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"Peninsula Peak to Bay"
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 fern gully a.k.a. Wunderlich
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I had a dream. Send people from the Skyline to the Bay. That is, Skyline Blvd, the ridgeline, down through the redwood forests, all the way to the bay. An epic journey from top to bottom. I heard great reports from the participants about the locations and scenery. I learned a lot from this event. There were lots of challenges to making it work, and it didn't all work as intended. It's just so far from the peak to the bay, and all the courses got stretched to make them fun and enjoyable and start and finish at a good location. For example, some GPS tracks on the 10k were 16k, and the long duathlon was a total of 56k for the first finishers, Team Dart-Nuun, with the bike being 30k. One 5k team went 5 miles. There were some life circumstances that made this difficult to get right, but I also think it would have been hard no matter what to achieve all the goals. And the teams persevered. Some trudged through the extra distance, and some felt like they were getting a bit more bang for their buck. We had a diverse crowd - families, orienteers, AR pros, work buddies. One participant was in town from Georgia, and teams came from as far as Sacramento and Petaluma. The weather was golden. A big thank you to all participants. I loved sharing these courses with you, they were a joy to design, and I hope you are recovering speedily. I'm planning on a future, more accurate edition of the Peninsula Peak to Bay in another area. Thank You Dennis Wilkinson did a fabulous job vetting the course and helping me make the questions and answers crystal clear. He was also a great friendly face helping with registration. Vladimir Gusiatnikov "manned the fort" while I went with the 25k folks to the remote start and prepped the goodie bags from Zombie Runner. Thanks to Zombie Runner for providing the nice swag bags and prizes - hats, zombie dolls, and gift certificates. Ben Legg watched the bikes at the bike stop and gave out refreshments to the 25k participants. Steve Haas also helped man the fort. Pam Noyer from Huddart Park was super nice and helpful with the event changes that had to happen. And Jerry Berkson from Palo Alto High School helped us have a convenient event center. Results - Categorized 5k Adventure 5k Junior 5k Family 5k Mixed Masters 5k Masters Women 10k Family 10k Masters Mixed 10k Masters Women 10k Masters Men 10k Open Mixed 10k Open Women 10k Open Men 25k Foot Masters Men 25k Duathlon Adventure 25k Duathlon Short Masters
Women 25k Duathlon Short Open
Mixed 25k Duathlon Masters Men 25k Duathlon Open Men Results - Overall 5k 10k 25k Foot 25k Duathlon Short 25k Duathlon Event update 4/28: Our course vetter Dennis Wilkinson
enjoyed himself a lot, and he lives in the area and already
knows it well. So get ready for some fun this Saturday! Event update 4/18: 25 km remote start moved to Huddart Park (instead of Wunderlich.) Find out more. Original Announcement Enjoy a 5, 10, or 25 km map adventure trek to find interesting checkpoints! On the 25 km course, find your way from Skyline Blvd. through Huddart Park down to the bay! Both the 10 km and 25 km courses visit the oak-studded foothills and the Stanford campus. All courses including the 5 km explore the wonders of "old Palo Alto" - downtown and "Professorville." Awesome views and interesting spots will abound! All of the courses may be done on foot. The 25 km and 10 km courses offer a "bike duathlon" option - and these duathlon courses are the only ones to make it all the way to the bay. The duathlon courses span 25 km and 10 km as the crow flies; the foot versions of the 25 km and 10 km courses will be measured as the actual distance likely to be traveled on foot. Actual duathlon distances will be posted after the course design and testing is finished in early April. The registration point and finish for all courses will be at Palo Alto High School. The 5 and 10 km courses will start at the high school. The 25 km course will have a remote start on Skyline Blvd., and a chartered bus will transport participants there from the registration site. For 25 km duathlon participants only, there will be a remote bike drop at or near the entrance to Huddart Park - you will need to lock your bike there no later than 8:45 A.M., and it will be tended to by an event official. The course aid stations with food and drink will be at the bottom of Huddart Park and at the registration site, so bring the appropriate food and water supply. Event Schedule: 8:00 Bike drop open, 25k duathlon
