Just a gorgeous day. Not too hot, not
chilly, mild and sunny. Great for a training day out. A lot
of people the participants ran into asked to look at the
maps and find out some more about orienteering / map
navigation.
All the participants picked up all the
"dogbones" at Middle Harbor. See if you can pick a
shorter route to get them all! Map sample provided; you
can compare your findings with the distances traveled by the
participants. While it's an open park, the small flags,
multiple similar features, and route choice challenge of the
dogbones made it an interesting exercise. And you can't beat
the scenery. Downtown San Francisco just looks like it pops
out of the water.
Moving onto to downtown Oakland, the
meal consisted of five small courses, each on an island
where you didn't have to cross any major streets.
Concentration as key - lots of details to read on the map,
and again you had the distraction of other people on the
course, except this time their course was mostly different
than yours. Surprisingly, most found all the little candies
I discreetly dropped at each checkpoint location.
I think those can work where flags don't.
After the lunch break we had Lakeside,
a fun chase course with two spectator loops at the end. A
lot of people were in the park. The course featured free
entertainment as it passed by the bandstand where an
orchestra from Oakland was serenading a small
crowd.
I had a good course setting workshop
prepared for the room I rented at Merritt College. But
a workshop needs participants, and they didn't show up for
this one, sadly.
The motala for the last session was
supposed to be designed by the workshop participants. Since
that wasn't happening... we used a previous motala. Dan
Greene and I ran it for fun.
Thanks to everybody for helping the
training sessions run smoothly, especially with transporting
stuff and picking up flags.
Middle Harbor
Dogbones
Mike
& Paula, 38:00, distance 2.44 km,
2ba-1ab-6ba-8ba-7ab-5ab-2ba-4ab
Stephanie Kubik, 19:38, distance 2.46 km,
7ba-3ba-4ab-1ba-2ab-6ab-8ba-5ab
John & Ariel, 38:00, distance 2.49 km,
3ba-1ab-6ba-4ba-5ba-2ba-8ba-7ab
Wesley Willett, 24:31 (12:57, then after a few minutes he
realized he forgot 5a, 5b,) distance 2.55 km,
7ba-8ab-6ba-4ab-1ba-2ab-3ab-5ba
Joan Roos, 30:46, distance 2.61 km,
1ab-6ba-4ab-5ba-2ba-8ba-7ab-3ba
Lakeside Chase, 2.6
km
Wesley Willett, 11:13 into spectactor
loops, 13:14 after first loop, 16:02 finish
Joan Roos 21:59 into spectator loops.
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Five Fun Training Events, One
Day... Pick and choose, or come to all!
Enjoy the "a la carte" offerings
of a day-long training camp in and around Oakland on four
different maps, all produced by terraloco. This was inspired
by my three visits to the annual Vancouver
Sprint Training Camp, except
this camp isn't all "sprints." (And neither is the
Vancouver one!)
Anyone can do the full day without
wearing themselves out, although, expect to get a good
workout and burn calories! Or, you can pick and choose the
sessions you want. You get to choose the pace for each
activity, and when there are groupings, we'll match you with
an appropriately paced group.
Skills covered include:
- route-planning
- quick-decision-making
- course-design
- checkpoint-picking
- and... most importantly... keeping
your head focused in the game when in the company of many
others navigating with maps, not necessarily looking for
the same checkpoint as you!
It will be great fun and
training! Please register
online (no commitment) by
Friday, July 16 - even if you're unsure about coming, or how
much you will attend.
Schedule
9:00 Session
1: "Dogbones" exercise at Middle Harbor Shoreline
Park, Oakland.
All checkpoints are paired up, creating a map that looks
like dogbones. Get both checkpoints in a pair before moving
on to the next pair. An interesting route-planning and
execution problem. 16 checkpoints (8 pairs), 2.7 km
point-to-point distance. (view map)
11:00 Session
2: "O-tervals" exercise, Old Oakland map, designed by
Canadian team coach Magnus Johansson.
