Daze 5 is now in the bag, and this Daze too goes down as a success at the brand new, never before used Devil's Claw venue/map. We must bow our heads and clasp hands to acknowledge the generous contribution made by the local ranchers, who at the last moment favored us by inserting an order of magnitude more race cattle into the race area than we have had on any of the previous race Daze this year.
More to follow about Daze 5? Maybe, but for now tomorrow's Goat course needs some watering.
This cow guarding the Daze control (the Daze control flies at the Finish, and touching the Daze control signals when an official finish time is determined) looks so lifelike that it's hard to tell it's not real, although if you look carefully you can see one of the legs has broken off. It's actually a Styrofoam cow purchased for $12.95 on sale at Lowes earlier in the summer. It's what you do if you absolutely, positively, must have a guard cow at the Daze control.
And what a job that guard cow is doing! Do you see even a single runner trying to sneak in to get to the Daze control?
(photo by Kissy)
Official Results, Daze 5, Devil's Claw. Conditions: seasonally average temperatures, some breeze, sunny with occasional clouds for viva la difference, no poisonous undervegetations, no water features that *had* to be contended with (not to say there were no runners that went out of their way to tangle with the wet, though), many cattle, one Styrofoam cow.
GREEN (no, this is not green shouting at you)
1 Pete Curtis 37.41
2 Paul Clatterbuck 51.09
3 Kean Williams 51.3
4 Ludwig Hill 51.45
5 Mark Parsons 52.01
6 Brooke Mann 53.31
7 Kris Beecroft 59.35
8 Sam Bali 62.11
9 Cindy Shellito 71.16
10 Ardis Dull 72.47
11 Linda Moore 73.02
12 Sheryl Lehman 80.03
13 Sam Listwak 80.12
14 Dean Huwe 80.24
15 Jim Hall 81.56
16 Valentina Shcherbinina 85.07
17 Team C2 102.58
18 Scott Donald 113.33
19 Shirley Donald 113.33
20 Carl Moore 127.34
21 Amy Winston 129.54
22 Sally Gilman 141.01
23 Jen Lavely a really, really long time, but no ATV
RED (no, this is not Red shouting at you)
1 Graham Baird 51.37
2 Greg Walker 55.55
3 JP Lande 57.26
4 Greg Balter 59.07
5 Troy Bozarth 63.43
6 Ron Birks 65.01
7 Sverre Froyen 69.58
8 Charlie Shahbazian 70.01
9 Eugene Mlynczyk 77.13
10 Dennis Carney 78.36
11 Carol Ross 80.16
12 Doug Berling 83.41
13 Eric Concannon 84.33
14 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 90.51
15 Colby Rickard 90.57
16 Brendan White 91.08
17 Sue Kuestner 91.08
18 Dmitriy Zamoshchin 93.11
19 Troy Couture 93.53
20 John Crowther 97.31
21 Ralph Lindzen 117.32
22 John Murray 117.59
23 Peg Davis 130.11
24 Scott Drumm 133.19
Sergei Zhyk DNF
funny....I saw the same cow- very lifelike movements. You must have paid extra for that.
Sure looks like a price tag in the ear---or a tag of some sort
The Devil's Claw map and courses from Daze 5. It's important to note that temporary/movable features such as Styrofoam cows were not surveyed.