The Hills Have Eyes

TrailCross Black Diamond

Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve

Date: (Sun.) Mar. 24, 2013
Location: Antioch, CA
Event Director:
Course Setters: Terri Hunt, Kevin Hinkley
Type: C; 5 km, 10 km, and 10-mile trail runs with twists! Find your way with a map.

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Event Write-Up

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What a crazy beginning to a new series of events! TrailCross. What should we expect? Although much was written and posted about this new format, many of our previous BAOC participants came thinking they wouldn't leave the trail for very long. There were lots of surprises! Some planned, some unplanned.

Links: Photos (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151396138624958.1073741825.208432029957&type=1) and BAOC Facebook page (http://facebook.com/go.baoc)

The Start

The feeling at the mass start (video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QORuaxFqMZ8&feature=youtu.be)) was fun. And then they went off — for 5 km, for 10 km, or for 10 miles. The course was planned so that in the beginning, all participants would share the same initial challenges. And that happened on the way to the first checkpoint — everybody shortcut the trail and went up the hillside! You can see photos (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151396138624958.1073741825.208432029957&type=1) and video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSDNSi2LJ8c&feature=youtu.be) of this on the BAOC Facebook page. The second checkpoint was at the edge of the cemetery. Some participants took the path to get there, and it looked like they would then follow the fence around, but once they saw others shortcutting, they soon changed their minds! This is also documented with photos (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151396138624958.1073741825.208432029957&type=1) and video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoDXbhRpzR4&feature=youtu.be).

The Split

Then the 10-milers broke off and did a loop to the southeast, while the 5k and 10k participants continued on together to Checkpoint 3. The 10-milers would come back to 3 after their loop. So everybody had this tricky leg from 3 to the mine entrance at Checkpoint 4, which confused the newcomers and the experienced alike. If the many minor trails were mapped in more detail, and the map scale was larger, perhaps 1:15000 instead of 1:20000, this could have been avoided. Another possibility would have been to change the leg. We apologize for the confusion, and want to assure you that future TrailCross events will improve on this aspect.

The Crossroads

Soon after the mid-course challenge came the relief of an aid station. Here the 5k participants split off towards the Finish, and the 10k folks and 10-milers continued on together higher in the hills. On the way back, there was a pretty mean fence to cross on the shortcut, off-trail route, and we wish this had been put on the map, or the course setters Kevin and Terri had a chance to speak of it before the start. The map, loaned for use to the club by Get Lost!!, a fellow nonprofit, was advertised to be good for contours and trails but in development for the other details.

The Finish

We could see them descend to the Finish on the large, broad hillside — this was fun to watch! At the Finish, people hung around and enjoyed the refreshments and talked much about their experiences. We also received lots of valuable feedback about how it went, to apply to future events. Participants came from Sacramento, Santa Cruz, Stockton, Manteca, Antioch, Marin County, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and Seattle. Many were able to outwit the courses and shortcut a bit of the on-trail distance — some of the 10k participants ended up going about 8 km. We invite you to share GPS tracks on our Facebook page — and RouteGadget, to which you can also upload your GPS track, will be offered. And if you'd rather post your track on Strava or Garmin Connect, simply send us an email with the link!

The Checkpoint not Taken

For the results, we put participants who visited some, but not all of their course checkpoints, in a "Choose Your Own Adventure" category. Sometimes people choose to leave off a checkpoint or two, but we realize many of you wanted to get them all. The next few series events — at Spring Lake in Santa Rosa, Wilder Ranch in Santa Cruz, Northstar Resort at Tahoe, Joaquin Miller in Oakland, and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco — are all on finished and up-to-date maps. And Black Diamond is definitely the steepest of the TrailCross venues. So, we hope you will come try another event in the series.

A Parade of Thanks!

Thank you to our volunteers, and those who stepped up to help when we realized that we were lacking a registration kit. Expect a smoother check-in process next time!

Terri Hunt and Kevin Hinkley designed interesting courses. The steepness of Black Diamond and the somewhat limited trail network made this a challenge. They successfully figured out a remote-start solution to add some better terrain to the course, particularly for the 5k participants. Terri and Kevin also helped throughout the event with setup, takedown, and the aid stations, and they recruited several buddies to help us.

Vladimir Gusiatnikov directed the event and negotiated the permit with the East Bay Regional Parks District, updated the map, set up online registration, printed the maps, helped his wife Lani Schreibstein produce the event series T-shirts, ran the results system, and coordinated the aid station supplies.

Rex Winterbottom recruited volunteers, did event and series publicity with flyers and online calendars, and helped with setup, registration, shuttling runners, takedown, and throughout the event.

Gavin Wyatt-Mair shared many supplies, helped transport them to the park the day before, and shuttled runners to the Start.

Nick Giori came out early to help with greeting participants and event registration. All the way from Palo Alto. And he didn't run a course! Joan Roos and Jennifer Kerr also helped with setup and registration.

