tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47527870792384011562024-03-10T23:22:58.835-04:00Fit 360A Log of Fuel, Fitness, Faith, and Fun, plus Gear Reviews and Superfood RecipesJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.comBlogger1223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-50283721874247111972024-03-09T15:25:00.001-05:002024-03-09T15:26:04.931-05:00Holidays in Denver<p>The hay was in the barn for shooting training and ruck training for Mammoth. I'd be away in Denver for the holidays, but it was about time to taper anyways.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Thursday, Dec 21:</u></b></p><p>My sister (and my dad) like to play board games. This one was kind of like Jenga.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1s4C-bcxJOyFN4upwrT3XnYJNXppTcVBwjLgBiN-DqNij1td2aubQ_-WQedHA2IITL84tsvnG-cTJD8E7YSN3UCioA8045xmOlDx5Xx_N5gl-1s_Wxa7b7L3CBd1E4XQbIbSJi5EN4X4CNauoc85_aYAZntP2TTJh0OCuYWoYDGWkZ3ltnaw5FUHORk/s1644/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.04.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="1214" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1s4C-bcxJOyFN4upwrT3XnYJNXppTcVBwjLgBiN-DqNij1td2aubQ_-WQedHA2IITL84tsvnG-cTJD8E7YSN3UCioA8045xmOlDx5Xx_N5gl-1s_Wxa7b7L3CBd1E4XQbIbSJi5EN4X4CNauoc85_aYAZntP2TTJh0OCuYWoYDGWkZ3ltnaw5FUHORk/w472-h640/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.04.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, Dec 22:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hiked in Golden, at Lookout Mountain, starting from near the Buffalo Bill museum. There were some sketchy icy spots, where it was helpful to have spikes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8Gv4IJOZbn4QNqItdSQj8LGjrVLR8tnJ_9rD5OsJ0oRmkX7yEphsTEh1MJtUN7DMNHyOPpu_zrwAmK6T8Iv5hJnrXChLnBf7T42vTOorH-NELgemWgz89Dcb_VXwJqhtKVuCO7OGl03Vpk5v1v9dkmGDCjIocmiF8flrQNpEXzKa7KWM0eEtf-oa1yI/s1644/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.06.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="1214" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8Gv4IJOZbn4QNqItdSQj8LGjrVLR8tnJ_9rD5OsJ0oRmkX7yEphsTEh1MJtUN7DMNHyOPpu_zrwAmK6T8Iv5hJnrXChLnBf7T42vTOorH-NELgemWgz89Dcb_VXwJqhtKVuCO7OGl03Vpk5v1v9dkmGDCjIocmiF8flrQNpEXzKa7KWM0eEtf-oa1yI/w472-h640/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.06.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="472" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjD7Vs2Ihf1Hjb3CxI5Vi0nvCMgATwI018cUvS7uxp_aY_QYNabC3Om4eUpqjwlhSCAPYt4OOBJhKMXG2leFYYZ6y1wYtY2k1X6LN06vZH3X-FweErX-SxmVXnaCi_2IV9FPTv9DjfsOVX8pRS-gUV82GBJ9tmb_A5W3vemYVr54wpagkXNSHi897Jx2U/s2198/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.06.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2198" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjD7Vs2Ihf1Hjb3CxI5Vi0nvCMgATwI018cUvS7uxp_aY_QYNabC3Om4eUpqjwlhSCAPYt4OOBJhKMXG2leFYYZ6y1wYtY2k1X6LN06vZH3X-FweErX-SxmVXnaCi_2IV9FPTv9DjfsOVX8pRS-gUV82GBJ9tmb_A5W3vemYVr54wpagkXNSHi897Jx2U/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.06.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We hiked downhill from the top of the mountain. There were some interesting views.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqMjkNn-l98IF_Y8PVNPFC_NBanCRt5L9P39UlcIaU23p4BylXd9gFUjOfLNUxURVIgxJ4CipQl5whqtf0ATsVBv9VLveikwiCDHxRQVmj54FINY_OzxXgqyaCvg96qwJN6jnbQuixuCrl3OMw7yoHgUAus9lHX1nKkDcTUHJZXIktIzxITu8aJADv8c/s2198/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.07.