Training Log Archive: fpb

Easy hike at Hocking Hills State Park in southeastern Ohio, which has the reputation of being the most scenic park in the state.

Event: Race of Hope
 

Swept the course with 2+ hours to spare! One of 7 teams to manage that (we were 6th) out of 20 overall.

Lost 50 minutes on a control hidden in a cave. The cave was near the edge of the circle, and after exhausting possibilities at the center of the circle, I went to the mouth of it, then climbed on top of it (a tremendous amount of work), but neglected to look inside it. We tried each of the adjacent reentrants, then back to our original spot where about 5 teams were gathered. Finally someone thought to look inside the cave. There were no control descriptions, which obviously would have helped.

Aside from this, our navigation was great. In fact, many of the controls were easy because they were meant to be reached via bike and canoe during the simultaneous adventure race.

Upon reflection, I think I would have preferred the adventure race. The adventure racers had something like a white course (described as a run), then a brown course, then a yellow course on bikes (with some hard route choices given the serpentine bike trails; I assume you weren't allowed to ride off-trail), then a white course in kayaks, then a blue course. For the rogainers, the run, bike and kayak controls were all just too easy.

Google Earth tells me just under 5,000 feet of climb!

C • Nice work! 2

Run home from work, last 2 miles in darkness. Heading for Ohio early tomorrow.

C • Have fun in Ohio! 2

Run home from work. Dark with about 5 minutes to go. I'll try pushing it for one more week after this.