Greg Ehrensing didn't run a course, although he planned to, but he still showed up at the end to help with control pickup and event takedown. Also helping with control pickup: Peter Graube, Jonathan Owens, Daniel Sebo, and Lubomir Sebo.

Our aid stations were staffed by Nancy Lindeman (who also shuttled runners to the Start), Adriana Ospina, and Lisa Tracy, as well as Terri and Kevin.

Back at the Finish, Emma Jansson and Teresa Jansson helped with serving refreshments.

Additionally, we would like to thank the rangers of Black Diamond, Supervisor Rex Caulfield and his support staff, for taking the time to meet with us about the event planning and helping with aid station logistics — trucking supplies into and out of the remote aid station.




Results

TrailCross Black Diamond

Antioch, CA
Sunday, March 24, 2013

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Also see control-by-control timing in the WinSplits results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=24662).


Results by Course

5 km Course
  Pl  Name                  Class    Club      Time
   1  Will Hubsch           M-20     LAOC      32:52
   2  Allen Hubsch          M40+     LAOC      44:20
   3  Mark Backman          M40+               45:17
   4  Emily Gavrilenko      F-14               55:00
   5  Patrick Queiroz       M-14               55:02
   6  Dennis Gavrilenko     M-10               55:09
   7  Emma Jansson          F-14     GCO     1:23:22
   8  Viktor Frolov         M50+             1:23:28
   9  Evan Custer           M70+     BAOC    1:23:59
  10  Terry Gleason         M70+     BAOC    1:31:19
  11  Jennifer Kerr         F60+     GCO     1:44:15
  12  Christine Wong        F-21+            2:07:17
  13  Kimberly Wong         F-21+            2:07:18
  14  Julia Gavrilenko      F-21+            2:18:12
  15  Victor Gavrilenko     M40+             2:18:28
  16  Steve Beuerman        M50+     BAOC    2:18:52
  17  Jim Fish              M70+     BAOC    2:37:57
  18  Mary Robertson        F60+             2:44:24
  19  Gary Robertson        M70+             2:44:34
      Daniel Sebo           M-10     BAOC      COA
      Michael Hogan         M-18     BAOC      COA
      Christina Parkin      F-21+              COA
      Cicelia McGee         F-21+              COA
      Josie Alvarez         F-21+              COA
      Satomi Cadena         F-21+              COA
      Chris Ramirez         M-21+              COA
      Lori Cervantez        F40+               COA
      Nancy Tompkins        F50+               COA


10 km Course
  Pl  Name                  Class    Club      Time
   1  François Léonard      M40+     BAOC      49:47
   2  Jonathan Owens        M-21+    BAOC      51:08
   3  Lubomir Sebo          M40+     BAOC      52:32
   4  Misha Kreslavsky      M50+     BAOC      56:01
   5  Carol Ross            F-21+    ONB       59:49
   6  Greg Walker           M-21+    CSU       59:52
   7  Graham Brew           M-21+    BAOC      59:54
   8  Christine Brew        F40+     BAOC    1:00:16
   9  Erika Kikuchi         F-21+    BAOC    1:00:27
  10  Ken Grace             M50+             1:00:31
  11  Peter Graube          M60+     BAOC    1:02:45
  12  Marie-Josée Parayre   F-21+    BAOC    1:04:33
  13  John Webb             M-21+            1:05:23
  14  Bob Cooley            M70+     BAOC    1:29:57
  15  Zander Rosenzweig     M-10     BAOC    1:47:53
  16  Valkyrie Savage       F-21+            2:05:12
  17  Evan Savage           M-21+            2:05:14
  18  Sam McCollum          M-20             2:05:16
  19  Daniel Garcia         M-18             2:05:18
  20  Fernando Martinez     M-21+            2:21:01
  21  Claudia Martinez      F-21+            2:21:03
  22  Joi Wong              F40+     BAOC    2:24:46
  23  Sheldon Wong          M50+     BAOC    2:25:29
      Ralf Burgert          M40+     BAOC      COA
      Patty Clemo           F60+     BAOC      COA


10-mile Course
  Pl  Name                  Class    Club      Time
   1  Eric Bone             M-21+    COC     1:13:16
   2  Mikkel Conradi        M-21+    CSU     1:14:03
   3  Dennis Wilkinson      M-21+    BAOC    1:31:03
   4  Brendan O'Brien       M40+   Ireland   1:32:23
   5  Matej Sebo            M-20     BAOC    1:35:03
   6  Mark Prior            M-21+    BAOC    1:38:48
   7  Greg Khanlarov        M-21+    BAOC    1:42:02
   8  Mats Jansson          M50+     GCO     1:43:23
   9  Steve Gregg           M50+     BAOC    1:44:01
  10  Steve Smith           M60+     BAOC    2:35:20
  11  Jeremy Koehler        M-21+            2:38:11
  12  Greg Favor            M50+     BAOC    2:55:16
  13  Chris Plumley         M-21+            2:56:31
  14  Nate Brammeier        M-21+            2:56:33
  15  Deron van Hoff        M40+     BAOC    3:29:33
  16  Nicholas van Hoff     M-21+    BAOC    3:29:33
  17  Emily Dean            F-21+            4:00:06
      Gavin Wyatt-Mair      M50+     BAOC      COA


