Discussion: Daze 2

Here are some pictures from Daze 2 with explanatory commentary:

From publiken

This picture features, among other things, guest runner Joel Swisher, who is looking confused because he thought here would be cattle. But for a second straight day, there were no cattle. The guy in all blue (name withheld) looking at the ground is saying: "Where are my car keys, I put them right down here not 5 seconds ago?" The guy in white (name withheld) is saying: "Dude, ground squirrels got your keys and took them down their hole, you're never going to get them back." At extreme right is Jim Hall, with his back to the camera, thinking that will bring him good luck and that the vagaries of the day will go his way.

From publiken

In this photo, Graham Baird is telling everyone how it is going to go down. There will be moose, elk, but no cattle today, he says. The crowd is in disbelief. No cattle? How can that be? You can look at Sergei Zhyk at the extreme left and see he doesn't care about no stinkin' cattle. And now it is Eugene Mynczyk, in green, who is facing away from the camera. He caught on to what Jim Hall was doing and figured he would try for some good luck, too. But it is too late. Jim has already absorbed all of the available good luck allocated to Daze 2. Now only bad luck is left.

From publiken

In this photo it is clear resignation has set in among the racers: there will be no cattle today. Damn. But just look at that sky, so intense blue! It was that kind of sky that once led a band to ditch their original trial name of "The Red Jellos" to the name they became known for: Blue Oyster Cult. On the left horizon you can see the Happy Jack volcanic cone strutting so impressively high above everything else; maybe it was about to erupt! Maybe the cattle knew and they headed east for Cheyenne! That would totally explain why there were no cattle around today.

Results today were diffuse. Punching accuracy was notably better than yesterday. Everybody remembered to write down their names when they finished. Good! But not everyone quite mastered the art of also writing down a finish time. Okay, so there are still some things to work on. Anyway, here are some official results, and, for the rest, well, you had to be there.

Daze 2 Results, conditions sunny, seasonably quite warm but still pleasant, dry, light breeze, one large bull moose, some elk:

Red
1. Owen Baird 57:51
2. Sergei Zhyk 62.04
3. JP Lande 63.43
4. Greg Balter 70.53
5. Pete Curtis 74.06
6. Troy Bozarth 80.52

Green
1. Ludwig Hill 67.09
2. Sue Kuestner 73.37
2. Gavin Wyatt-Mair 73.37
4. Mark Parsons 82.05
5. Brooke Mann 82.27

Brown
1. Linda Moore 82.35

Kudos to Graham Baird for his outstanding course design. Daze 3 tomorrow.

Today's course/map (dashed lines show cut-offs for Brown and Green):

From publiken

You need warning signs for all those cattle. (from Bash's log):

Ah, I have a horse in this race. Go Eugene!

I just posted some Daze 2 photos from Graham Baird here.

Somehow, you left out an L in "Mlynczyk". And they weren't "The Red Jellos", they were "Soft White Underbelly", everybody knows that. But boy, do I love Pelican Bay. One of my most favoritest maps ever.

It is my way for getting back at the world for leaving an L out of my name for years. But I was quick in apprising Eugene at the scene today of my difficulties with his name, and apologized in advance. I can only hope that is enough, and that no hit will be organized against me.