Training Log Archive: arcticQn

Really didn't feel like running in the woods today...still quite sleepy. We'll do it tomorrow...
Instead I almost finished painting that desk and bureau, so soooooon i should be able to move my socks and underwear out of the paper bag that I've been living out of for the past 2 years!! :o)

Got back to the house around 10...turned on the tour (we had the previous stage recorded) and immediately fell asleep. Woke up at 2, ate some toast, back to tsleep, woke up at 7, made dinner, watched the Illusionist, went to bed at 10:45.
And it was a perfect day for this "activity" since it was pouring buckets outside.

Event: Racing Ahead NEARS Race#3
 

7am: Setting out controls in Meriden, NH for a foot-o section of the 24.

1pm: moving one control to another location (hilltop).... finally all teh controls are set!! (that seemed to take forever..)

The rest of Saturday was spent waiting for teams to arrive on bikes and head into the orienteering section. Kristoffer had pre-run the entire course (20controls) in 2hr5mins, estimating about 9miles. EMS showed up around 5, right on schedule and headed into teh woods. half hour later, Summit Achievement arrived and headed out. Next team in was Strongbadia, then Wicked Pissah. The only teams to get all cps was EMS and Summit, in 3hr50min (finishing with minimal daylight left,, which aided them immensly in the thick forests!!) and 6 hr something, respectively. I imagine that Summit slowed down quite a bit when darkness hit. Strongbadia got 13cps and Wicked got 12. the rest of teh teams went for the easy controls that were mostly on 1 side of the map.

now to pick up controls...that will be Monday.

K and I went to Oak Hill to pre-ride teh xterra course. 1 loop is about 9km i think, and the race will do it twice. (Nice having a course so close to home that we can do this!) Not marked very well at all, so we spent a lot of time backtracking to the correct trail(s) so we could ride the correct course. Still think we messed up a bit. But it was a good muddy ride. Then a quick dip in the pond, then raced over to the RA 24 headquarters to begin that whole adventure.

Setting out the rest of the controls. Tired today, couldn't run the hills and lacked motivation to be out in the woods. Thirsty and hot. I hope teams don't get too lost and frustrated out here...

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Setting out more controls for the 24's orienteering section.

Setting out controls for the 24. adding night-o controls to the ones we set yesterday.