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Sunday Jun 23, 2013 #
5 AM
Rogaine 6:10:00 [2] 24.0 km (15:25 / km) +306m 14:30 / km
shoes: Scarpa walking shoe
Up at 5.20am and out by 5.45am with a lovely bacon cheesy - maybe the food situation had been sorted?
The morning route was south east to the big points - about 410 in 2hrs and then winding back in. All went really well, apart from being a bit left at 85. Luckily we felt like we were, so as we walked up the slope slightly south of the control we were looking out to the right and spotted it about 200m away.
Kept an eye on the time an we both thought if we were back in at 46 by 10.45am that we should extend the loop to add 64 and 33, which we did. We jog/walked to 64 and JB said his calf was starting to play up but he was able to push through it. Hit 33 with 20 minutes to do the 2km back to HH, so we jogged it to make sure and made it with five minutes to spare.
Managed our highest score ever of 2500pts and finished 6th overall, only 10 behind 5th and 80 behind 4th. Given we got our plan plus 90 pts, we were happy with the result.
Now for lunch. No bread, no rolls, no meat based stews. Oddly, plenty of bacon. My lunch was 5 bits of bacon, a piece of chocolate cake and half a piece of vanilla slice. Apparently the food order had been stuffed up, so absolutely no fault of the HH team, but still not a great way to finish a good event.
Speaking of which, we managed to shred a tyre on the track back to Albany Hwy. No big issue, except that JB's lock nut key for his alloy wheels had not been returned by the mechanic after a service, so we couldn't remove the wheel. Three hours later we had the car on a tow truck and we were home by 6pm. We had quite a few offers of help from other rogainers and I caught a lift down to Nth Bannister which meant we got the local towing number - although they came from Perth anyway.
Overall, a really good course and we were happy with our performance. we'll be back, surprise, surprise. JB also said he'd be interested in setting an event next year, so we may look at doing the May 12hr. Anyone keen to jump on board?
The morning route was south east to the big points - about 410 in 2hrs and then winding back in. All went really well, apart from being a bit left at 85. Luckily we felt like we were, so as we walked up the slope slightly south of the control we were looking out to the right and spotted it about 200m away.
Kept an eye on the time an we both thought if we were back in at 46 by 10.45am that we should extend the loop to add 64 and 33, which we did. We jog/walked to 64 and JB said his calf was starting to play up but he was able to push through it. Hit 33 with 20 minutes to do the 2km back to HH, so we jogged it to make sure and made it with five minutes to spare.
Managed our highest score ever of 2500pts and finished 6th overall, only 10 behind 5th and 80 behind 4th. Given we got our plan plus 90 pts, we were happy with the result.
Now for lunch. No bread, no rolls, no meat based stews. Oddly, plenty of bacon. My lunch was 5 bits of bacon, a piece of chocolate cake and half a piece of vanilla slice. Apparently the food order had been stuffed up, so absolutely no fault of the HH team, but still not a great way to finish a good event.
Speaking of which, we managed to shred a tyre on the track back to Albany Hwy. No big issue, except that JB's lock nut key for his alloy wheels had not been returned by the mechanic after a service, so we couldn't remove the wheel. Three hours later we had the car on a tow truck and we were home by 6pm. We had quite a few offers of help from other rogainers and I caught a lift down to Nth Bannister which meant we got the local towing number - although they came from Perth anyway.
Overall, a really good course and we were happy with our performance. we'll be back, surprise, surprise. JB also said he'd be interested in setting an event next year, so we may look at doing the May 12hr. Anyone keen to jump on board?
Saturday Jun 22, 2013 #
Event: WARA 24hr Winter Rogaine
11 AM
Rogaine 8:45:04 [2] 37.27 km (14:05 / km) +682m 12:55 / km
shoes: Scarpa walking shoe
Pikes Pursuit 24hr rogaine.
We planned about 33km out to the NW and around the top of the map. We couldn't work out a decent loop that went all the way west as there seemed to be a big gap between the western third of the controls and the rest. Set off north with 2 other teams (inc MrR and ameko, so it must have been the right way to go!), figuring the the huge numbers at to big pointers in close might slow things up unless we hammered the start. After MrR/ameko disappeared we dropped off the other team doing our exact route and didn't see anyone for about 3hrs, always being 2nd to the controls. No issues at all, all the way through to dark, except that JB's compass magically demagnatised for no reason at all, so we were down to one compass.
We got about halfway out of 56 to 103 before needing torches. We got to about the right distance and saw some torches down to our left. I actually said "I hate seeing other torches, I always get distracted." We would have saved some time if we'd checked them out, but we barrelled on and missed 103 to the right. It felt wrong almost straight away, so we didn't go too far past. We stopped and scratched our heads at how to best relocate and decided on following the back bearing was the best option. Fortunately that got us straight back to the gully and 103, so we only lost about 10 minutes.
All smooth after that and we were back in by 8.45pm.
Portent of things to come when were getting dinner. They had already gone through all of the beef curry and were onto the only batch of beef strog. Quiet alarm bells started to ring.
We planned about 33km out to the NW and around the top of the map. We couldn't work out a decent loop that went all the way west as there seemed to be a big gap between the western third of the controls and the rest. Set off north with 2 other teams (inc MrR and ameko, so it must have been the right way to go!), figuring the the huge numbers at to big pointers in close might slow things up unless we hammered the start. After MrR/ameko disappeared we dropped off the other team doing our exact route and didn't see anyone for about 3hrs, always being 2nd to the controls. No issues at all, all the way through to dark, except that JB's compass magically demagnatised for no reason at all, so we were down to one compass.
We got about halfway out of 56 to 103 before needing torches. We got to about the right distance and saw some torches down to our left. I actually said "I hate seeing other torches, I always get distracted." We would have saved some time if we'd checked them out, but we barrelled on and missed 103 to the right. It felt wrong almost straight away, so we didn't go too far past. We stopped and scratched our heads at how to best relocate and decided on following the back bearing was the best option. Fortunately that got us straight back to the gully and 103, so we only lost about 10 minutes.
All smooth after that and we were back in by 8.45pm.
Portent of things to come when were getting dinner. They had already gone through all of the beef curry and were onto the only batch of beef strog. Quiet alarm bells started to ring.