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Sunday May 13, 2018 #
Event: 2018 Billygoat XL
10 AM
Orienteering race (goat) 2:13:19 **** 9.41 km (14:10 / km) +297m 12:14 / km
ahr:142 max:165 spiked:14/15c shoes: 2017 Inov8 ArcticClaw 300
Pygmy version of Billygoat XL at Blue Mountain Reservation (1:10000) near Peekskill, NY. Nominally 7.6 km with ~300m climb
Maps were printed on waterproof paper with no cases. It survived a fall into a creek but was stiff enough that it's hard to fold so it was like running with a stiff placemat part of the time.
Finished a good 53 minutes behind Kseniya, but only about 4 behind Susie D. And if I hadn't messed up the navigation to 11 I would have been closer, so I'm pretty happy with my time. 6th overall of about 16 or 17 Pygmys.
Talked briefly to Eric Bressler (LIOC) before the race where he reminisced being about the same speed as me, and it turned out that from #1 on he was right behind me. He pulled a bit ahead on the trail run to the first control (big trail left of the line), but I reached the flag ahead of him, I think (micro route choice in to the flag). I also took a different than him from the last control in.
So I only messed up when a large group of Billygoaters caught up at our #10 their #14 (EC, boulder) and started one way but then second guessed the route around/through the marshiness. They (Paul Bennett and entourage) went left to go around and I didn't want to follow because I wasn't sure they were headed to the same next control, so went right, intending to cross a short section of non-green marsh, between hill and uncrossable marsh, and along stream, just south of the line. But apparently I ended up much closer to the big trail than I thought and was saved by a family hiking by when we shouldn't have been able to see anyone. Corrected and followed cliffs along hillside SW of the control. Slipped on a stream crossing (wobbly rock) and got my pants and legs wet so it was a good thing there was only a bit more than a km left to go.
From 14-AV in to AR I didn't want to run the road so contoured the hill below the Lodge and probably took longer than I would have if I'd run the road, but whatever.
Fun...thanks to Joe, Geoff, Rick, Donna, Craig, and all the volunteers who set out/picked up controls, and put out snacks (and cake!).
Happy Mother's Day to all moms!
Maps were printed on waterproof paper with no cases. It survived a fall into a creek but was stiff enough that it's hard to fold so it was like running with a stiff placemat part of the time.
Finished a good 53 minutes behind Kseniya, but only about 4 behind Susie D. And if I hadn't messed up the navigation to 11 I would have been closer, so I'm pretty happy with my time. 6th overall of about 16 or 17 Pygmys.
Talked briefly to Eric Bressler (LIOC) before the race where he reminisced being about the same speed as me, and it turned out that from #1 on he was right behind me. He pulled a bit ahead on the trail run to the first control (big trail left of the line), but I reached the flag ahead of him, I think (micro route choice in to the flag). I also took a different than him from the last control in.
So I only messed up when a large group of Billygoaters caught up at our #10 their #14 (EC, boulder) and started one way but then second guessed the route around/through the marshiness. They (Paul Bennett and entourage) went left to go around and I didn't want to follow because I wasn't sure they were headed to the same next control, so went right, intending to cross a short section of non-green marsh, between hill and uncrossable marsh, and along stream, just south of the line. But apparently I ended up much closer to the big trail than I thought and was saved by a family hiking by when we shouldn't have been able to see anyone. Corrected and followed cliffs along hillside SW of the control. Slipped on a stream crossing (wobbly rock) and got my pants and legs wet so it was a good thing there was only a bit more than a km left to go.
From 14-AV in to AR I didn't want to run the road so contoured the hill below the Lodge and probably took longer than I would have if I'd run the road, but whatever.
Fun...thanks to Joe, Geoff, Rick, Donna, Craig, and all the volunteers who set out/picked up controls, and put out snacks (and cake!).
Happy Mother's Day to all moms!
Friday May 11, 2018 #
Yoga 50:00 [1]
Focus: abs and hip stretching
Wednesday May 9, 2018 #
3 PM
Walking 48:35 3.0 mi (16:12 / mi) +79m 14:59 / mi
ahr:108 max:130 shoes: Sauc TriumphISO-silver/gr/blue
Mid to upper 70s, partly sunny (warm). Lots of flowers and trees in bloom.
6 PM
Note
Saw our first hummingbird at the feeder, and new fuchsia and impatiens, this afternoon (though it's likely he's been there before). It's hard to see the feeders from our usual sitting area.
Several neighbors out grilling on this glorious evening... we're just sitting on the screened porch. I think we're the only ones--in the circle of houses whose back yards we can see--who do NOT have a grill.
Several neighbors out grilling on this glorious evening... we're just sitting on the screened porch. I think we're the only ones--in the circle of houses whose back yards we can see--who do NOT have a grill.
Monday May 7, 2018 #
7 AM
Walking (rail trail) 1:04:00 [3] 5.53 km (11:34 / km) +12m 11:27 / km
shoes: Sauc TriumphISO-silver/gr/blue
Before breakfast (but after a half cup of coffee), from the motel, with my brother (who uses a Fitbit and an Apple watch). Motel is perched up on a hill, and we used a switchback trail to descend and return.
Saw a couple of rabbits, some goldfinches, blue jays, and other assorted birds.
Saw a couple of rabbits, some goldfinches, blue jays, and other assorted birds.