Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Amazingly, I enjoyed being disoriented for the first time. Justin, Ranjeet, Lydia and I participated in the Metrogaine for the first time. The Metrogaine is a urban derivative of the Rogaine which is an extended version (6+ hours) of orienteering (~1-2 hours). Our team was appropriately dubbed "LOST" and although we were off-course a couple times, it was nonetheless exhilarating for the entire 6 hour duration. I actually felt like I was on an Amazing Race episode. The race was very well organized. Teams were left to create their own course. Interestingly, we started our planning with the assumption that we would have ample time and ability to hit EVERY marker. Duh. We didn't even get through half at our speed-walking rate. Underestimating our competition, I assumed we would definitely beat out the family-with-young-children teams (which seemed numerous when we started) and the novice teams. I put my bet in for 67th place. We finished at 85th. Not too bad for our first attempt. We did a bit of mingling with our competitors and met the 2nd place couple who RAN the whole thing. Wow. I'm going to have to get in better shape for the June Paddy Pallin Rogaine in the bush!
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