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2198" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqMjkNn-l98IF_Y8PVNPFC_NBanCRt5L9P39UlcIaU23p4BylXd9gFUjOfLNUxURVIgxJ4CipQl5whqtf0ATsVBv9VLveikwiCDHxRQVmj54FINY_OzxXgqyaCvg96qwJN6jnbQuixuCrl3OMw7yoHgUAus9lHX1nKkDcTUHJZXIktIzxITu8aJADv8c/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.07.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lEBCbqcXwkfbA_gG0GfmQgAarRT_QzsIG7bksGhzvVY-O0QMCpAl0VxOqcEe6oQZy2jl-VqERa5XSY7nOtp0ynad9UCSouKSqIEk6W5p8vtqTsQ96RESdPMdS7Dw4XWhaDQdbJmcx_3sxsNcHjGpqb0hr6Bht6n0gBfCVF464WNffyFjIBU_PqWTVsY/s2198/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.08.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2198" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lEBCbqcXwkfbA_gG0GfmQgAarRT_QzsIG7bksGhzvVY-O0QMCpAl0VxOqcEe6oQZy2jl-VqERa5XSY7nOtp0ynad9UCSouKSqIEk6W5p8vtqTsQ96RESdPMdS7Dw4XWhaDQdbJmcx_3sxsNcHjGpqb0hr6Bht6n0gBfCVF464WNffyFjIBU_PqWTVsY/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.08.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since the trail was a little sketchy, my parents wanted to walk the road back up to the car, which to me is sketchy in its own way. I'd take a slip on the ice over a hit by a car. We went partway up all together, and then my parents waited at a switchback grassy area while my sister and I went the rest of the way up to get the car. We took a little shortcut to save on distance by going up vertically, which was fun. I told her that this was like adventure racing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGLeTAY_yEegOPaqRwESMmTGDWAM_w6-jQDpaMK7XhHnLyrDytKDdfbJN3gBMGO4QjB9ucQJd-H6yCEExLEaRkesuHuNdEXSX97zTmj16NZ5_gfXkPi8p0wfdO9soQro1fL8pcJZ_hr7odPigpsDj9DVgPtyZBBeik8cPewTdP9Adi-cYdQtzHQIexWY/s2198/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.08.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2198" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGLeTAY_yEegOPaqRwESMmTGDWAM_w6-jQDpaMK7XhHnLyrDytKDdfbJN3gBMGO4QjB9ucQJd-H6yCEExLEaRkesuHuNdEXSX97zTmj16NZ5_gfXkPi8p0wfdO9soQro1fL8pcJZ_hr7odPigpsDj9DVgPtyZBBeik8cPewTdP9Adi-cYdQtzHQIexWY/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.08.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDXFP_QWRkajTOZQSbC2blpjG2napzxI-XNVydeaT5cV55gUuiUmKBfPLDdXZdz-wYfap80YbgivBieisxvlCoUyXjoO8tkPT9RaDQGsv5ZUIqXSEk_hC1s0UTZKe6ql59MigJc2fBFpHp3DVWxOF8BYWWk5Dq9B2XVJgIDY07qrH3oFA8IyqQMVLMq0/s2198/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.08.25%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2198" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDXFP_QWRkajTOZQSbC2blpjG2napzxI-XNVydeaT5cV55gUuiUmKBfPLDdXZdz-wYfap80YbgivBieisxvlCoUyXjoO8tkPT9RaDQGsv5ZUIqXSEk_hC1s0UTZKe6ql59MigJc2fBFpHp3DVWxOF8BYWWk5Dq9B2XVJgIDY07qrH3oFA8IyqQMVLMq0/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.08.25%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You could see Denver from up there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf3LPW09exMmLsaW_DUZAsWLfhh7_RqAL7EZJkiDY_Lp639EM6ZMVHlZxc8lOkaMBb6Cbmwu-BIwTWVO04dK9Wt2uiAJG-OIHxJfzPuAtvvs_A6yOWdl7pxqqbvxAIsLdxgR7QlZhjYHiKmjc_PfKBqoQ5gKQFsbMTIHIhvtA0y7zK5Ip-7X_Jtc9PZBU/s2198/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.08.