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Sunday Mar 5, 2017 #
Trail Run 30:00 [1] 2.5 mi (12:00 / mi)
Saturday Mar 4, 2017 #
Event: GMARA Frigid Infliction
Trail Run race 8:03:00 [5] 19.0 mi (25:25 / mi) +6562ft 19:09 / mi
Frigid Infliction at Bolton Valley Ski Resort, Vermont, hosted by Green Mountain Adventure Racing Association.
Raced with long-time ultramarathoner but first-time AR racer Chris Sussman.
Weather lived up to the race's name, with temps around 0 F and windchill much lower.
Format was ROGAINE-style, with one return to start required to "transition" between showshoes and post-hole. We just decided to carry our snowshoes and use microspikes, which we think was overall a good decision, as there was a thick crust of snow we only broke through a couple dozen times through the whole day.
Had a great morning nailing points with no problem. Bonus points (worth 3 pts) lured us up to ridgeline a couple of times (+1300 vertical each time). Got into "transition" at 12:40 and dropped our snowshoes (which we had been carrying all morning instead of wearing), headed out for minimum of five points. At 2:10 p.m., we had only found two points, and had spent an hour looking for CP 9 even though it was only 150 meters from CP 10, which we found no problem. Turned out my compass had frozen (has that ever happened to anyone before?) and we were searching in the wrong area.
Bailed on it too late and ran up +700 vertical to CP 21, which we hit at 2:35, then ran like crazy people dowhill. Made one course correction and lucked into CP 16 at 2:52. Kept running downhill, ran right past CP3 without seeing it, continued down the stream and found an old CP from a previous race, which we cut down and jokingly threw at the RD at 3:04 p.m...if we had known about the relatively small penalty for being late (1 CP for every 10 mins late), we definitely would have searched for CP 3 (which we were 30 feet away from, tops), instead of trying to beat the cutoff. Instead, I believe we finished unofficial due to not getting our minimum 5 cps on each leg. Total points were 18 + 2 bonus points (worth 3 pts each) for 24 total (I believe). results aren't up yet and I'm eager to check where that would have placed us. Two Canadian guys destroyed the course, getting all 22 points and all 4 bonus points in 6:15. At minimum, that was 25 miles of running in subzero temps with vertical gain of +7500 ft. Unreal.
Raced with long-time ultramarathoner but first-time AR racer Chris Sussman.
Weather lived up to the race's name, with temps around 0 F and windchill much lower.
Format was ROGAINE-style, with one return to start required to "transition" between showshoes and post-hole. We just decided to carry our snowshoes and use microspikes, which we think was overall a good decision, as there was a thick crust of snow we only broke through a couple dozen times through the whole day.
Had a great morning nailing points with no problem. Bonus points (worth 3 pts) lured us up to ridgeline a couple of times (+1300 vertical each time). Got into "transition" at 12:40 and dropped our snowshoes (which we had been carrying all morning instead of wearing), headed out for minimum of five points. At 2:10 p.m., we had only found two points, and had spent an hour looking for CP 9 even though it was only 150 meters from CP 10, which we found no problem. Turned out my compass had frozen (has that ever happened to anyone before?) and we were searching in the wrong area.
Bailed on it too late and ran up +700 vertical to CP 21, which we hit at 2:35, then ran like crazy people dowhill. Made one course correction and lucked into CP 16 at 2:52. Kept running downhill, ran right past CP3 without seeing it, continued down the stream and found an old CP from a previous race, which we cut down and jokingly threw at the RD at 3:04 p.m...if we had known about the relatively small penalty for being late (1 CP for every 10 mins late), we definitely would have searched for CP 3 (which we were 30 feet away from, tops), instead of trying to beat the cutoff. Instead, I believe we finished unofficial due to not getting our minimum 5 cps on each leg. Total points were 18 + 2 bonus points (worth 3 pts each) for 24 total (I believe). results aren't up yet and I'm eager to check where that would have placed us. Two Canadian guys destroyed the course, getting all 22 points and all 4 bonus points in 6:15. At minimum, that was 25 miles of running in subzero temps with vertical gain of +7500 ft. Unreal.
Wednesday Mar 1, 2017 #
Trail Run 45:00 [2] 5.0 mi (9:00 / mi)
Tuesday Feb 28, 2017 #
Trail Run 53:00 [5] 7.5 mi (7:04 / mi) +656ft 6:32 / mi
Monday Feb 27, 2017 #
Squash 1:00:00 [4]