course, end of Greer Road, Woodside Team Categories Everybody's on a team of 1 to 5 people. Sign up ahead of time or at the event individually; you will register your team the day of the event. So, teams do not sign up ahead of time, but every individual on the team who wants a reduced entry price should sign up online ahead of time. Every team will be in one of four categories: Junior - all participants under 18; Masters - average age of participants is 40 or more; Family - mix of juniors and non-juniors; everybody else is Open. There will be award certificates for the top three teams in each category on each course. So how does this work? Please be registered by 9:40 so we can start on time. Maps are available at the opening of registration, so the earlier you get there, the earlier you can see the course checkpoint locations and start planning your route. You can leave non-valuable items at the registration area, which will be monitored by event staff. You're also allowed to leave stuff like car keys if they're put in a sealed "lunch bag" type thing clearly labeled with your full name. 15 minutes before the 10:00 mass start there will be a course briefing with information that will be helpful to you in completing the course. You'll receive an event "passport" for marking checkpoints. You can get the checkpoints in any order, and finding the best route or tour to get them all is an interesting part of the challenge. If you're using a bike in the duathlon category, the checkpoints will be divided into multiple sets - some, you will get on foot, and the others, you are allowed to use your bicycle to find them. At checkpoints, you will answer a multiple choice question about a recognizable map feature, or you will find an orange and white marker and use its attached hole puncher to mark a punch pattern on your event passport. To place in the event, you need to correctly mark all checkpoints on your passport. There will be water and snacks available at the start and finish and, for the 25 km participants, at an aid station out on the course. If this might not be enough for you, consider bringing your own water and energy snacks to carry with you. What will I need?
Optional gear:
Hazards
Cost and
Registration: When you signup online, you are not committing to show up or pay, but you guarantee yourself a lower price if you sign up by April 24 or 28. Online signups help us prepare for the event. We'd rather be overprepared, and we encourage you to sign up ahead of time if you have any interest in attending. Remote Start for 25 km course: If you are doing the whole course on foot, just go straight to the event center at Palo Alto High School, and you will be bused to the remote start from there starting at 10:00. If you are using your bike on the 25 km course (in the duathlon category) then you will need to drop off your bike at Huddart Park by 8:45 A.M. to allow you time to get back to Palo Alto High School and register. The bike drop is open at 8:00. A volunteer will be stationed there to watch your bike. You will use Greer Road to drop it off at a "side entrance" to Huddart. You are then responsible for your own transportation to Palo Alto High School where you will register. Then at 10:00 you will board the bus to go back to Huddart and start. You cannot leave any vehicles on Greer Rd. There is no parking there. Drop off bikes only. Directions to Greer Road dropoff
site: Directions back to Palo Alto High
School: Directions: Palo Alto High School's address is 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306. From U.S. Highway 101 in Palo Alto, take the Embarcadero Road exit, and follow the signs to go west towards Stanford University. After about 2 miles, the Town and Country Shopping center will be on your right, and the high school on your left. Turn left to go into the high school parking lot. If you reach El Camino Real, you've gone too far, make a U-turn back onto Embarcadero and make an immediate right into the high school parking lot. Public Transit From the Palo Alto Caltrain station you can walk or bike about half a mile east on the Embarcadero bike path to get to the high school, which is just across Embarcadero Road from the Town and Country Shopping Center, or take El Camino Real east to the intersectionwith Embarcadero Road. The VTA 22 bus has a stop by the intersection of Embarcadero Road and El Camino Real. The 522 also runs on El Camino, but the nearest stop is the Palo Alto Caltrain station. Event Contact: Rex, 5 1 0 - 6 8 1 - 6 1 8 1, rex@terraloco.com |
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