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2198" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf3LPW09exMmLsaW_DUZAsWLfhh7_RqAL7EZJkiDY_Lp639EM6ZMVHlZxc8lOkaMBb6Cbmwu-BIwTWVO04dK9Wt2uiAJG-OIHxJfzPuAtvvs_A6yOWdl7pxqqbvxAIsLdxgR7QlZhjYHiKmjc_PfKBqoQ5gKQFsbMTIHIhvtA0y7zK5Ip-7X_Jtc9PZBU/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.08.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We watched the Hunger Games prequel... held off on seeing it beforehand so that we could see it together. We don't go to movies or restaurants often, so this was special.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXdpE45xacdpt8H1tOsvtNeqoPNaKqGhrS8oBAj3xyACC5bjT7sG7HSNyXsKzp6Vn3ZDQQ7b90Goz_BglG4hiFEasJSKXyaUsG1PtAlxhYlTyavooAkS4olJfCfr0pVleedkovyyu4ba_U4lk6idZxnynR82RuqSYSNBoMX-sHgMr14a_rpDr2jIT9tU/s1644/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.13.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="760" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXdpE45xacdpt8H1tOsvtNeqoPNaKqGhrS8oBAj3xyACC5bjT7sG7HSNyXsKzp6Vn3ZDQQ7b90Goz_BglG4hiFEasJSKXyaUsG1PtAlxhYlTyavooAkS4olJfCfr0pVleedkovyyu4ba_U4lk6idZxnynR82RuqSYSNBoMX-sHgMr14a_rpDr2jIT9tU/w296-h640/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.13.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="296" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Afterwards, we walked over to the Christmas market, which was super crowded. Most of it was about selling snacks, it seemed. None of it was super appealing to me, though. It was stuff like sugary drinks. Getting to walk inside the light-based tree was cool.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkd7Ei3NOXp0Qgdx62bbVs6MKB3SaDJIpDDEYsGeJ7QELxWFQSZnyr0GU0bg2b4hvz_Mh18NVXHAWEN7ViW9_c02CWwShd7Di1N-txpZF7fjbWPjUfsDcbyI2E5FgztuzFQ6feLvEVG4AmyU91CE2HWAHv_5JjM21JPXn51z6UIMP2QFAKVTT-hoMwuo/s2198/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.13.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2198" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkd7Ei3NOXp0Qgdx62bbVs6MKB3SaDJIpDDEYsGeJ7QELxWFQSZnyr0GU0bg2b4hvz_Mh18NVXHAWEN7ViW9_c02CWwShd7Di1N-txpZF7fjbWPjUfsDcbyI2E5FgztuzFQ6feLvEVG4AmyU91CE2HWAHv_5JjM21JPXn51z6UIMP2QFAKVTT-hoMwuo/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.13.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Saturday, Dec 23:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">To move around a bit, I did Morning Yoga - Energizing Morning Sequence & Fill Your Cup Yoga with Adriene</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">We played shuffleboard and grilled burgers outside in the light rain. Fortunately, the weather in Denver was pretty mild at the time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjQciGKbPPvk6eIpKY7KALZclJ8whPG3HettWqxcFYKjtkoHsFOlD3bnJEVQnG4MP36SxzfOdVPLL5QrgZ4QEydsJzJZGbFVN8-sqlvOfl8zB9iisW0-p92CkJbUcTU-I4Be8IcrXW5aUbMTX_AWm3kZrxMfeQtRl9ILarT-G-1X4iyx57qI7YTxK9Ss/s1644/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.16.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="1226" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjQciGKbPPvk6eIpKY7KALZclJ8whPG3HettWqxcFYKjtkoHsFOlD3bnJEVQnG4MP36SxzfOdVPLL5QrgZ4QEydsJzJZGbFVN8-sqlvOfl8zB9iisW0-p92CkJbUcTU-I4Be8IcrXW5aUbMTX_AWm3kZrxMfeQtRl9ILarT-G-1X4iyx57qI7YTxK9Ss/w478-h640/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.16.