in: QOC Jug Bay;
| # Posted 2008-06-03 15:06:57 | |
| ken: | Anyone know what time the mass start is? |
| # Posted 2008-06-03 16:42:19 | |
| peggyd: | I'm pretty sure it's noon.
I'm going to try to get out meet notes by tomorrow. |
| # Posted 2008-06-04 11:21:14 | |
| glennon: | Registration should be open from 10:30-11:30, and the mass start instructions will be announced around 11:45 followed by the start at noon.
More details should be on the website within 24 hours. |
| # Posted 2008-06-05 22:38:15 | |
| cporter: | I've never run an orienteering Chase with beer before, but I'm considering giving it a try. I was just wondering if any veterans of the The Chase had any beer preferences/recommendations?
Also how much do we drink at our "beverage" stops? Is it our choice or is there a required amount of beverage consumption per stop? I'm just thinking that if we have to drink a whole beer at each stop, that's a lot if I run the long course - the 4 beers alone would do a number on me (light-weight that I am) even without the added benefit of orienteering. |
| # Posted 2008-06-05 23:00:52 | |
| vmeyer: | The event is a blast! Though it should be hot and muggy, with lots of mosquitoes promised, added to the fact that the low lying wet areas should be really wet, an excellent setting on the water, and the great company make up for all of that!
The beer is usually provided, and it isn't generally of the lite variety, though I guess you could provide your own. Cups are the ~9 oz size, and you have to drink a full one at the beginning, between each loop, and at the end. We will be taking the famous "beer split" again this year, and I hold the crown (self-designated) for drinking the fastest (and probably for going through the deepest water as well). You can do the event in the non-Beer category, just by choosing an alternate beverage. Speaking of lightweights, nothing has topped the year of the "windows", and seeing the splits of a woman who kept going in and out of this one window because she couldn't remember which ones she had been to. And after all of that, she still hadn't gotten them all. No, it wasn't me! |
| # Posted 2008-06-06 06:58:26 | |
| cporter: | Sounds great! I'm looking forward to it. I'll just be sure to be well hydrated before the race and pack bug spray. I wouldn't pass on an opportunity where it is not only deemed acceptable, but encouraged to OWI (orienteer while intoxicated)! |
| # Posted 2008-06-06 08:19:03 | |
| kissy: | Since it's unseemly to actually *become* intoxicated, you should employ the beer drinking style that I have embraced. That is, drink very sloppily so that a good deal of your beer dribbles down the front of your O-suit. This was especially effective last year, when we were running in the pouring rain, and no one could tell. But...don't let Valerie see you doing this...she's the beer-drinking czar and will DQ you on the spot!! |
| # Posted 2008-06-06 10:03:04 | |
| glennon: | Rumor has it that last year several orienteers also (re?)discovered that copious beer plus copious rain also allowed one to dribble elsewhere, shall we say, without affecting one's min/km or even breaking stride, and regardless of gender. [And you can't get DQ'd by Valerie for this either. On second thought, maybe you could ...]
Confirming: beer will be provided this year as always (to both runners and mosquitoes). Also, since the host for the QOC website is apparently having power outage-related problems (all their hosted websites are currently down), I'll repost a good chunk of the announcement that's there for your perusal in the next comment (wouldn't want to mix it with this one!) |
| # Posted 2008-06-06 10:07:23 | |
| glennon: | Jug Bay, Sunday June 8, 2008
Meet Director: Mike Newman Course Setter: peggyd 10:30 am Registration Opens 11:30 am Registration Closes 11:30 am Annual General Meeting 12:00 Mass Start for `The Chase', with your choice of beverage: Beer, Soda, or Water Post Chase: Annual PICNIC and AWARDS CEREMONY Picnic Details: QOC will provide beverages, desserts and paper goods. People should bring picnic foods to share. A grill will be available and BBQing is encouraged! MEET NOTES: NO PETS allowed in the park Mosquitoes have thrived given the wet weather this Spring ? you are hereby forewarned! We are not kidding ? spray, treat, wipe, screen, wear body armor, and whatever else you can think of! But we understand that the problem lessens as the beer intake increases. Courses: Very Short: 1 loop = 0.9 km (the last loop for the Long course) Short: 2 loops, total = 5.1 km, 3 beer/beverage stops Long: 3 loops, total = 7.5 km, 4 beer/beverage stops I [Peggy] have not calculated climb. The area is flat with deeply incised stream valleys/reentrants of up to 3 contours (15 meters). The woods are mostly pleasant, ranging from very open & fast white woods to slow green (mostly mountain laurel). The longer courses avoid the thicker areas for the most part; the shorter courses offer route choice through or around the thickest parts. There are very few trails. The woods are a bit greener and wetter than in past years, due to the abundance of rain this spring. Everything that resembles a watercourse or intermittent lake is wet. Plan on your feet getting wet. (Unless you fall, the rest of you should stay dry, assuming it's not raining.) The mosquitoes are especially fierce this year, no doubt also due to the abundance of spring rain. I recommend serious bug protection of your choice. I did notice some poison ivy in the woods but it is not extensive. There are probably ticks, but I didn't find any and they didn't find me. The event is a mass-start multi-loop race with beverage stops (starting with a drink, then a course, then a drink, then a course ? & so on depending on the course you're doing and ending with a final drink); the Very Short has optional beverage drinking. Because it's a mass start, following is allowed. Be aware that others may not be on the same course you are on, and that there are many controls in the