In groups of 3, run 5 short courses with 3 similar but
different forkings: A, B, and C; recover between the
finish of each course and the start of the next course. 2 km
total. (view map)
Lunch break - bring your own lunch or
go to a local market, deli, or restaurant.
1:30 Session 3: Chase with
Butterfly, Lakeside Park, Oakland, designed by Canadian team
coach Magnus Johansson.
15 or 30 second start intervals, ad hoc start order.
3 km total. (view map)
3:00 Session 4: Course
Design workshop, Merritt College, Oakland.
Design product: small group teams each create one
loop of the motala course done in the next
session.
5:00 Sesson 5: Motala - 4
loop course (each loop designed by a different team from the
workshop,) Merritt College, Oakland.
Mass start - all participants do the same final loop, but
first 3 loops are in many different orders for different
people. 4 km total. (view map)
6:00 Pizza social, at Merritt
College or a nearby establishment.
The two sessions designed by Canadian
team coach Magnus Johansson were used by attendees of last
fall's Golden Gate Getaway training camp - all but two of
them live out of state, so they've yet to be truly
experienced by the locals.
Costs:
- Cost is $8 for one session, $13
for any two sessions, $17 for any three sessions, and $20
for any four sessions.
- Half-price for college
students.
- Flat $3 fee for any amount of
sessions for elementary, middle, and high school
students.
- $10 extra for anyone participating
in the course design workshop (which gets you the
privilege of co-designing the motala!)
- Payment can be collected at Middle
Harbor or Merritt College only. You'll receive an email
invoice from Google Checkout if you aren't able to pay at
one of those venues - that may be paid by credit card or
check.
Other Details:
- Gear: shorts and running
shoes are fine for all events! At Merritt College, some
parts of campus are wild / grassy.
- terraloco will provide water and
snacks, but you're responsible for lunch.
- If you stay for the pizza social,
have cash on hand for your pizza and drinks.
- Stay tuned for more
updates!
If you'd like to join carpools
(even if you take transit):
Meet no later than 8:45 at the
corner of 14th St. and Clay in downtown Oakland. This is one
block West of the 14th St. entrance to the 12th St.
BART station. If you're driving to this carpool spot,
park as close as you can to the corner of 14th St. and Clay.
It's Sunday, parking at meters is free, and parking is
available. For driving directions, look below at driving
directions for the 11:00 Old Oakland session.
Directions, 9:00 session, Middle
Harbor Shoreline Park:
Registration will be at the
amphitheater. On the
park
map, scroll down and you'll
see the amphitheater labeled, and the bathrooms just to the
northeast of it. If possible, park in the lot to the south
of the USS Oakland Mast.
From San Francisco:
Take I-80 east (Bay Bridge/Oakland) to I-880 south toward
Alameda/Airport/San Jose. Exit onto West Grand Ave./Maritime
Street. Continue straight, then turn right onto Maritime
Street. At the BART tracks, turn right onto 7th Street.
Continue straight on 7th Street to the stoplight at Middle
Harbor Road. Proceed through the intersection and take the
first right turn into the MISHAP parking lot.
From the East Bay:
Take Hwy. 24 west to I-980 west, towards Oakland. Exit at
the 11th/12th Street off-ramp onto Brush Street. Continue
straight, and turn right (northwest) at 7th Street. Continue
straight on 7th Street and past Maritime Street to the
stoplight at Middle Harbor Road. Proceed through the
intersection and take the first right turn into the MISHAP
parking lot.
From the South Bay:
Take I-880 north towards Oakland. Take the 7th Street exit
towards West Grand Ave. Turn left onto 7th Street. Follow
7th Street, heading west, past Maritime Street. Continue
straight on 7th Street to the stoplight at Middle Harbor
Road. Proceed through the intersection and take the first
right turn into the MISHAP parking lot.
From the North Bay:
Take I-80 west to I-880 south towards Alameda/Airport/San
Jose. Exit at 7th Street/West Grand Ave. Continue straight,
through the light and along the frontage road to the light
at 7th Street. Turn right onto 7th Street, heading west,
past Maritime Street. Continue straight on 7th Street to the
stoplight at Middle Harbor Road. Proceed through the
intersection and take the first right into the MISHAP
parking lot.
