Discussion: Three events in two days - Tucson in February!
in: TSN Ironwood (Feb 14–15, 2009 - Tucson, AZ)
Jan 23, 2009 12:07 PM
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barb:
Ironwood, February 14-15.
Two days of Loops, Butterflies, and a Sprint!
Leif Lundquist
Welcome to a Tucson Orienteering Club weekend in the Sonoran desert just west of Tucson! We will use the new Ironwood map and there will be three events featuring e-punching. At the beginning of each day there will be an Orienteering clinic covering orienteering basics, maps, compass use, and with special attention given to the use of SI-cards for e-punching.
We kick off Saturday - the 97th birthday of the Valentine State - with a set of single loop Classic courses: Red (7 km), Green (5 km), Orange (4 km), Yellow (3 km), White (2 km). Sunday morning we'll have the same course colors, but shorter and on a different part of the map. The layout Sunday morning will be several loops in a butterfly configuration, where you will visit the same hub-nexus-nest control many times coming from different directions. By popular request the final run on Sunday will be a Sprint giving aficionados a chance to pick up national Sprint points.
Registration: Send an e-mail including your name, selected courses, SI-card number, age (this year), sex (M,F) to barb.bryant@gmail.com by noon on Wednesday February 11th. Please also include number of available seats in your car or request for a ride, and home/pickup/dropoff address. On arrival, please check in at the registration desk and pay the appropriate fees. Notifying us ahead of time by email allows us to print the right number of maps and speeds the on-site registration process. If you do not send email ahead of time, you will still be able to run, but may have to copy your course onto your map yourself.
Directions: The Ironwood picnic area is located west of the Tucson mountains, a couple miles south of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and just southwest of Old Tucson Studios. From the frontage road along I-10 (Exit 257 is closed due to construction) drive west on Speedway Blvd. After approximately 5 miles Speedway Blvd. becomes Gates Pass Rd. Continue another 5 miles through Gates Pass until reaching the T-intersection with Kinney Rd. Turn left on Kinney Rd. and drive south 1.5 miles until reaching the entrance gate to the Ironwood Picnic Area on the right. Follow the orienteering signs to the event registration area. The trip time from I-10 and Speedway Blvd. to the event site is about 30 minutes.
Parking: Only in designated areas. Space is limited, so please car pool as much as possible.
Fees per day: Members $7 per individual, $10 per team for members of any recognized orienteering club. Non-members: $12 per individual and $17 per team. $2 discount on Sunday if you also participated on Saturday.
SI-card rental: $1. Compass rental: $1. Safety whistles to keep: $1. Every person, regardless of course, will be required to carry some type of safety whistle.
Maps: Pre-printed for each course, 1:10,000 for the Classic courses and 1:5,000 for the Sprint. Ludwig Hill's new map of Ironwood is very good, but with its many dry stream beds the otherwise relatively featureless open flat desert areas present a unique and enjoyable challenge.
Schedule, Saturday:
9:15 AM: Orienteering clinic starts.
9:30 AM: Registration opens.
10:00 AM: Courses open.
12:00 noon: Last start.
2:00 PM: Courses close.
All runners must return to Start/Finish by 2 PM.
2:00 PM: Control retrieval begins - Please volunteer with the meet director, Cristina Luis!
Schedule, Sunday (notice changes from Saturday):
Classic
9:00 AM: Registration opens.
9:00 AM: Orienteering clinic starts.
9:30 AM: Classic courses open.
11:00 AM: Last Classic start.
1:00 PM: Classic courses close.
All Classic runners must return to Start/Finish by 1 PM.
Sprint
To make the Sprint more exciting, we'll assign starts every minute.
1:00 PM: Sprint registration opens - get your start time!
2:00 PM: Registration for Sprint closes
2:00 PM: Sprint course opens.
4:00 PM: Sprint course closes.
All Sprint runners must return to Start/Finish by 4 PM.
4:00 PM: Control retrieval begins - Please volunteer with the meet director, Barb Bryant!
Check-In: To insure that all are safe, every runner, whether finished with the course or not, must check in at the Finish before leaving the meet site.
Newcomers: Go directly to the Registration. Ask for instructions and introductory information. For beginner's clinic start times, see above.
Route choice reviews: Orienteers love to talk about alternate routes and their advantages and disadvantages. If you would like to discuss your choices, there will be advanced orienteers available near the Start/Finish area.
Hiking: Arranged for Friday, Monday and Tuesday - contact Barb.
Accommodations: It will be trickier than usual to find hotels due to the gem and mineral show, but contact Barb for help with accommodation. Hotels are currently available on Orbitz starting at $79/night
Other questions: Please contact the meet directors
Saturday/overall: Cristina Luis at (520) 400 3719 or cristina.luis@gmail.com.
Sunday: Barb Bryant at (617) 661 9579 or barb.bryant@gmail.com
Two days of Loops, Butterflies, and a Sprint!
Leif Lundquist
Welcome to a Tucson Orienteering Club weekend in the Sonoran desert just west of Tucson! We will use the new Ironwood map and there will be three events featuring e-punching. At the beginning of each day there will be an Orienteering clinic covering orienteering basics, maps, compass use, and with special attention given to the use of SI-cards for e-punching.
