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| # Posted 2008-05-05 23:40:04 | |
| BorisGr: | are hard, as i am finding out... What Cold Spring Harbor are you going to? Not the one in the States, by any chance? |
| # Posted 2008-05-06 02:34:47 | |
| Becks: | Yes indeedy! Do you know the place? Are there any maps nearby? |
| # Posted 2008-05-06 11:58:28 | |
| BorisGr: | I used to live quite close to it and dated a girl who worked at the lab (which is where, i am assuming, you are headed.) Not the most orienteering-friendly location. Tell me the following:
1) When are you going to be there? 2) Where are you going to be living? 3) Will you have a car? and I'll get you as much info and contacts as I can. |
| # Posted 2008-05-06 12:01:15 | |
| Becks: | I'm going for a ten day workshoppy thing that starts on the 3rd June. I'm staying in the Lab itself and I doubt I'll have huge amounts of time to get away and do anything unfortunately! So I guess a couple of suggestions of running routes may do the trick? |
| # Posted 2008-05-06 13:02:01 | |
| hel vino: | Nah PhDs are easy ;) you're just experiencing the 2nd year blues, right before it all magically comes together. |
| # Posted 2008-05-06 18:06:13 | |
| rachael: | i think my 2nd year blues lasted 2 years,...! but it will magically come together eventually :) |
| # Posted 2008-05-08 13:43:17 | |
| BorisGr: | Ok, first of all, here is the not-too-impressive Long Island Orienteering Club: http://www.liorienteering.org/
Um, the only event they have listed while you are there is some sort of senior games. Get in touch with the club to see if it's something you can do. More promising is Hudson Valley Orienteering, which has an event+picnic on the 8th of June: http://www.hvo.us.orienteering.org/CPGNuCalendar/v... That you should be able to get a ride to. Not the world's most exciting map, but I've run on some English maps, and it would fit right in someplace like East Anglia. In terms of stuff close to Cold Spring Harbor, the best is probably Caumsett State Park, which is just a couple of miles away and is a very nice place to run. http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=... I think the Long Island Orienteering Club has an O-map of it, so email them to get a copy. I'd say these are the best options for a short visit. The north shore of LI is very pretty, and if you just go on meandering runs from CSH, then run up to Lloyd Neck. It's a nice place. If you go partying in NYC and need some orienteers to crash at or train with, then get in touch with http://www.attackpoint.org/weeklyactivity.jsp/user... or http://www.attackpoint.org/weeklyactivity.jsp/user... Hope you have fun over there and manage to find some free time to see the city! |
| # Posted 2008-05-09 18:47:10 | |
| bradc: | I lived on Long Island for a year in a place called Plainview, a few miles south of Cold Springs, Becky, and I did come up with a few nice runs in green bits out that way - in the park near Woodbury a bit south of Cold Springs, most often in Bethpage (as it was right out of my front door) and I also managed to piece together a really nice half-marathon distance on trails and mountain bike tracks in Connetquot River SP, which is about 20 miles away (only any good if you've got a car). I'll try and see if I have any old trail maps. All lovely, rolling, sandy woodlands. Cold Springs itself is really pretty. I used to spin out there on the motorbike of an evening.
As Boris says, HVO are a friendly lot. And you definitely need to "do" Manhattan - it's some place! |
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