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Saturday May 4, 2013 #
9 AM
Orienteering 1:09:00 14.03 mi (4:55 / mi) +203m 4:42 / mi
ahr:128 max:171
Yeehaw! First Adventure Race! With Barbara at the Get Your Bearings race at Bishop Lake. (Yes, where I'm planning o-courses for in 2 weeks, but no, that doesn't seem to DQ one for AR...) We came in 2nd overall by 5min and first double-female team!
But hmph because Garmin died some portion of the way into it, I guess while orienteering. Probably my fault for not fully charging plus having on 1sec recording! It also got quite wet in paddling section due to some swimming through marsh and now looks all funky. Probably should have plastic baggied it and put in bag, at least for the potentially wet sections....
So this really was a blast. We opted to 'trek' first, doing 3-2-1 along with a good troop of others (you could chose to paddle or trek first, and what order you did the controls.) Opted for the more direct marshy route, 'cause we're tough. Then paddle times. Barbara did a great job keeping straight lines and effectively dodging other boats in the narrow passage. I jumped overboard to nab a control that canoes were lined up for, which was probably a smidge quicker, but not terribly so, because I ended up blocked in by a canoe and wasn't enough dedicated to submerge myself in the totally blech gross marshy water.... In total, we were 3rd or 4th for this split (1h02, only timed to the minute).
Next biking, which we sailed through, even if a few teams were faster. The control in the pine plantation was totally my fav. Getting to bike truly off-road and off-path, woo! We cut one switch back of the bike trails, but generally that didn't seem that worth it, better to go with the flow of the one-direction singletrack. 4th fastest bike split in 0h52.
And then time to play o! Erm, treking I mean. =) I'd planned the route before hand, since you have oodles of time to do that, and Barbara and I pretty much did just as planned, cruising around. Kinda wished I had long pants on though! A 2nd fastest split on this moved us into 2nd overall, fun to come in and ring the cowbell. Love that as a finish mechanism!!
But hmph because Garmin died some portion of the way into it, I guess while orienteering. Probably my fault for not fully charging plus having on 1sec recording! It also got quite wet in paddling section due to some swimming through marsh and now looks all funky. Probably should have plastic baggied it and put in bag, at least for the potentially wet sections....
So this really was a blast. We opted to 'trek' first, doing 3-2-1 along with a good troop of others (you could chose to paddle or trek first, and what order you did the controls.) Opted for the more direct marshy route, 'cause we're tough. Then paddle times. Barbara did a great job keeping straight lines and effectively dodging other boats in the narrow passage. I jumped overboard to nab a control that canoes were lined up for, which was probably a smidge quicker, but not terribly so, because I ended up blocked in by a canoe and wasn't enough dedicated to submerge myself in the totally blech gross marshy water.... In total, we were 3rd or 4th for this split (1h02, only timed to the minute).
Next biking, which we sailed through, even if a few teams were faster. The control in the pine plantation was totally my fav. Getting to bike truly off-road and off-path, woo! We cut one switch back of the bike trails, but generally that didn't seem that worth it, better to go with the flow of the one-direction singletrack. 4th fastest bike split in 0h52.
And then time to play o! Erm, treking I mean. =) I'd planned the route before hand, since you have oodles of time to do that, and Barbara and I pretty much did just as planned, cruising around. Kinda wished I had long pants on though! A 2nd fastest split on this moved us into 2nd overall, fun to come in and ring the cowbell. Love that as a finish mechanism!!
Rowing 45:00 [1]
Cycling 52:00