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Team Santa Fe Newsletter
March 2003
Tucson, AZ
February 9, 2003
Barb Dutrow
http://www.azroadrunners.org/events/valentine/results/03.html
The Valentine 10K runs along the Rillito River Path, a straight, flat and
narrow two lane pathway. This relatively fast course is slowed by two hairpin
turns, dividing the course into two 1.5mile segments and a 3 miles segment.
Clear blue skies, temperatures in the 40's and moderate wind made for great
running conditions. The race began fast, because a 5K starts at the same
time. Wind this year was less than last year, but made for a hard race. Trying
to pick off the woman directly ahead of me, I picked up the pace in the last
two miles and caught her about 25 yards from the finish. After all of that
work, she was in the couples division! Finish 44:38; 7:12 min/mile: 1st Master
Female, 7th female overall; 30th overall.
Organized and directed by the Southern Arizona Roadrunners, it has become
an annual, low-key event, with ample, delicious food - bagels and cream cheese,
valentine cookies, fruit, water. Prizes were hand made hearts and flowers
for the women; various give always from local sponsors.b
Scottsdale, AZ
Feb. 16 2003
Barb Dutrow
http://www.arizonaroadracers.com/Dclassicmar2003.htm
Place Name
Div/Tot Time Pace
43 Barbara Dutrow 1/28 1:35:56 7:20
Adding a few races to the marathon training schedule is an easy method to
do speed work. Traveling to Tucson for business provided the option for two
excellent races.
The Desert Classic Half Marathon began at dawn, under clear blue skies, with
perfect temperatures in the 40's. Beginning in the parking lot of the Scottsdale
Community College, the course winds through the Pima Indian Reservation along
flat, straight, asphalt roads in the country with no traffic. At various
intersections, well wishers cheered the racers on. Where nasty dogs were
guarding houses, police kindly kept them at bay. At about mile 8, runners
veer onto dirt roads adjacent to the canal for about three miles of trail
running. Rains prior to the race made for wet, well-compacted gravel. Although
this is a welcome change from the asphalt, tiny bits of gravel always find
their way into your shoes. Once back onto the asphalt, it is only a few miles
to the finish. My finishing time was only a few seconds different from last
year, and sufficient for 1st Master's Female,
This is a well-organized race put on by AZ Road Racers. Aid stations were
about every two miles and port-o-lets about every six. Good thing - there
are no trees or shrubs for cover. It had electronic chip timing with 464
1/2 marathon finishers and 191 marathon finishers.
Thor-lo socks kept my feet cushioned and my Polar Heart Rate monitor kept me on track.
Baton Rouge, LA
March 01, 2003
Barb Dutrow
1st Place Masters, 4th Female Overall
http://www.nextelmardigrasmambo10k.com/03results.htm
What better way to start celebrating Mardi Gras holidays than to run a race?
The Mambo is run on the morning prior to the Spanish Town parade, the highlight
of our Mardi Gras season. Beginning at Catfish town, the race runs from downtown,
winds through LSU, and returns along River Road. The generous support of
Nextel provided for over 30 police officers on the course; every intersection
was secured from traffic. It was wonderful! This course has a few hills,
plenty of potholes, but is fast. 389 runners took part in the race. Cool
temperatures, slightly overcast, and foggy combined for good conditions -
although humidity was a bit high. A men's course record was set this year
at 31:39! I didn't come close, but ran a good race for me, finishing in a
time of 42:39 for 6:52 pace. 1st master's female, 4th female overall.
Nextel also provided for cash awards! If you are in this area at Mardi Gras time, this is a great race to run!
Little Rincon 24 hour Rogaine – Tucson Orienteering Club
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Team Santa Fe
Jan and Kim Bear and Lisa Barnes
March 15-16, 2003
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~mc/rincon
Description of Rogaining
“Rogaining” is the sport of long distance cross-country navigation in which
teams of two to five members visit as many checkpoints as possible in 24
hours. Teams travel entirely on foot, navigating by map and compass
between checkpoints in terrain that varies. A central base camp provides
hot meals throughout the event and teams may return at any time to eat, rest
or sleep. Two hours before the start of the event you get a map with
all the control locations marked on it. You also receive a description
of the control points and their point value. The idea is to choose
a route to get as many points as possible. At each control there is
a punch that you make a hole in your control card with the appropriate numbered
square for that control to prove you have been there. Rogaining is
a team sport and the team must stay together at all times.
Little Rincons 24 hour Rogaine
Two years ago the Tucson Orienteering Club organized a 24 Hour Rogaine on
the Mogollon Rim near Payson, AZ and the three of us has participated in
the event. The event was well organized and we all had a good time,
so we decided to do another one. A 24 Hour Rogaine is an excellent
opportunity to work on daytime and nighttime navigation skills and also is
good training for being on your feet for 24 hours.
Jan and Kim had flown into Phoenix the night before the event and drove with
Lisa Barnes to Little Rincon which was located 30 miles east of Tucson.
