Monday May 28 |
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| Florida Coast to Coast 3day AR |
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| C • wow! 8 |
| MTB (technical) 12:04:00 [3] ** 35.0 mi (20:40 / mi) | |
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| Road bike through Mayo and south into Mallory Swamp. Guess where the first CP was (answer: not where marked on the map!) Lots of teams had problems with this one too. We even investigated some other trails over to the east, but with no success. Finally we took a short nap, then decided to bag it and head for 26-27-28. It was a hard thrash to get to 26, but once there things got easier and the others were right on. Buck was almost dead tonight but perked up right near sunrise and started to tow all our sorry selves out of the swamp towards the last section. |
| Paddling (kayak) 2:40:00 [3] * 12.0 mi (13:19 / mi) | |
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| When we got to the paddle TA, a couple other teams were sleeping. We blew through TA in 6 minutes and cruised down the Steinhatchee River to the finish in town. The other teams weren't able to wake up and get going in time and couldn't overtake us - we were able to maintain a 10 minute gap and then a steady stream of finishers trickled in. Great finish, and a beautiful paddle as well.
Crossed the finish line in 2nd place, 3rd place overall.
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Sunday May 27 |
| Orienteering race 9:32:00 [3] ** 17.0 mi (33:38 / mi) | |
| spiked:2/3c |
| Took a quick TA and snuck out on the trek section before OA Gear. Our goal was to make the original 5 AM ropes cutoff (even though it had already changed to 8 AM.) Crossed the river on a footbridge and got a quick CP on the west side, then hiked down to the first traverse. We were the first team to arrive and got the volunteers out of bed.
The ropes were set up like a zip line and I went aross first. Unfortunately, the rope wasn't tight enough and was low enough that I plowed ass first into the river about halfway across and had to pull myself the rest of the way through. Everyone else did the same and we had a moment of consternation when we realized a couple of the maps got wet. We were able to dry them sufficiently, though, and I knew I could figure a way to sneak a peek at another team's maps later on.
After that, we had some nice hiking to the second (return) tracerse which was set up a little higher and tighter. Then a long hot trek with 2 more CPs, but we took a bad route out and wasted a lot of time getting to the next paddle section. OA Gear passed us while we looked for CP 23. |
| Paddling (kayak) race 5:17:00 [3] * 17.0 mi (18:38 / mi) | |
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| Simple paddle down the middle Suwannee River. Passed a lot more people and boats. There were several springs along the side of the river that were popular "swimmin' holes". We cooled off in one small rapid right near the end and pulled out at the Hwy 51 bridge. A bit slow since we were feeling the lack of sleep and had a headwind. |
| Miscellaneous race (transition) 1:18 [1] | |
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| Miscellaneous race (transition/sleep) 4:07:00 [0] | |
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Saturday May 26 |
| Miscellaneous race (transition) 4:03:00 [0] | |
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| Sleep and transition time at Ocean Pond. Includes time for second set of maps, plotting, and checking. |
| Hiking race 8:47:00 [3] *** 22.0 mi (23:57 / mi) | |
| spiked:0/3c |
| Trek to three "swamp points" placed in the middle of (dry) swampy areas 600-1500 meters from possible attack points. LOTS of teams were unable to find any of the teams, a couple of teams did but were just lucky. This became a major point of contention later in the race.
We teamed up with Dirty Fish (who included Ron Eaglin from FLO) and Relentless at SP1. We attacked from two different direction, DF did those two and a third and we all came to the exact same spot multiple times - the right spot on the map, but no flag...
Finally we decided to bag the three points. Jay made the point that if we couldn't find the one 600m in, 1500m was out of hte question. |
| MTB (road) race 1:55:00 [3] *** 34.0 mi (3:22 / mi) | |
| spiked:1/1c |
| From east of Lake City to the upper part of the Suwanee River. Good cool evening with the wind at our backs. |
| Paddling (kayak) race 6:27:00 [3] ** 22.0 mi (17:35 / mi) | |
| spiked:2/2c |
| Nightime paddle down the Suwannee River. Lots of twists and turns, but a quarter moon and bright stars helped guide the way. Picked up two CPs and had a cold last half. |
Friday May 25 |
| Orienteering race 3:38:00 [2] *** 16.0 mi (13:37 / mi) | |
| spiked:2/2c shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2007, gray) |
| Florida C2C Adventure Race. Started on the Atlantic coast near Guana River SP. Started with a road run down to the park entrance, then a trek through the park about a mile offshore. |
| MTB (road) 1:30:00 [3] ** 23.0 mi (3:54 / mi) | |
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| Bike from the TA to the paddle section. No checkpoints and a fast road ride. I think it was added at the last minute as an alternate route around the fires. |
| Paddling (kayak) race 5:19:00 [3] ** 17.0 mi (18:46 / mi) | |
| spiked:1/1c |
| Put in at Switzerland and paddling over the St. Johns River and through another one (name escapes me) to Middleburg. Windy with 2-3 foot waves on the St. Johns (2 mi wide) and we found the rudder was broken on our boat. That sucked. But at least we didn't get swamped by a curious manatee like another team. |
| MTB (technical) 8:20:00 [3] ** 75.0 mi (6:40 / mi) | |
| spiked:5/5c |
| Long bike through Jennings SF with some tricky drop-bike-and-bushwhack sections. Afterwards, an ice cream stop and a road ride to the midpoint of the course. |
| Miscellaneous race (transition) 40:00 [3] | |
