Garin Regional Park
Hayward
Monday, May 28, 2001
Contact: Wyatt Riley
Training session
Yes, it's Memorial Day, but how 'bout a little exercise to work off those grilled goodies?
Mass start at 10:30 am. I'll be around until about noon taking down times.
Don't want to start that early? Let me know by e-mail, and you can run later and pick up the flags.
Courses
For men aged 21-34, there are 13 controls, 5 km, with 350m climb. For
others, it's shorter.
Everyone must go the the first and last control of the 13. From the last
control to the finish, for safety reasons you are required to take the road
around to the south. Both of these legs are marked and the map with arrows to
remind you.
For anyone besides men aged 21-34, you can skip N of the other controls,
where N is your USOF relay points.
- USOF Relay Points are calculated from the sum of gender and age points.
- Gender points: 2 points for being a female.
- Age points (age on Dec. 31, 2001)
- 21 to 34 - 0 points
- under 21 or over 34 - 1 point
- under 17 or over 49 - 2 points
- under 15 or over 59 - 3 points
Controls
Small pink flags with a letter written on the flag that you write on your
map. Example at the start.
Map
Important disclaimer: This is NOT a normal orienteering-quality map.
Unimproved USGS, many big trails missing... Dirt roads in the wrong place.
Most of the contours are generally accurate (see note below.)
Clothing
Control locations are generally off-trail, but in grass, not forest. The
ground is also pretty dry and has significant cow-craters in some locations.
As a result, I'd recommend you wear gaiters, good off-trail shoes (grass-seed
resistant), and thin pants.
Course/Terrain Notes
- I recommend that you avoid the green parts of the USGS map (forest) if you
don't like poison oak. This shouldn't cost you much time, if any.
- There are almost always small cow and/or person trails through any vegetation
that looks thick. It's usually worth the time to take these trails rather than
march off through the occasional waist-deep star-thistle.
- Near controls 4, 5 and 6, due to major quarry activity since the USGS map
was made, the contours to the southwest of 4, 5 and 6 don't look anything like
the map shows. Use the contours to the north and east of these controls to navigate
by, and you'll be okay.
- Make sure you look at the view to the south and west of controls 3 through 6!
Directions
From 880 in Hayward, just south of 92 and north of 84, exit at
Industrial and follow it east toward the hills. About 2 miles later Industrial
hits Mission Blvd. - turn right here. In about 300 meters, turn left onto
Garin Ave. and follow this uphill to the park. Go to the north end of the
northern parking area.
Web map