Rocky Mountain Goat: 12.2 kms, 19 controls, conditions sunny, dry, steady west winds, temps in upper 70s to lower 80s.
As you will see from the results, the Baird Brothers (Graham and Owen) stormed the course with a speed that could not be matched by the rest of the field. Their secret sauce? Perhaps it was early and liberal consumption of the ultra high performance drink provided at the refreshment controls, which other runners only gradually caught on to. This is suggested by the observation that at refreshment stop #1 2 cans of performance beverage had been consumed, at refreshment stop #2 4 cans were consumed, while at refreshment stop #3 all cans of ultra high performance drink had been consumed and someone left a hand written note stating: "No more high performance beverage left; all is lost, please notify next of kin."
1 Graham Baird 82.45
2 Owen Baird 83.03
3 JP Lande 92.59
4 Greg Walker 96.26
5 Craig Murray 100.31
6 Will Hubsch 102.04
7 Rick Breseman 104.31
8 Dennis Carney 106.33
9 Troy Bozarth 106.41
10 Ron Birks 108.01
11 Pete Curtis 108.32
12 Carol Ross 110.59
13 Ted Good 111.16
14 Jeremy Colgan 111.17
15 Mark Prior 119.01
16 Charlie Shahbazian 119.59
16 Glen Tryson 119.59
18 Ludwig Hill 124.23
19 Joe Sackett 126.15
20 Walter Siegenthaler 126.37
21 Takashi Sugiyama 126.46
22 Sue Kuestner 127.23
23 Gavin Wyatt-Mair 134.16
24 Doug Berling 134.42
25 Mark Parsons 135.13
26 David Waller 142.31
27 Peter Dady 143.26
28 Kevin Teschendorf 158.31
29 John Crowther 162.41
30 Erin Binder 173.33
31 Donna Fluegel 175.48
32 Janet Tryson 175.48
33 Sam Listwak 196.28
34 Bob Lehman 196.34
(plus many who started but who did not finish, presumably for having failed to advantage themselves of the ultra high performance beverage early and often)
Are you allowed to skip a control at this Goat?
Great time out there and no on skipping a control.
Looks like a fantastic course/terrain.
sorry I missed it this year...
Those pictures by smoke show what a nice day it was. But the pictures are deceptive in that you would never, ever be able to guess what the terrain is like just to judge from the start or finish areas. For that, the pictures by dyee give a better hint. It's an incredibly good area.