Beaver Brook - Urban Rogaine 2012
September 1, 2012
Meet Director: Jim Crawford
Covering parts of Belmost, Watertown, Cambridge, Waltham, and Lexington
Thirty-two orienteers who stayed in town this Labor Day weekend came out to NEOC's first Urban Rogaine. We met at Historic Beaver Brook on the Belmont/Watham border. The beginners' meet was canceled, so some people who might have just run a sprint course stepped up and got a good 90-minute. The weather was a little hot, but thankfully much cooler than Friday's 90+ temperatures. I was very pleased with the turnout, considering we did not advertise the meet outside the NEOC website, and there only for 2 weeks.
It has been a long time since NEOC has had a bike-O, so seven riders took advantage of the opportunity to bike rather than run. Joe Brautigan and Jeff Woods flew around the course and went to every control in roughly 3 hours of cycling; unfortunately for them, they also spent over 30 minutes at Belmont Wheelworks repairing a broken chain. Alex Jospe can claim the honor of having the highest score, with Jeff Saeger having the highest score for a runner. Special mention must go to 4-year-old Marie Andken, who was the youngest competitor, and the only one to get the extra 5-point bonus for punching her control card at the water stop.
The course had a few glitches in it. Control #31 was described as being on the East side of a street that runs east-west. Control #42, had the "42" printed on the map at just the wrong location so at least 2 people thought a dead-end road connected to the road with the control. The circle for Control #67 was positioned too far to the southeast, which confused several people. And the description for Control #91 was written poorly. It said "Sign W of S trail junction; name ___ ___ of 1st tree on the left". Four runners looked for a little sign on a tree giving the tree's species, whereas the intended sign was a large, free-standing sign describing trees in the area.
Thanks to my wife and daughter for helping out with the registration and snacks.
- Download the Answer Sheet (in Word format).
- Download the splits spreadsheet to see who went where.
3 hour bike: | raw score | time in minutes | penalty/bonus | final score |
Alex Jospe | 1640 | 175 | 1640 | |
Phil Bricker | 1460 | 179 | 1460 | |
Ben Gallup | 1400 | 174 | 1400 | |
Peter Frykman | 960 | 182 | -30 | 960 |
Gary Gallagher | 940 | 173 | 940 | |
Jeff Woods & Joe Brautigam | 2040 | 216 min* | -1105 | 935 |
1.5 hour bike: | ||||
Tim Parson | 630 | 94 | -60 | 570 |
3 hour run: | ||||
Jeff Saeger | 1000 | 190 | -225 | 775 |
Jeanne & Mark Hummel | 500 | 169 | 500 | |
Matthew & Stephen Scherrer | 350 | 165 | 350 | |
Bill Binette | 560 | 196 | -405 | 155 |
Ben & Marie Andken | 140 | 159 | 5 | 145 |
1½ hour run: | ||||
Magnus Bjorkman | 590 | 90 | 590 | |
Dean Sturtevant | 520 | 92** | 520 | |
Meg Parson | 500 | 90 | 500 | |
Tom Randall | 450 | 87 | 450 | |
Nat Moyer | 450 | 90 | 450 | |
Andy McIlvaine | 350 | 88 | 350 | |
Chris Bradford | 350 | 88 | 350 | |
Jim Paschetto | 340 | 87 | 340 | |
Gabe Bronk | 340 | 90 | 340 | |
Ed Despard | 320 | 84 | 320 | |
Gil Shapiro | 230 | 81 | 230 | |
Richard & Liat Shapiro | 210 | 94 | -60 | 150 |
Ann Harrer | 160 | 95 | -75 | 85 |
Nick & Catherine Usoff | lost card | |||
*includes over 30 minutes at the bike store fixing a broken chain | ||||
**no penalty because he lost time from an incorrect control | ||||