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWbEYJPIIVYcjcVI8dM8TD4GCje7TxXPe8LLLASiaSwBlZai3cVkzMuoNYgnh7P0guqlxMxktkQsaqPX8ZT2aOgIbBDbgzdW1Sm3UHkmlKvvy6Z7Ux0AQItg8_B-_14eQPcICRSCpe1uhtLQ8kGne4yQjXBXyr3OZOwFEEY7Af6inU8hdgTh-rh2WLN8/s2192/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.17.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2192" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWbEYJPIIVYcjcVI8dM8TD4GCje7TxXPe8LLLASiaSwBlZai3cVkzMuoNYgnh7P0guqlxMxktkQsaqPX8ZT2aOgIbBDbgzdW1Sm3UHkmlKvvy6Z7Ux0AQItg8_B-_14eQPcICRSCpe1uhtLQ8kGne4yQjXBXyr3OZOwFEEY7Af6inU8hdgTh-rh2WLN8/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.17.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxG7WITQbzQsi_e2VXaANxuMY5uFkNLPfEcRYPuYGQYAtL7Cmzg5OGk-qKIv8rwzSpx6RyreEd0-QxAWR1_W_MDfgDQazk5TADnKo9z_89HSxtSUAiyalxdPPHBpSZ-iYRuUJoEtAP4w6JhQHzqQ3rNS_x59EDC6rxuxM2SfRTew6DclVSBlzdLoQj2NM/s2192/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.17.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2192" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxG7WITQbzQsi_e2VXaANxuMY5uFkNLPfEcRYPuYGQYAtL7Cmzg5OGk-qKIv8rwzSpx6RyreEd0-QxAWR1_W_MDfgDQazk5TADnKo9z_89HSxtSUAiyalxdPPHBpSZ-iYRuUJoEtAP4w6JhQHzqQ3rNS_x59EDC6rxuxM2SfRTew6DclVSBlzdLoQj2NM/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.17.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, Dec 24:</u></b></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizw0PAWCZ-J5JwneyxhULeG1S3nAtSEs2p4W7MJJrwHTvBsVR1Jwm4Fptype2s8V6G8IRnrktxJuDngYlKyNR1vrX5DxuflTk0iiV5Ao1-kb3rk7Z8WKRP8lKjS8250r81O4XEynEx78urdQ_l-CKodJDwOOSOz57vjJxbNwbQUv31HyTKj4KnDq-gz_A/s2192/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.19.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2192" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizw0PAWCZ-J5JwneyxhULeG1S3nAtSEs2p4W7MJJrwHTvBsVR1Jwm4Fptype2s8V6G8IRnrktxJuDngYlKyNR1vrX5DxuflTk0iiV5Ao1-kb3rk7Z8WKRP8lKjS8250r81O4XEynEx78urdQ_l-CKodJDwOOSOz57vjJxbNwbQUv31HyTKj4KnDq-gz_A/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.19.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love gyms. The one at my sister's condo is nice. I started with a max leg tuck challenge, completing 18. Then, I did HDT "Jump Release", a 25 min AMRAP, with 7 rounds and 12 reps. Then, I tried another challenge with pushups and pull-ups ladder but only got to halfway through level 5, with 2.5 pullups before failure. The leg tucks probably took something out of me by then, though. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next, I did GORUC, SRT "Flat Tire" part 2 in 15 min, which was an AMRAP with a 60#KB for DLs and 2x10#KBs for curls. Since I enjoyed spending time in the gym, I finished with wall planks and knee touches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0w9lQOToYxLPGR5XQu9uzglT7J0IBF82O1GZJ7drawGxDcvUNIo1DxJ7Jl_0G4CYW921jXHVIEwqrwZTaFRwq55GADBB_GhZQtiZq7b5QpOqFqSu5hshG4Yzs2i_F6NkaMDbScw4PAvkV8tj_RkVIQJcAB-8NmIoBb47QWq0EX-685Kx0Y2L44E_JQsc/s1634/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.23.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="918" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0w9lQOToYxLPGR5XQu9uzglT7J0IBF82O1GZJ7drawGxDcvUNIo1DxJ7Jl_0G4CYW921jXHVIEwqrwZTaFRwq55GADBB_GhZQtiZq7b5QpOqFqSu5hshG4Yzs2i_F6NkaMDbScw4PAvkV8tj_RkVIQJcAB-8NmIoBb47QWq0EX-685Kx0Y2L44E_JQsc/w360-h640/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.23.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>There's nothing like earning some good food!