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| TAs were quick. We decided to sleep at the course midpoint near Lake City. |
Sunday May 20 |
| Miscellaneous (rollerblading) 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| First time. Only fell once, at the end while not paying attention - otherwise good. |
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| C • Good Luck 1 |
Saturday May 19 |
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| Event: MNOC - Theodore Wirth Park
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| MNOC Wirth |
| Orienteering race 52:30 [4] *** 6.39 km (8:13 / km) +150m 7:21 / km | |
| spiked:18/20c shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2007, gray) |
| Nice 2-loop course at Wirth. Made about 3-4 min of errors and had to walk part of the way, but a decent run. Surprisingly hot out - only low 80s but it felt worse. |
| Orienteering race (sprint) 10:39 [4] *** 1.95 km (5:28 / km) +40m 4:57 / km | |
| spiked:11/12c shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2007, gray) |
| Very fast sprint, including some open field and trail running. Screwed up on #10, but it was slightly misplaced as well. |
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Red course - Splits |
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Sprint - Splits |
Thursday May 17 |
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| Tore down, cleaned and replaced components/cables on the bike. It's on its way to Florida tomorrow. |
Wednesday May 16 |
| MTB (technical) 52:00 [3] 8.1 mi (6:24 / mi) | |
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| One XX loop at Leb Hills with Dave. |
Tuesday May 15 |
| MTB (road) 2:15:00 [4] 31.2 mi (4:19 / mi) +450m 2:34 / km | |
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| Rode out to Minnehaha to meet the team. Did a few hills for tow practice, then rode over to 5-8 to meet Brian and back home after dinner. |
Sunday May 13 |
| Paddling (kayak) 1:50:00 [2] 4.0 mi (27:29 / mi) | |
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| Slow paddle on Calhoun, Isles, Cedar, Brownie. Saw 2 blue herons, a shorebird I have still to identify (green heron?), a muskrat, dozens of turtles, a large bat, and a pair of wood ducks. |
Saturday May 12 |
| Orienteering race 1:20:00 [3] *** 7 km (11:26 / km) +300m 9:25 / km | |
| spiked:3/5c shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006, black |
| Wild 12 hr Spring race. Started by copying down 5 CPs up on Soren's Bluff, ran up the entrance road and got them. A bit slow to get started and sloppy on the first couple, but managed to get a rhythm towards the end. Came back to paddle TA around 8th place.
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| C • congratz! 1 |
| Paddling (kayak) race 3:15:00 [3] ** 12.0 mi (16:15 / mi) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006, black |
| Entered the water at Colvill Park and paddled the orange boats down the Mississippi into Lake Pepin and around to the other side of Old Frontenac. Made decent time and extended the gap on some teams, even though my boat started to leak from the right side and took on some water. There was also a strong east wind that whipped up 2 foot waves in some places, but the boats rode over them nicely. |
| Hiking race 15:00 [2] * 1.0 mi (14:59 / mi) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006, black |
| Portaged the boats up to the TA at 61 and Co 2. Arrived very close to even with Speed Kills and Jiffy Lube. |
| Orienteering race 2:40:00 [3] *** 7.0 mi (22:51 / mi) +400m 12:04 / km | |
| spiked:4/4c shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006, black |
| Trekking into Frontenac SP. A river/swamp crossing over to the prairie area S of Co 2, then up and over the big bluffs. Looped back to the same TA. |
| MTB (road) race 3:15:00 [4] ** 38.2 mi (5:05 / mi) +600m 3:01 / km | |
| spiked:8/9c |
| Nice long bike with several "minimum maintenance" roads (including one with a full mile uphill) and a tremendous number of hills. Made a mistake on Grosse Pointe road and had to go up it once and down twice. |
| MTB (technical) race 1:03:00 [3] ** 4.2 mi (14:59 / mi) +180m 8:14 / km | |
| spiked:4/4c |
| Climbed up the back side of Soren's Bluff and got the CPs on the MTB trail. Then a screaming downhill back to the finish. Ended up in 2nd place, 12:21, with all but two CPs. WEDALI won and was the only team to finish all CPs, and they took just under 12:00 to do it. Funr ace and definitely the most difficult Dan has put on to date. |
| Miscellaneous race 33:00 [1] | |
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| Transition time including map work and mandatory 10 min at the boat TA. |
Thursday May 10 |
| MTB (technical) 1:01:00 [3] 8.4 mi (7:16 / mi) | |
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| Nice warm day at Leb Hills. |
Wednesday May 9 |
| MTB (road) 47:00 [2] 10.4 mi (4:30 / mi) | |
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| Tow practice on River Road with Brian, Suzanne and Rick. |
| MTB (technical) 45:40 [3] 7.4 mi (6:10 / mi) | |
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| One S loop and two N loops at Wirth with Chuck and Dave. |
Saturday May 5 |
| Hiking 1:00:00 [1] 4.0 mi (14:59 / mi) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2007, gray) |
| Hiking at Wolsfeld and Wood-rill. |
Thursday May 3 |
| MTB (road) 1:52:30 [3] 24.36 mi (4:36 / mi) +900m 2:34 / km | |
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| The full Prescription 4 Pain with Brian, Mark, Suzanne and Dave. 3 extra laps for a total of 28. |
Wednesday May 2 |
| Trail Run 1:10:00 [2] 8.1 mi (8:38 / mi) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2007, gray) |
| Easy run at Wirth with Rick and Suzanne, plus one faster loop by myself. |
Tuesday May 1 |
| Orienteering 1:25:00 [3] 10 km (8:30 / km) +150m 7:54 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2007, gray) |
| Picking up flags and tape by memory. Beautiful day. |