woods and they are close together. You definitely want to *check your codes*. There is, as always, a twist to the event (i.e., it's not just like any other event, even discounting the drinking aspect), which will be explained in a pre-race briefing that will begin no later than 11:45. Mass start is at noon. We will be using e-punching, so make sure you arrive in time to register, clear, check, and be ready for the briefing. If you've never been to Jug Bay, give yourself more time than you think you need: it takes a while to get there once you're off Rt. 4. The map has some 2008 updates. Scale is 1:7500. Contour interval is 5 meters. Remember to bring a dish to share for the post-race potluck picnic, held on the lovely shore of the Patuxent River, hosted by Dave Linthicum & Peggy Brosnan. If you opt for the beer as your beverage, we strongly encourage you to stay for the food! There is a carport if it rains (as it did last year). Come ready to run, eat, and socialize. Note: There will be an additional $2 fee to the regular meet fee to cover the beverages, dessert and a donation to the Jug Bay Sanctuary (ie the park we are using). - Epunch will be used. - Note the registration times. Registration for Mass start will close at 11:30 sharp so don't be late. DIRECTIONS: Rt. 4 Capital Beltway exit, head south/east on Rt. 4 for 8 miles (where you cross over U.S. Rt. 301), then 3 more miles south (into Anne Arundel County) on Rt. 4 to the "Plummer Lane" exit. Ignore all "Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary" signs and continue on Plummer Lane (which becomes Pindell Rd.) for 2.0 miles, making a hard right turn at 9 mailboxes. Take the paved "River Farm" road for a mile though the O' map terrain; after the road become dirt, look for parking in the field a bit before the house by Jug Bay. For those driving with GPS units (or looking at aerial views): the driveway off Pindell Rd is at 38.7758, -76.6833, and the Start/Finish is at 38.7746, -76.7013. |
| # Posted 2008-06-06 19:37:24 | |
| vmeyer: | Well, since I will probably be one of the last people off of the course, I guess all dribbling infractions will go unchecked for yet another year. |
| # Posted 2008-06-06 21:10:59 | |
| feet: | Maybe some of you can try drinking without the beer bottle/can touching your lips ;) |
| # Posted 2008-06-06 21:56:44 | |
| eddie: | Cups are provided and are pre-filled. This is a high-falutin' affair. Pinky out. |
| # Posted 2008-06-06 22:06:08 | |
| vmeyer: | Though pouring your portion over your head is not allowed.
Are you joining us this year, Eddie? |
| # Posted 2008-06-06 22:18:41 | |
| eddie: | Oh yeah! I'll be there. After last year's gully washer, 95F and 90% humidity with skeeters will seem tame. |
| # Posted 2008-06-06 22:27:03 | |
| vmeyer: | Oh, right, now it is coming back to me!! Everyone crammed like sardines under the carport and tents because it was raining so hard. |
| # Posted 2008-06-07 06:55:01 | |
| orienteeringmom: | One would have to think about what our QOC neighbors to the south are teaching our young adults about drinking and Oing, We let our young adult offspring gravitate to your neck of the woods and look what happens. It is a good thing that she has not given up her ties to her true Oing beginning in that better O club to the North. MAN! Are we jealous! It is a shame that the drive down and back would be longer than the time spent in the woods by both of us and with the price of gas these days very unrealistic to do! Hey kid have a beer for your good old parents while you are at it. It really is a shame that your brother is so far away, too because this would definitely be an Orienteering meet he would love! Have a great time and be safe and show them how to drink and O like the best of them. |
| # Posted 2008-06-07 09:03:29 | |
| randy: | I was just wondering if any veterans of the The Chase had any beer preferences/recommendations?
No doubt about it. Victory Golden Monkey. At ~9.5 ABV, makes for great in-race refueling :) |
| # Posted 2008-06-07 20:20:34 | |
| cporter: | Wait, you scold QOC, but then encourage me to drink in your stead? I seem to recall drinking with DVOAers first anyway. The whole argument is irrelevant since I am an adult of legal drinking age who is capable of making her own decisions. Speaking of decisions - I've already made my mind up to join QOC (as my secondary club). |
| # Posted 2008-06-08 00:24:47 | |
| peggyd: | Welcome to the QOC-as-secondary-club Club! I think of QOC as my "home" club (since my home is here) and OK as my "competitive" club.
Now let's celebrate with a beer. Or four. |
| # Posted 2008-06-08 02:10:55 | |
| cporter: | That is a better way of putting it... |
| # Posted 2008-06-08 03:38:15 | |
| orienteeringmom: | QOC is a great choice as a secondary club! Yes you are right, you did drink first at an DVOA event last fall but it was not in conjunction with running a course but I will concede to you my adult daughter which I do believe I have always treated as such. All of you have a great time and take care in all of the heat and humidtiy that we have suddenly acquired.
May the best WOMAN win by dear! |
| # Posted 2008-06-08 16:30:15 | |
| gordhun: | I understand it is over 100 degrees down there this weekend. We are pretty close to that in Ottawa also. I hope the four beer stops will be enough. Are participants allowed to re-visit controls?
This all reminds me of one of Orienteering Quebec's early traditions - the Colin Kirk Invitational which happened between about 1971 and 1974 in the Montreal area. Usually Colin's refreshments were more of the mixed variety like 'screwdrivers' and Bloody Mary's. I guess their jugs were easier to carry in to the woods than cases of beer. I think those meets had record high levels of DNF's but who was counting? There are no records of injuries but I hear rumors that a few relationships were put in peril as M 21/35/45 etc and F 21/35/45 etc courses visited common controls. |
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