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Saturday Nov 7, 2009 #
Event: MAFF Adventure Race
Adventure Racing 8:00:00 [3] 40.0 mi (12:00 / mi)
shoes: Nort face
Mule Adventures Fall Frenzy (lapham peak, WI) - Team On Fire w/ John
This was a great race set up by the yamules, and I would rank it way high in my favourites, for the way it was set up and organized: not a huge amount of biking, extensive orinteering, and all biking broken up by fun events, or CPs of some sort to keep your brain from going numb. good job mike, paula and the team!
We got there at 7:30 which is only 15 min later than planned, so not too bad, but we could have always used a bit more time to look at the maps. If I'm ever to win, gotta spend some time of that too. the weather was just perfect, could not have picked a better day. So, we had the race meeting, and noticed lot of new comers, which is always great to see. And off we go.
1) trek/run on the west side of C.
boardwalk and then the spring. i could tell andy and his gang had their act together right away. There was no issue finding the CPs, but for some reason I got tummy ache and could not run. As a chnage, we did NOT come back as the last team after the treck (not even close) (I usually end up last after first act and then play catch up ).
2) Bike
To CP1 and then TA2. All was road biking except the small stretch of trail at the government hill road (which i knew about it from last time). I could not get John to draft me, as i had the faster bike. I do have to admit that once I'm into competitive mode (not my normal mode, which is "let's have some fun and see what comes out of it"), then all my patience is out the window, so working on that. . At TA2 we got asked for our space blankets, (each missing mandatory item would have cost us a cp!) John did not intend to take it so I made sure to put it in his pack :) Well, there's more fun to this story, as most people don't quite know what an "emergency or space blanket is" :)
2) Paddle
One of the funnest part of the course up the bark river, just beautiful weather, we got our act together, (a LOT better than last time) but still figuring out how to get faster w/out looking like we're about to spit our lungs out. some low (low-low-low) bridges to go under. That was interesting and slightly scary in the same time, as we got stuck both on the way up and down. then one bridge we sent only the canoe under and we hoped over. We got all point on the canoe, which now looking back it would have been faster to get more O points, but we had fun, and eventually that's probably all that counts.
3) Bike
CP2,3, to TA4. John navigated the bike the whole time. Most time he did pretty good, but in the end I think he got tired cause we definetely took the scenic routes to some CPs :) oh, i can laugh now, but did not laugh then :)
4) Mistery events!!!
again a very fun part. those yamules just rock at setting up things. so this was a combo of 3 :
4.1 walking up on an incline pole (say 20deg) at about 20' up in the air, strapped and harnessed. for some reason, i was not so scared as last time, mostly not scared at all, I got up and walked very quickly as i was afraid i might fall if i slow down. John did not show much fear either, so we both got better with heights. Fun!
4.2 telephone pole climb
Now this was somthing else! We watched someone else do it and it seemed obvious to both of us that there was NO WAY we could do it. So, strapped again, you had to climb on top of this pole (I don't know, 50feet, high enough!), then stand on this pole (again, this is just a regular pole, 10" diameter), then move your feet to rotate yourself 180 while standing on this pole (did i mention this pole was rocking at a good clip while on top of it??). then jump and ring a bell on a rope about 6' in front. yeah, right!
So... we looked and looked, and I got picked to do it! So I basically ran up the pole and did it so quick i didn't have time to freak out. I recall that I looked around as I'm standing on top of the rocking pole "Hm, nice view". then jumped :) Did not even remeber to say 1-2-3 before jumping as instructed. this was awesome!
4.3 team exercise: walk on some ropes and poles (all close to the ground now). we did that pretty quickly with a bit in inventivity.
5) Bike to Aerial O
Picked up 4 controls, and took off as we figured we'd get more at lapham
6) Bike back to lapham for orienteering
Only had time to get 4 controls, (out of 17!, I guess we didn't know how many points were waiting at the end, or we might have skipped some optional stuff or kick in in a higher gear).
good race, looking back, some things worked better (read instructions!:), some still need working on.
This was a great race set up by the yamules, and I would rank it way high in my favourites, for the way it was set up and organized: not a huge amount of biking, extensive orinteering, and all biking broken up by fun events, or CPs of some sort to keep your brain from going numb. good job mike, paula and the team!
We got there at 7:30 which is only 15 min later than planned, so not too bad, but we could have always used a bit more time to look at the maps. If I'm ever to win, gotta spend some time of that too. the weather was just perfect, could not have picked a better day. So, we had the race meeting, and noticed lot of new comers, which is always great to see. And off we go.
1) trek/run on the west side of C.
boardwalk and then the spring. i could tell andy and his gang had their act together right away. There was no issue finding the CPs, but for some reason I got tummy ache and could not run. As a chnage, we did NOT come back as the last team after the treck (not even close) (I usually end up last after first act and then play catch up ).
