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Tyler Frederickson's Route

Submitted by tcfreddy on Tue, 2007-05-22 22:06.

I don't think I maximized my points versus distance ratio. I managed to cover 10.5 miles competing in the 90-minute foot division, finishing with 510 points. With better route planning, I think could have scored more points over a similar distance. Maybe I should stop making my routes up on the fly and actually use the planning period for more than going to the bathroom and eating breakfast.

I didn't encounter any troublesome clues like I did at the U-District Scramble, nor did I have trouble staying on course and finding controls. I enjoyed running on the jogging path past Larsen Lake (I saw Red-winged Blackbirds) and I managed to mostly stay off busy roads and out of traffic. Near the end of my time limit, I was waffling whether to go after a 30-pointer. I'd started my watch late, though, so I wasn't exactly sure how much time I had left. I decided to skip it. If I'd gone after it, I think I would have netted some points, as I had three minutes to spare. Note to self: start watch correctly next time.

Here is my route.

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510 on the Fly

Submitted by seeverist on Tue, 2007-06-05 01:32.

Tyler,

That's a pretty good score for on the fly! I was just comparing our route and we got 530 in 10 miles, and there were 30 more points left on the table for the cost of a little more than another half mile, but that was with a team of five working out the route ahead of time.

Here's our route (counter-clockwise) superimposed on the map, and you can see how little #26 would add in distance while #12 was about 1/3rd of a mile there and back from our closest point. The map doesn't show the school pathway (that appeared to have a locked access gate) and the cul de sac we used to shortcut from #54 to #31 however.

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If the embedded photo doesn't work, you can see it at:
Party of Five Route

~Steve

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Uploading images

Submitted by Terry Farrah on Sat, 2007-06-09 06:29.

To get your uploaded image to display, select "Full HTML" from the "Input format" section. (It's nice that the new website is interactive, but it's not that easy to figure out some of the details.)

Terry

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