Gettin' Dirty at the Tri-Loppet

Posted Sun, June 28, 2009 - 11:31 AM
paddling, running, biking

A bunch of us got together on Saturday morning to run the 4th Annual City of Lakes Tri-loppet. It's a summer event hosted by the local nordic ski club, and is run like a off-road triathlon, with paddling replacing swimming.

I also put together a photo montage of the MNOCers that did the event. (All photos are from the gallery at Skinnyski).

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Some Navigation Training Ideas

Posted Mon, February 16, 2009 - 8:58 PM
orienteering, running

I thought I'd try to record for posterity some of the more unique and interesting events we've done during our informal TNT (Tuesday Night Training) sessions.

December 2008 (Stephen & Kari) - "The Orienteerduobowlathlon".
October 2008 (Pete) - Team Memory-O at Battle Creek.
September 2008 (Todd) - Flow course at Como.
August 2008 (Mo & Biz) - "Search for the One-Eyed Hooker" at Wirth.
July 2008 (Mike) - "Leader of the Pack" plus sprint at Hyland
April 2008 (Ian) - Scrabble-O at Lake Elmo
August 2007 (Darryn) - Trail course at Wirth

More details on each below the fold.

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Finished a Big-A** Race

Posted Sun, November 23, 2008 - 12:22 PM
running, travel

Living History Farms XC run in Des Moines. About 30 degrees and windy at the start. A bit slow for the first half mile as the 7,500 starters spread out. Then mostly gravel and open grass for the first four miles as I steadily passed on the outside (or inside). Excellent pace, 4-mile split was 27:30, but after that we hit all the creek crossings. Mile 5 was quite a bit slower as the trail narrowed and went down and up through creek valleys and some fairly steep slopes, some with ropes. I was early enough and the ground was semifrozen, so it wasn't too muddy. Mile 6 was more of the same, then a long uphill that I nearly had to walk (but not quite.) After that, though, it was a good hard trail run downhill to the finish.

Everyone in the van did pretty well - best times were Chad around 45 minutes and Dylan near 48-49, I had 51-52, Reed at 58, and mo+biz at 61.

(Mike looks great with the afro pigtails!)