There were about 80 people participating in this race making about 50 teams.
The maps were received at 10AM with the orienteering to begin at noon.
Jan would be the primary navigator with Lisa helping. We did
not appreciate the ruggedness of this terrain in plotting our course.
We could see the elevation changes, but had not realized the intensity of
the brambles, “cut grass”, and cat claw bushes that would challenge our bushwhacking
skills. We all wore long khaki pants with our CW-X conditioning tights
underneath. Everything took a beating from the constant attack on our
legs by vegetation.
We plotted our course following the outskirt of the map and planned to make
a big circle of the course. Instead of going clockwise like the winners,
we went counterclockwise. We had 2 places to make decisions about how
we were doing and to turn back to the hash house to regroup. We felt
comfortable and took off at noon easily finding our first 4 checkpoints in
the first couple of hours. This was where we starting following a couple
of other teams and completely missed a control worth 80 points. We
picked up 2 unplanned controls, and set back to pick up that elusive 80 points.
All the other controls had been worth between 20 – 50 points. Backtracking,
we found it hidden on a spur. We felt better, not being bested by those
80 points. From there we headed back out and crossed into another mountain
range, climbing hills for 30-40 points. Again, missing 48 points at
a waterfall disappointed us. It was starting to get dark and we were
very low on water; the water drop was found as dark descended. We were
making much slower time than we had anticipated, but decided to summit a
hill of 5269 feet in the dark. We bushwhacked through very dense brush,
which tore at us at every opportunity. At about 10 pm, we reached the
summit getting our 60 points and bounded down to find another 40 hidden points
tucked in another spur. We then decided to head back; our pace was
much slower than we had anticipated. Night was making navigation very
difficult as we tried for one more control. We eventually bushwhacked
to the road and walked back to the hash house at around 3:30 am to stay until
sun up. Once there was light, we took off again being rewarded quickly
with finding checkpoints easily. We got 4 quickly, and then got turned
around on a water junction. We were learning that we could find summits,
usually find spurs, but had a hard time finding water bends, water falls
and water junctions. We spent the rest of the morning keeping close
to the finish while finding points. For every minute you are late to
return to the finish, 10 points are deducted. We felt every point was
earned by the team working HARD to get it. We did not want to lose
even one point, so we played it safe and returned with about 20 minutes to
spare. We completed the course with 800 points placing 4th in our category.
Sponsor gear used, CW-X tights, ThorLo socks, Montrail shoes, Outdoor Research
Pants, Leki trekking poles, Princeton Tec lights, AXO gloves, Lowe Alpine
fleece, Suunto compass and wrist top computer, Polar HRM, Cascade Design
packs & map bags, Schrade knives, WPC Brands water purification tabs,
SofSol insoles, Bolle sunglasses and Dermatone sunscreen. I’m sure I’m leaving
some one out and for that I’m sorry.
Jan Bear
March 28th, 2003
Moab, UT
http://www.gravityplay.com/axs/index.htm
Moab, UT in the early spring is a great spot, the days are warm and the nights
cool. What a perfect spot for a short adventure race sprint. I had decided
to go to Moab for spring break with my daughters Samantha and JJ, we were
going to do some hiking, rock climbing and just hanging out so why not ask
them to help Kim support me for this sprint race. We arrived in Moab late
Wednesday night after driving thru snow between Cortez, CO and Blanding UT.
Thursday was a laid back day of hiking and eating, then on Friday a trip
to Arches National Park, a real treat, then back to Moab for race check in.
After check in we headed back to the motel to plot the course and pack for
the race.
Saturday morning was beautiful but cool for the first 18-mile kayak leg down
the Colorado River to below the potash mine. As soon as I got to the starting
line I knew I was in trouble, lots of racers had very fast looking flat-water
race boats. I had an old white water boat. Well three hours later I reached
the take out already one hour behind the leaders. My support crew, Kim, Sam
and JJ, met me. They did a great job and got me off on the first bike leg,
a 15-mile ride with a very big climb from mile 3 to mile 9 of about 2000
feet. After this it was a quick bike stop with my crew again and then another
5 miles on bike, the navigating was very basic. At the end of the bike signaled
the beginning of the rappel and run. The rappel was a 400-foot drop with
some overhanging sections, then a 6 mile run back to the bikes. I did this
with a nice solo racer named Ted. Then back on to the bikes for a quick 10-mile
ride to the finish where once again my fine crew was waiting to take care
of me. They had that ice cold Diet Coke waiting for me. I had a great time
finishing in 7 hours in 17th place overall in the solo category. The weather
turned out to be great and it looked as though everyone involved had a great
time.
Some of the great Team santa Fe sponsors that helped with gear in this race
were Litespeed, AXO, Cascade Design, Suunto, ThorLo, SofSol, Black Diamond,
Petzl, GoLite, Bolle, Bicycle Technologies International, WPC Brands, Schrade
Knives, Genesis Pharmaceuticals, Terry Bicycles and LP Composites.
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