Middle
Harbor Shoreline Park web
page, East Bay Regional Parks District
Directions, 11:00 session,
Old Oakland:
Frank Ogawa Plaza is on the northwest
corner of 14th St. and Broadway in downtown Oakland. City
Hall is in Frank Ogawa Plaza. We're meeting in front of City
Hall.
From Interstate 980, take one of the
downtown Oakland exits, head east towards Broadway, and park
near 14th St. and Clay, which is one block west of Broadway.
Parking is free at metered spaces on Sunday.
Using public transit:
BART: Exit the north end of the 14th
St. BART station, and walk towards Oakland City Hall
from the corner of 14th St. and Broadway. Almost all AC
Transit lines coming from various directions stop near 14th
St. and Broadway in downtown Oakland.
Old
Oakland tour web page, City of
Oakland
Directions, 1:30 session, Lakeside
Park:
Take Interstate 580 to Oakland.
From Interstate 580 going east, exit
at Grand Ave. Turn right, and drive about 0.4 miles to
Perkins St. and find parking.
From Interstate 580 going west, exit
at Grand Ave. This exit loops around, so you actually turn
right on Grand Ave. Drive about 0.5 miles to Perkins St. and
find parking.
Registration will be signed from the
corner of Grand Ave. and Perkins St.
Since it's Sunday, all metered spaces
are free along Grand Ave. and on Perkins. However, if you
enter Lakeside Park at Bellevue Ave., you may be charged a
$5 parking fee if the fee station is staffed. There's also
street parking in the neighborhoods along Grand.
Using public transit:
AC Transit bus lines NL and 12 stop on
Grand near Perkins. Line 57 stops at Grand and MacArthur if
you're willing to walk 0.4 miles. If you take BART to 19th
St. Oakland, you can catch the NL, or catch the 57 from
MacArthur BART. Or to walk from 19th St. BART, head up
Broadway to Grand Ave. (near where 24th St. would be), turn
right on Grand, and walk about 1/2 mile to
Perkins.
Lakeside
Park web page, City of
Oakland
Directions, 3:00 course design
workshop and 5:00 session,
Merritt College:
The course setter's workshop will
be located in classroom P307 in the P
building.
Take CA Highway 24 to CA Highway 13
south towards Hayward. Exit CA Highway 13 at Redwood Rd /
Carson St. Turn left onto Redwood Rd, and follow it up the
hill a bit more than 1/2 mile to Campus Dr. You should see
signs for Merritt College. Turn right onto Campus Dr. and
head up about 1/2 mile to Merritt College.
Alternatively, you can take Highway 13
north from Interstate 580 and exit at Carson St, following
the freeway frontage road (Mountain Blvd) up the hill, and
turning right onto Redwood Rd.
Or if coming from downtown Oakland on
Interstate 580, exit at 35th Ave, turn left, cross
MacArthur, and drive up the hill across Highway 13 where
35th Ave becomes Redwood Rd.
Coming from Interstate 880 is not
recommended, but High St is the exit, and you have to jog
over to 35th Ave by making a left at MacArthur and then
turning right onto 35th Ave.
To make your own directions, the
address is 12500 Campus Dr., 94619.
Parking: Parking is free along Campus
Drive, which is close to the bus stop, which has signage to
get you to registration in the center of campus. It's not
very easy to park any closer than that, actually. But if
somehow there's not a space available along Campus Drive,
the campus lots cost $1 to park, and they technically are
supposed to be monitored on Sunday.
Using Public Transit: The AC
Transit 54 bus drops you off very close to the registration
area, and there will be signs and streamers from the bus
stop. On Sundays it runs from the Fruitvale BART station
every half hour and takes 20 minutes to get there. If you
take another AC Transit line, such as the NL from San
Francisco, or the 57 and transfer at 35th Ave and Macarthur,
then it's only about a 10 minute ride.
Merritt
College web page
Event Contact: Rex, 5 1 0 - 6 8
1 - 6 1 8 1, rex@terraloco.com
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