Trail Run warm up/down 9:00 1.39 km (6:28 / km) +9m6:16 / km ahr:116 max:147 shoes: Black Jalas
At Moreau SP, from the Winter parking area to the main parking area (with a pit stop at the new "facility" at the warming hut on the way). The parking area was quite full as people took advantage of a 45F day.
Trail Run warm up/down 3:46* 0.39 km (9:35 / km) +30m6:56 / km ahr:122 max:133 shoes: Black Jalas
From the main parking area to where I started orienteering (with an unrecorded side trip to check out a possible spectator control for the BG).
Orienteering57:54**** 5.56 km (10:25 / km) +272m8:22 / km ahr:143 max:157 spiked:8/8c shoes: Black Jalas
Test run of part(s) of the Billygoat course in an effort to judge how long to make it. This place is absolutely wonderful to run in - Do Not Miss This Event - Tell your Friends!
The weather was just about perfect, 45F with some sun. And no bugs. About 10 degrees warmer and no bugs for the BG would be nice, but the bug-free part is unlikely.
Tried to run it at near race pace, but I'm sure it would be different with a hundred or so others running at the same time. I figure my knowledge of the area and already having been to the control sites more or less offsets the lack of direct competition. Hit all the points OK but drifted a little wide on a couple of the routes as I got tired.
Now I need to do some min/km calculations to see how much adjusting I need to do.
Trail Run21:57** 2.4 km (9:08 / km) +22m8:44 / km ahr:130 max:151 shoes: Black Jalas
Woods and trail run back to the parking area from the last control point I visited. Only 22m of climb!
Trail Run48:04 4.62 mi (10:24 / mi) +143m9:29 / mi ahr:134 max:149 shoes: NB 573 Trail Shoes
Trails at Greenport Conservation Area (along the river, just north of Hudson, NY). 50F and sunny!! A few showers earlier in the day, but then cleared. Trails were muddy and slippery in places, probably more due to the very wet year we've had rather than this morning's rain. The top 1/2" or so of the ground had thawed, so it was firm but with a soft, slippery layer on top. Hills were especially challenging (both up and down). Covered most of the trails in the area. A few nice overlooks of the Hudson (River, not city). Had a nice lunch afterwards on Warren St in Hudson at one of the several good restaurants which have sprung up as a result of gentrification.