Results by Class

5 km Course
  Pl  Name                  Class    Club      Time
   1  Dennis Gavrilenko     M-10               55:09
      Daniel Sebo           M-10     BAOC      COA
   1  Emily Gavrilenko      F-14               55:00
   2  Emma Jansson          F-14     GCO     1:23:22
   1  Patrick Queiroz       M-14               55:02
      Michael Hogan         M-18     BAOC      COA
   1  Will Hubsch           M-20     LAOC      32:52
   1  Christine Wong        F-21+            2:07:17
   2  Kimberly Wong         F-21+            2:07:18
   3  Julia Gavrilenko      F-21+            2:18:12
      Christina Parkin      F-21+              COA
      Cicelia McGee         F-21+              COA
      Josie Alvarez         F-21+              COA
      Satomi Cadena         F-21+              COA
      Chris Ramirez         M-21+              COA
      Lori Cervantez        F40+               COA
   1  Allen Hubsch          M40+     LAOC      44:20
   2  Mark Backman          M40+               45:17
   3  Victor Gavrilenko     M40+             2:18:28
      Nancy Tompkins        F50+               COA
   1  Viktor Frolov         M50+             1:23:28
   2  Steve Beuerman        M50+     BAOC    2:18:52
   1  Jennifer Kerr         F60+     GCO     1:44:15
   2  Mary Robertson        F60+             2:44:24
   1  Evan Custer           M70+     BAOC    1:23:59
   2  Terry Gleason         M70+     BAOC    1:31:19
   3  Jim Fish              M70+     BAOC    2:37:57
   4  Gary Robertson        M70+             2:44:34


10 km Course
  Pl  Name                  Class    Club      Time
   1  Zander Rosenzweig     M-10     BAOC    1:47:53
   1  Daniel Garcia         M-18             2:05:18
   1  Sam McCollum          M-20             2:05:16
   1  Carol Ross            F-21+    ONB       59:49
   2  Erika Kikuchi         F-21+    BAOC    1:00:27
   3  Marie-Josée Parayre   F-21+    BAOC    1:04:33
   4  Valkyrie Savage       F-21+            2:05:12
   5  Claudia Martinez      F-21+            2:21:03
   1  Jonathan Owens        M-21+    BAOC      51:08
   2  Greg Walker           M-21+    CSU       59:52
   3  Graham Brew           M-21+    BAOC      59:54
   4  John Webb             M-21+            1:05:23
   5  Evan Savage           M-21+            2:05:14
   6  Fernando Martinez     M-21+            2:21:01
   1  Christine Brew        F40+     BAOC    1:00:16
   2  Joi Wong              F40+     BAOC    2:24:46
   1  François Léonard      M40+     BAOC      49:47
   2  Lubomir Sebo          M40+     BAOC      52:32
      Ralf Burgert          M40+     BAOC      COA
   1  Misha Kreslavsky      M50+     BAOC      56:01
   2  Ken Grace             M50+             1:00:31
   3  Sheldon Wong          M50+     BAOC    2:25:29
      Patty Clemo           F60+     BAOC      COA
   1  Peter Graube          M60+     BAOC    1:02:45
   1  Bob Cooley            M70+     BAOC    1:29:57


10-mile Course
  Pl  Name                  Class    Club      Time
   1  Matej Sebo            M-20     BAOC    1:35:03
   1  Emily Dean            F-21+            4:00:06
   1  Eric Bone             M-21+    COC     1:13:16
   2  Mikkel Conradi        M-21+    CSU     1:14:03
   3  Dennis Wilkinson      M-21+    BAOC    1:31:03
   4  Mark Prior            M-21+    BAOC    1:38:48
   5  Greg Khanlarov        M-21+    BAOC    1:42:02
   6  Jeremy Koehler        M-21+            2:38:11
   7  Chris Plumley         M-21+            2:56:31
   8  Nate Brammeier        M-21+            2:56:33
   9  Nicholas van Hoff     M-21+    BAOC    3:29:33
   1  Brendan O'Brien       M40+   Ireland   1:32:23
   2  Deron van Hoff        M40+     BAOC    3:29:33
   1  Mats Jansson          M50+     GCO     1:43:23
   2  Steve Gregg           M50+     BAOC    1:44:01
   3  Greg Favor            M50+     BAOC    2:55:16
      Gavin Wyatt-Mair      M50+     BAOC      COA
   1  Steve Smith           M60+     BAOC    2:35:20

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COA = Chose Own Adventure