We kick off Saturday - the 97th birthday of the Valentine State - with a set of single loop Classic courses: Red (7 km), Green (5 km), Orange (4 km), Yellow (3 km), White (2 km). Sunday morning we'll have the same course colors, but shorter and on a different part of the map. The layout Sunday morning will be several loops in a butterfly configuration, where you will visit the same hub-nexus-nest control many times coming from different directions. By popular request the final run on Sunday will be a Sprint giving aficionados a chance to pick up national Sprint points.
Registration: Send an e-mail including your name, selected courses, SI-card number, age (this year), sex (M,F) to barb.bryant@gmail.com by noon on Wednesday February 11th. Please also include number of available seats in your car or request for a ride, and home/pickup/dropoff address. On arrival, please check in at the registration desk and pay the appropriate fees. Notifying us ahead of time by email allows us to print the right number of maps and speeds the on-site registration process. If you do not send email ahead of time, you will still be able to run, but may have to copy your course onto your map yourself.
Directions: The Ironwood picnic area is located west of the Tucson mountains, a couple miles south of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and just southwest of Old Tucson Studios. From the frontage road along I-10 (Exit 257 is closed due to construction) drive west on Speedway Blvd. After approximately 5 miles Speedway Blvd. becomes Gates Pass Rd. Continue another 5 miles through Gates Pass until reaching the T-intersection with Kinney Rd. Turn left on Kinney Rd. and drive south 1.5 miles until reaching the entrance gate to the Ironwood Picnic Area on the right. Follow the orienteering signs to the event registration area. The trip time from I-10 and Speedway Blvd. to the event site is about 30 minutes.
Parking: Only in designated areas. Space is limited, so please car pool as much as possible.
Fees per day: Members $7 per individual, $10 per team for members of any recognized orienteering club. Non-members: $12 per individual and $17 per team. $2 discount on Sunday if you also participated on Saturday.
SI-card rental: $1. Compass rental: $1. Safety whistles to keep: $1. Every person, regardless of course, will be required to carry some type of safety whistle.
Maps: Pre-printed for each course, 1:10,000 for the Classic courses and 1:5,000 for the Sprint. Ludwig Hill's new map of Ironwood is very good, but with its many dry stream beds the otherwise relatively featureless open flat desert areas present a unique and enjoyable challenge.
Schedule, Saturday:
9:15 AM: Orienteering clinic starts.
9:30 AM: Registration opens.
10:00 AM: Courses open.
12:00 noon: Last start.
2:00 PM: Courses close.
All runners must return to Start/Finish by 2 PM.
2:00 PM: Control retrieval begins - Please volunteer with the meet director, Cristina Luis!
Schedule, Sunday (notice changes from Saturday):
Classic
9:00 AM: Registration opens.
9:00 AM: Orienteering clinic starts.
9:30 AM: Classic courses open.
11:00 AM: Last Classic start.
1:00 PM: Classic courses close.
All Classic runners must return to Start/Finish by 1 PM.
Sprint
To make the Sprint more exciting, we'll assign starts every minute.
1:00 PM: Sprint registration opens - get your start time!
2:00 PM: Registration for Sprint closes
2:00 PM: Sprint course opens.
4:00 PM: Sprint course closes.
All Sprint runners must return to Start/Finish by 4 PM.
4:00 PM: Control retrieval begins - Please volunteer with the meet director, Barb Bryant!
Check-In: To insure that all are safe, every runner, whether finished with the course or not, must check in at the Finish before leaving the meet site.
Newcomers: Go directly to the Registration. Ask for instructions and introductory information. For beginner's clinic start times, see above.
Route choice reviews: Orienteers love to talk about alternate routes and their advantages and disadvantages. If you would like to discuss your choices, there will be advanced orienteers available near the Start/Finish area.
Hiking: Arranged for Friday, Monday and Tuesday - contact Barb.
Accommodations: It will be trickier than usual to find hotels due to the gem and mineral show, but contact Barb for help with accommodation. Hotels are currently available on Orbitz starting at $79/night
Other questions: Please contact the meet directors
Saturday/overall: Cristina Luis at (520) 400 3719 or cristina.luis@gmail.com.
Sunday: Barb Bryant at (617) 661 9579 or barb.bryant@gmail.com
Jan 27, 2009 11:20 AM
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barb:
Tucson event information above has been updated to include directions.
Feb 7, 2009 1:12 AM
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barb:
OK, we have THREE PEOPLE REGISTERED! Including me! This is going to be a party!
Feb 8, 2009 2:21 AM
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Due to the Gem show, it is expensive to fly into Tucson on Friday before the event, even on discount carriers. I found cheap flights out of Tucson, and very reasonable flights in, if you can arrive on Wednesday or early on Saturday morning. Perhaps the Saturday start window could be extended to allow for Sat morning arrivals. (Cost difference was something like $99 vs $293 on Southwest, and similar on United for Sat AM vs Friday arrivals.) My only Sat AM option would arrive too late to guarantee making the scheduled start. Fortunately, I'm flexible enough that I made a reservation to fly in on Wednesday instead. But a longer Sat window might help others...?
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