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwrYUCiflt4IEQLUo8md8v4myEMAqfRDhtmg3F7PGkHhgRYXG6-yhk-OzHsDzVTXcY5EGZNCGuKPw_dfmYyp81fBhifoXSHKbj5euF7fNDCPMj2WyW1DA8JfWWs48Rzb-pnhyRN7xwKmcccQh9egCgWJr5P7CZNDTFPRDTFfgl2Z4gy0Gt88WZqJZbgY/s1644/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.20.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="1238" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwrYUCiflt4IEQLUo8md8v4myEMAqfRDhtmg3F7PGkHhgRYXG6-yhk-OzHsDzVTXcY5EGZNCGuKPw_dfmYyp81fBhifoXSHKbj5euF7fNDCPMj2WyW1DA8JfWWs48Rzb-pnhyRN7xwKmcccQh9egCgWJr5P7CZNDTFPRDTFfgl2Z4gy0Gt88WZqJZbgY/w482-h640/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.20.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-U6K1svvTZV5QHB6vy3JCbGuuTbNEgtat8Ny-mwHSNjwnACofpheUnbVZLiXGLoJBUI1hd0a2-uBUIhpy3x691olEUsm0aibDRWJorcBEnV8gXx0EbnmTeH0mWe9Ui6It-pGgeSll6MHherkveObWcBT1mwnkYFhv1RdQqVSDfsaLHF9DQupMJX6QpHY/s2194/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.20.19%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2194" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-U6K1svvTZV5QHB6vy3JCbGuuTbNEgtat8Ny-mwHSNjwnACofpheUnbVZLiXGLoJBUI1hd0a2-uBUIhpy3x691olEUsm0aibDRWJorcBEnV8gXx0EbnmTeH0mWe9Ui6It-pGgeSll6MHherkveObWcBT1mwnkYFhv1RdQqVSDfsaLHF9DQupMJX6QpHY/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.20.19%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmNARmEadqMYmEdEoyQmITThg_u6d_x2wI3iGcqUn-T75ywzcVhlhU4Ck7IgaN5P0ipikDRhAxNd7RJ6j67Ke4qiRG2_4C-an2au5msmaXVEOSmy6uI7qfbDclrz3i0W_G7RoxeGtmHu9V6XmHlNvwxIP-GLt0_PFecK8r2Zq1QsbjQwwcJWJUTMwck0/s1634/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.20.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="1632" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmNARmEadqMYmEdEoyQmITThg_u6d_x2wI3iGcqUn-T75ywzcVhlhU4Ck7IgaN5P0ipikDRhAxNd7RJ6j67Ke4qiRG2_4C-an2au5msmaXVEOSmy6uI7qfbDclrz3i0W_G7RoxeGtmHu9V6XmHlNvwxIP-GLt0_PFecK8r2Zq1QsbjQwwcJWJUTMwck0/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.20.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, Dec 25:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went to Clear Creek Canyon Park, which is like a trail that goes along a creek in the mountain pass. It's pretty long, but we only hiked a short portion of it, just to enjoy the feeling of hiking in fresh snow. It happened to snow for Christmas!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtq2NFWv_ykO9KbWk3fzH4vMP1vT14uKMWsDFg30fK_jceeLV9ZUgCgZzuZ72lu9TihJAA1f4yo69OFNlDX1mScgav7SglbpYqMzhPRMEl_nDkAz1az-COozQcPtjETpwEUIKVemYy-RLBcLZiIB6QsTAF7Sz-BqSCxHUTcStbUgE3B58L4Ys7XNToNI/s2544/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.30.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="2544" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtq2NFWv_ykO9KbWk3fzH4vMP1vT14uKMWsDFg30fK_jceeLV9ZUgCgZzuZ72lu9TihJAA1f4yo69OFNlDX1mScgav7SglbpYqMzhPRMEl_nDkAz1az-COozQcPtjETpwEUIKVemYy-RLBcLZiIB6QsTAF7Sz-BqSCxHUTcStbUgE3B58L4Ys7XNToNI/w400-h225/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.30.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>We went back into town and played Pickleball. It's crazy to me to want to play pickleball out in near freezing temps.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznE0Mb7t4oDpp0yAK_F40EY1G3ypQ37p4fIHGqSyQNBTDh8p1YIyv9dnMvm_00IyHMhaB6ScHcURx_2e1sigeA42tV7NmGmR_YxC51yqC9sIAlVnvWsijN_Sa2HBeM_b7IWOIlVHf2KNhCx7MHNkHV0onb4hER2AiRrOTmlzUx5R_rNgKLPPIc1lv75Y/s2194/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.34.