Morgan Territory Regional Preserve
Date: (Sat.) Mar. 27, 2010
Location: Livermore, CA
Event Director: - 510.681.6181
Course Setters: Mats Jansson (NAV-X), Dennis Wilkinson
Type: Rogaine; Mats Jansson (who has been putting on the awesome TrackMe360 runs) has joined up with Rex and Dennis to bring us a rogaine at Morgan Territory. Come out for some great spring running/hiking.
Event Director's Notes
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Let's all have fun and be safe. Thanks to Mats and Dennis for pouring their hearts into this course — a treat for all y'all in such a beautiful venue. All I gotta say is, be prepared, so I am leaving you a "checklist." Then, read their informative course notes!
And please — if you haven't already signed up — do so by sending email. Thanks, Rex
Event Director's Be Smart and Prepared (Because We Care) Checklist:
- Bring all ye esticks! We're counting on it. If you don't own a SportIdent "estick," we gotcha covered with a rental ($3 per team,) but if you said you did, we're counting on you bringing it. Everyone on the team who has one. Thank you.
- Personal hydration systems are recommended. Nothing fancy is required. I usually just throw a water bottle or two in my backpack. There are 3 water stops on the course, and big gaps in between.
- You should bring some food energy, too. That won't be on the course, you can bring your own, and also take a few things from the event center that will fit in your mobile storage.
- Body cover. Not just for the poison oak you may encounter, but also the sun! And sunscreen! And a hat!
- Where you got your shoes at? I lost a dollar to a guy on Telegraph Ave. because I thought he couldn't tell me that. Then he said, "Right there on your feet." We recommend that they are cleated or spiked so you can stay on your feet.
- You know, I've been to rogaines and Score-O's before, and left behind my watch at home. A time piece would be helpful, because there is a penalty deduction for each minute overtime.
- Perhaps one teammate should have a compass? I'm not meaning to be overbearing. We have some to rent as well.
- What's the deal with Tecnu? Some like it as a sort of sunscreen to block the poison oak, then they wash with it afterward, too. Me? I just use dish-washing soap. The "poison" in poison oak is an oil, and dish-washing soap binds to oil. Contact with poison oak can be minimized or avoided; know what it looks like. It's leafy and green (and maybe a little red) right now.
- Carpooling helps us maintain good relations with the public and the wonderful staff of the East Bay Regional Parks District. Pick a spot — Dublin/Pleasanton BART? The Wal-Mart? So and so's house? And conserve resources and mitigate pollution while you're at it.
- Be on time! We won't wait; registration is open at 8:00 (or earlier for you early birds) — you'll need to fill out a form, sign the waiver, and pay — each person has to do this. We'll have an assembly line to process folks efficiently. Course briefing about 8:20, maps distributed 8:30, mass start at 9:00 for everybody — 3 hour and 6 hour.
Cheers,
Rexdog
P.S. We'll have some award certificates. Presented soon after 3:00.