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Saturday Apr 15, 2017 #
9 AM
Orienteering race 10:52:51 [4] 27.78 mi (23:30 / mi) +1099m 20:56 / mi
shoes: Solomon Speedcross - Green
Conquer the Crossroads 12h Rogaine
Teamed up with W4J and Andy Brown as Topo the Mountain. Received maps when we checked in at ~7:30 and had until 9 to plan. Decided on a CW route, heading N first to hit the higher density points and then looping S. Had a plan to clear, which we thought might be possible if we kept up a good pace.
After a brief pre-race meeting we were off! Chugged up a big hill to the first CP. Whew! Didn't quite go far enough for the second flag, but after a couple minutes of confusion, figured it out and found the CP. Took me a while to adjust to the 1:24k scale after racing the 1:5k sprints last weekend.
The first section was very hilly, lots of climb that couldn't really be avoided. In hindsight I'm very glad we tackled the hilliest section first. Saw a few teams behind us on the out and back sections. We were moving really well through here, my navigation was solid.
After a few hours it started getting hot. High for the day was mid-80's. Andy started having some trouble with cramping, so we slowed it down and tried to work that out. Unfortunately he felt pretty bad for the rest of the day. I took his pack and W4J took the punch and we kept moving. Throughout the rest of the race I tried to minimize climb as much as possible. There were lots of ridge lines through the park that we travelled along and just dropped down to grab CPs.
About half way through we decided that we weren't going to be able to clear, so we took a look at the map and dropped a couple points that required a lot of climb. At some point in here we ran into the RD as we were trekking along a road and he gave us a gallon of water - that saved the day for us!! Allowed us to drop a low point CP with a ton of climb that we otherwise would've needed to grab just to refill on water.
After 8ish hours my feet really started to hurt, first time I've had this problem in AR. And Andy was beat. So we dropped 2 more CPs and just headed for the finish. Luckily, there was a trail that headed right where we wanted to go! I'm not sure we would've made it without that trail... Finished in daylight with a little over an hour to spare.
Great race organization. Maps were nice, all the CPs were accurately placed with descriptive clues. There were no trails on the map, which lost us some time, but it was likely the same for everyone. Really impressed with my teammates! Andy powered through, if I felt that terrible I would've suggested heading back long before he did. And W4J did a great job punching all the flags! Also happy with my navigation, it was solid throughout.
Teamed up with W4J and Andy Brown as Topo the Mountain. Received maps when we checked in at ~7:30 and had until 9 to plan. Decided on a CW route, heading N first to hit the higher density points and then looping S. Had a plan to clear, which we thought might be possible if we kept up a good pace.
After a brief pre-race meeting we were off! Chugged up a big hill to the first CP. Whew! Didn't quite go far enough for the second flag, but after a couple minutes of confusion, figured it out and found the CP. Took me a while to adjust to the 1:24k scale after racing the 1:5k sprints last weekend.
The first section was very hilly, lots of climb that couldn't really be avoided. In hindsight I'm very glad we tackled the hilliest section first. Saw a few teams behind us on the out and back sections. We were moving really well through here, my navigation was solid.
After a few hours it started getting hot. High for the day was mid-80's. Andy started having some trouble with cramping, so we slowed it down and tried to work that out. Unfortunately he felt pretty bad for the rest of the day. I took his pack and W4J took the punch and we kept moving. Throughout the rest of the race I tried to minimize climb as much as possible. There were lots of ridge lines through the park that we travelled along and just dropped down to grab CPs.
About half way through we decided that we weren't going to be able to clear, so we took a look at the map and dropped a couple points that required a lot of climb. At some point in here we ran into the RD as we were trekking along a road and he gave us a gallon of water - that saved the day for us!! Allowed us to drop a low point CP with a ton of climb that we otherwise would've needed to grab just to refill on water.
After 8ish hours my feet really started to hurt, first time I've had this problem in AR. And Andy was beat. So we dropped 2 more CPs and just headed for the finish. Luckily, there was a trail that headed right where we wanted to go! I'm not sure we would've made it without that trail... Finished in daylight with a little over an hour to spare.
Great race organization. Maps were nice, all the CPs were accurately placed with descriptive clues. There were no trails on the map, which lost us some time, but it was likely the same for everyone. Really impressed with my teammates! Andy powered through, if I felt that terrible I would've suggested heading back long before he did. And W4J did a great job punching all the flags! Also happy with my navigation, it was solid throughout.