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2194" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznE0Mb7t4oDpp0yAK_F40EY1G3ypQ37p4fIHGqSyQNBTDh8p1YIyv9dnMvm_00IyHMhaB6ScHcURx_2e1sigeA42tV7NmGmR_YxC51yqC9sIAlVnvWsijN_Sa2HBeM_b7IWOIlVHf2KNhCx7MHNkHV0onb4hER2AiRrOTmlzUx5R_rNgKLPPIc1lv75Y/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.34.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Tuesday, Dec 26:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yoga Belly & Yoga for the Service Industry with Adriene.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Later on, 18A "Dynamic Warmup" in 19:37, "Kettlebell" in 31:59, and Glute and pec PT v1 in 30:48.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My sister and her BF had made a Trader Joe's gingerbread house. The little guys are cute, and I want to eat them, but they probably wouldn't taste very good.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fsSXREJm6Jy5r9D4x3zjipeZQ1uJ65Sblgeg0Cf9ixf5o7RLbykAoxFgRkJBqYPsB_U8ctj2MuQ2Wlm-K9XBD7HlRtWq7umjQ-0JJWCptTuPGAGSyI5FZo8P_JcLo_jDDobQHTbBix9myhqBoUan7TgttzZreKpBrsBACs07TMJHzWZJXjUGtgfh_RI/s2194/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.37.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2194" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fsSXREJm6Jy5r9D4x3zjipeZQ1uJ65Sblgeg0Cf9ixf5o7RLbykAoxFgRkJBqYPsB_U8ctj2MuQ2Wlm-K9XBD7HlRtWq7umjQ-0JJWCptTuPGAGSyI5FZo8P_JcLo_jDDobQHTbBix9myhqBoUan7TgttzZreKpBrsBACs07TMJHzWZJXjUGtgfh_RI/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.37.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, Dec 27:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">After my sister got off of work, we went for a little walk around downtown. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikS2hva-1hA75ev8MsIP4-qn8xAkS95HVWhEMimVFWy9AsV8p2yj3HfsWnIBvawK4lkf5rc1wUN3pi8qRy2c2jmgrPh8eS44eBqTxQlbD2l-vsLf2k0_6Nt9-lPkYj_3OOcf3RaEI8dh2k0ZtZtc3546PCetAEpd1PakRLjcKbzaLt-pwBpJQkAbw3M0Y/s2188/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.40.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1640" data-original-width="2188" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikS2hva-1hA75ev8MsIP4-qn8xAkS95HVWhEMimVFWy9AsV8p2yj3HfsWnIBvawK4lkf5rc1wUN3pi8qRy2c2jmgrPh8eS44eBqTxQlbD2l-vsLf2k0_6Nt9-lPkYj_3OOcf3RaEI8dh2k0ZtZtc3546PCetAEpd1PakRLjcKbzaLt-pwBpJQkAbw3M0Y/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.40.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4jfF9v9YSCbSJ3BMymh9wjxDRtXVXTISyg4lEVVh2faznHiZub5AarkPfs8aLZiPDhgoUml3352R0jX7GAsbXUkt8mricz0O769aSJeiyMHMoA2qHg4-ob6NYXQnSk4MK1g1lvbhH4XrQw9MXEeXGOUUdCgL94KjA2RTBm5yLvPAICXwvytzlr-3opw/s2030/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.39.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2030" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4jfF9v9YSCbSJ3BMymh9wjxDRtXVXTISyg4lEVVh2faznHiZub5AarkPfs8aLZiPDhgoUml3352R0jX7GAsbXUkt8mricz0O769aSJeiyMHMoA2qHg4-ob6NYXQnSk4MK1g1lvbhH4XrQw9MXEeXGOUUdCgL94KjA2RTBm5yLvPAICXwvytzlr-3opw/w400-h303/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.39.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Her new bed arrived, too.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbG-UMSz7z5_Czcu0Dhyphenhyphen2NY6nPNhNgeW2vFBvpNrmP_HyGVTCI1Nv6igqTn7v3gGmvgjqOfsiB-6xx0GcrYMkXsIvnj9lWcTRr_A1zX4Zn2Ptlxp6LVBj6GNk3FNM2xfc7MF7KDaAMc7nr6GCtebVhcit55xXIJ7OGkd42atPlMc2o3g3iWAAV7MITLo/s2654/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.40.