Training Log Archive: syd

Event: POCAR
 

POCAR.

Got our maps early and marked in the out of bounds areas and some trails. Opened our envelope at 10:15 and started plotting the CP for the N loop, which was ~1/3 of the course. We were told to stop at the N aid station at some point to pick up "something." Headed out with Tizoc and I as the navigators...not the best choice. Us working together was the equivalent of taking 2 decent navigators and making 1 terrible one. The navigation was a struggle the whole race. The rest of the team was great about it though, no one ever seemed frustrated. About half way through we hit the aid station and received a single extra CP, so we went out and grabbed that. However, when we returned to the start to turn in our punch card we were informed that we had missed 3 CPs. The volunteer at the aid station had failed to inform us taht there were FOUR extra CPs, each one leading to the next. Ugh. Back out the 3 miles to that CP again to hit those 3 and then another 3 miles back on the road to the start. Actually finished the first loop at ~8:30 p.m.

Next up was the W loop, which we did almost entirely in the dark. The first few points went fine, hit them without too much trouble.

C • nav issues 1

Long sleeve w/ red jacket worked well at 12F.

New 11 with 2 falls. Almost finished a new 11+, but my arms didn't quite have the strenght for the last few moves