the trails through the area now...ojibwe, ski trails, new birkie classic trail thre might be enough trail running and attack points to keep a decent pace....

we will wait til spring 2008 and see what remains of any folks who have taken a little extra time on the 2007 Minne-WiscGoat .....

..damn engineers...........

We could just put a TA in near the Birkie Trail and wait for them in Downtown Hayward in Late February.

The full course is 15.4 km, 28 controls, 2 skips. You can easily cut off a km with the skips. There are plenty of opportunities for trail running, but at a extra distance penalty. There's a handful of legs that are almost intermediate level, as well as some very difficult ones. I expect a winning time near 2:30 with a 10-11 mpk pace. Last Telemark event, Owen ran in the low 9's and most regular runners were under 18 (which would give a 4:12 'Goat time.)

I plan on a 5 hour time limit - start at 10 AM, off course by 3 PM. I took just under 5 hours to scout the locations and hang all the tape, moving about a third of the controls in the process. I also attacked most of them from two or more directions.

The short course cuts out controls 14-23 and is about 10 km - but only 1 skip allowed. It's designed so you can switch to the short course mid-race (as long as you haven't skipped 2 yet!)