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2654" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbG-UMSz7z5_Czcu0Dhyphenhyphen2NY6nPNhNgeW2vFBvpNrmP_HyGVTCI1Nv6igqTn7v3gGmvgjqOfsiB-6xx0GcrYMkXsIvnj9lWcTRr_A1zX4Zn2Ptlxp6LVBj6GNk3FNM2xfc7MF7KDaAMc7nr6GCtebVhcit55xXIJ7OGkd42atPlMc2o3g3iWAAV7MITLo/w400-h224/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.40.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, Dec 28:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">I went to the gym with my mom, each of us doing our own thing. 18A "Lower Body Prep" in 19:58, then HDT 31.1.2 (core) in 32:54, since it felt like it had been a while since I had worked my abs.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We went to Sloan's Lake in town later on. The houses there have an incredible view of the lake, plus mountains in the background. It would be a nice place to go running in the future.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrP-IQTcRvAGUHOxUlMUWIMda-OIVh5FPBR9T8JsqVVSrD3X-3V7oZhOiMM1Z-EDbRT74jfAdEPAf8Gfp75dhcW5xKYCkMJaKe93OXni7_yDLEbSjwvpVHwIjkDBJINNg5iSKZO7oAo8gQ-xvcJxvOXcRAGPQpCYbu7gEq_yZ3FPahmkNsHg2oLwLZcWE/s2188/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.47.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1640" data-original-width="2188" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrP-IQTcRvAGUHOxUlMUWIMda-OIVh5FPBR9T8JsqVVSrD3X-3V7oZhOiMM1Z-EDbRT74jfAdEPAf8Gfp75dhcW5xKYCkMJaKe93OXni7_yDLEbSjwvpVHwIjkDBJINNg5iSKZO7oAo8gQ-xvcJxvOXcRAGPQpCYbu7gEq_yZ3FPahmkNsHg2oLwLZcWE/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.47.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5bF79rqQ9MxvQdqcIVOXWyGacb8JpNutmFvJqfLh7u_kBgr5zLgAF0EHVn6_sSWl4PqL_BSJxbhu1pKfOVCjT7xst-Bdr8JN-hZqap7gYngrBgafk4KRhvPBfRyWLu8OmORasljGiGJXVPoMh9bqiSrnf_AZkE0FyZfTbkHiyciTEFFxmhOzVAkMc2Q/s2568/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.47.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="2568" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5bF79rqQ9MxvQdqcIVOXWyGacb8JpNutmFvJqfLh7u_kBgr5zLgAF0EHVn6_sSWl4PqL_BSJxbhu1pKfOVCjT7xst-Bdr8JN-hZqap7gYngrBgafk4KRhvPBfRyWLu8OmORasljGiGJXVPoMh9bqiSrnf_AZkE0FyZfTbkHiyciTEFFxmhOzVAkMc2Q/w400-h225/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.47.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6Sk4Mgbrzd0BF6TBHt7Js29_e4gmgdrl_m9YkNLuoF7xyMFNqk1yHleFrUroyQxJG4AdmCGCGDBBlLJwVQO1WOvoOLxJYUNTYc30S3uokRfPTqqao2s8MZW_bfNWH4kQ8U-vF8mM-r5qzRepuOGKscip3MY81gmwB1UvfkmBDHlAQWAxP3X-9NEk20I/s2186/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.48.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="2186" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6Sk4Mgbrzd0BF6TBHt7Js29_e4gmgdrl_m9YkNLuoF7xyMFNqk1yHleFrUroyQxJG4AdmCGCGDBBlLJwVQO1WOvoOLxJYUNTYc30S3uokRfPTqqao2s8MZW_bfNWH4kQ8U-vF8mM-r5qzRepuOGKscip3MY81gmwB1UvfkmBDHlAQWAxP3X-9NEk20I/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.48.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">My dad and I found a geocache while waiting for my mom to catch up.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1bJ2RG2tLow32E3vnemA_Vh9mz0hyEfWCWCfyS-I5Xo1ZiqUhg6FKJroYhAXFlgNeE2d-dW0iWSW1P6fwmYOpJ9uLC45Rt5xQ3UKzyIoYKaZ2PSMDAShn6ubiWpEd2EFxh8-RgaQcBllJ_QD_lP9WySDoHPY_kfbZepF6pnpxaFTE5A7uKf7azyYAhE/s2186/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.48.