2) Bike
To CP1 and then TA2. All was road biking except the small stretch of trail at the government hill road (which i knew about it from last time). I could not get John to draft me, as i had the faster bike. I do have to admit that once I'm into competitive mode (not my normal mode, which is "let's have some fun and see what comes out of it"), then all my patience is out the window, so working on that. . At TA2 we got asked for our space blankets, (each missing mandatory item would have cost us a cp!) John did not intend to take it so I made sure to put it in his pack :) Well, there's more fun to this story, as most people don't quite know what an "emergency or space blanket is" :)
2) Paddle
One of the funnest part of the course up the bark river, just beautiful weather, we got our act together, (a LOT better than last time) but still figuring out how to get faster w/out looking like we're about to spit our lungs out. some low (low-low-low) bridges to go under. That was interesting and slightly scary in the same time, as we got stuck both on the way up and down. then one bridge we sent only the canoe under and we hoped over. We got all point on the canoe, which now looking back it would have been faster to get more O points, but we had fun, and eventually that's probably all that counts.
3) Bike
CP2,3, to TA4. John navigated the bike the whole time. Most time he did pretty good, but in the end I think he got tired cause we definetely took the scenic routes to some CPs :) oh, i can laugh now, but did not laugh then :)
4) Mistery events!!!
again a very fun part. those yamules just rock at setting up things. so this was a combo of 3 :
4.1 walking up on an incline pole (say 20deg) at about 20' up in the air, strapped and harnessed. for some reason, i was not so scared as last time, mostly not scared at all, I got up and walked very quickly as i was afraid i might fall if i slow down. John did not show much fear either, so we both got better with heights. Fun!
4.2 telephone pole climb
Now this was somthing else! We watched someone else do it and it seemed obvious to both of us that there was NO WAY we could do it. So, strapped again, you had to climb on top of this pole (I don't know, 50feet, high enough!), then stand on this pole (again, this is just a regular pole, 10" diameter), then move your feet to rotate yourself 180 while standing on this pole (did i mention this pole was rocking at a good clip while on top of it??). then jump and ring a bell on a rope about 6' in front. yeah, right!
So... we looked and looked, and I got picked to do it! So I basically ran up the pole and did it so quick i didn't have time to freak out. I recall that I looked around as I'm standing on top of the rocking pole "Hm, nice view". then jumped :) Did not even remeber to say 1-2-3 before jumping as instructed. this was awesome!
4.3 team exercise: walk on some ropes and poles (all close to the ground now). we did that pretty quickly with a bit in inventivity.
5) Bike to Aerial O
Picked up 4 controls, and took off as we figured we'd get more at lapham
6) Bike back to lapham for orienteering
Only had time to get 4 controls, (out of 17!, I guess we didn't know how many points were waiting at the end, or we might have skipped some optional stuff or kick in in a higher gear).
good race, looking back, some things worked better (read instructions!:), some still need working on.
C • Fun! 2
Note
Pictures:
The pole experience
http://picasaweb.google.com/pawaite/MuleAdventures...
Oh, maps
http://picasaweb.google.com/pawaite/MuleAdventures...
Biking into the mistery events area
http://picasaweb.google.com/pawaite/MuleAdventures...
The pole experience
http://picasaweb.google.com/pawaite/MuleAdventures...
Oh, maps
http://picasaweb.google.com/pawaite/MuleAdventures...
Biking into the mistery events area
http://picasaweb.google.com/pawaite/MuleAdventures...
Wednesday Nov 4, 2009 #
Running (Trail paved) 30:00 [0]
shoes: Saucony Omni
I was planning for 5m this morning, but by the time the start came, I just didn't have the energy or the drive to do it. I had to force myself to get out there, and even then I had to walk after .5m... I guess if it's not in the heart it's just not happenin.
Tuesday Nov 3, 2009 #
Biking (Road) 20:00 [3]
shoes: Nort face
To the library, got a boatload of movies, barele able to stuff them in my pack.
padded shorts definetely improved the situation.
not sure about the padded gloves, it was awfully cold, and if anything, I think warmth comes before comfort, so ski gloves it is.
padded shorts definetely improved the situation.
not sure about the padded gloves, it was awfully cold, and if anything, I think warmth comes before comfort, so ski gloves it is.
Monday Nov 2, 2009 #
Stretch/Strength (body pump) 55:00 [3]
shoes: Saucony Omni
last night I had an agitated sleep (work dreams don't help much!) so i was a bit tired again, but kept challenging myself nevertheless.
I'm only planning to run a bit wed and that's it before the race. can't start that in the state i'm right now or John will have to drag me all the way.
I'm only planning to run a bit wed and that's it before the race. can't start that in the state i'm right now or John will have to drag me all the way.
C • Race 4