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="2186" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1bJ2RG2tLow32E3vnemA_Vh9mz0hyEfWCWCfyS-I5Xo1ZiqUhg6FKJroYhAXFlgNeE2d-dW0iWSW1P6fwmYOpJ9uLC45Rt5xQ3UKzyIoYKaZ2PSMDAShn6ubiWpEd2EFxh8-RgaQcBllJ_QD_lP9WySDoHPY_kfbZepF6pnpxaFTE5A7uKf7azyYAhE/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.48.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">It got really cold when the sun set.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IORDc6J89j50w1dOmet1eOOe2HU4HZRDEt70Tr6XBEnaTQ7KgaDe5yCuDEHbI2_n-1rosC3Xhko5UozToEHxD41u_YAabxMgola2lP4qgp6IYPfdSxRPE_vpB8GsIsEHLBpWyV1F3HlSqQf9ImRakxo4gPBP-oWQxmuGL2w0QElxh18BYbtId0clHL0/s2186/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.48.29%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="2186" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IORDc6J89j50w1dOmet1eOOe2HU4HZRDEt70Tr6XBEnaTQ7KgaDe5yCuDEHbI2_n-1rosC3Xhko5UozToEHxD41u_YAabxMgola2lP4qgp6IYPfdSxRPE_vpB8GsIsEHLBpWyV1F3HlSqQf9ImRakxo4gPBP-oWQxmuGL2w0QElxh18BYbtId0clHL0/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%202.48.29%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, Dec 29:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">SB recommended that we check out the Vail area. In the morning, we walked around the ski village. 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The skiing looked crazy, anyways... very steep.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Afterwards, we went up the road to Walking Mountains Science Center for a little nature tour. We love ranger tours. This one's not quite as official as one from the NPS, but it was still informative and fun. We learned about aspen trees, the little pockets under the layer of snow where animals live, and the incredible memory of chickadees.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfmVZDX63NYDe_fLP9TO6xckWCN7USQU9gy_4wSlZKDXCk2B4c5nEdkGkBLPpqbXUl10yIs1O0gXU88_mL8gNfZlF0TAzBV8VYjG6Owy2kgUAoCqFo8xch6_39A2yaR7vMiTWamcskiaPNm1In5qof1G6djIM8NplUMVLf81tIXj9AeqyTooYkyvI6UA/s2302/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.06.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1720" data-original-width="2302" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfmVZDX63NYDe_fLP9TO6xckWCN7USQU9gy_4wSlZKDXCk2B4c5nEdkGkBLPpqbXUl10yIs1O0gXU88_mL8gNfZlF0TAzBV8VYjG6Owy2kgUAoCqFo8xch6_39A2yaR7vMiTWamcskiaPNm1In5qof1G6djIM8NplUMVLf81tIXj9AeqyTooYkyvI6UA/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.06.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLxp-cnTRE_bkSN_EVrX-VKxqtqy1csZZPbltBGDUDIpzhCyYg_Cu_cUqpV5QHha1llZsBDmrBN8LURtSH9nYJjGWtp_m1pBfDaphU6oF-iolcHxN7y0OKksTqc7-XHnpKJIiP06hxsLcGxUtAhRDSLpkYg5rtw4_GhzbcxMxs5Yj64Tk4pecOEXjJ2Kk/s2302/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.06.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1720" data-original-width="2302" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLxp-cnTRE_bkSN_EVrX-VKxqtqy1csZZPbltBGDUDIpzhCyYg_Cu_cUqpV5QHha1llZsBDmrBN8LURtSH9nYJjGWtp_m1pBfDaphU6oF-iolcHxN7y0OKksTqc7-XHnpKJIiP06hxsLcGxUtAhRDSLpkYg5rtw4_GhzbcxMxs5Yj64Tk4pecOEXjJ2Kk/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.06.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxRSA5MGS61JhlYLnx6YK26lXD4mTNSvzfgDJS70tty2Dp-EdVIgWZRYTcaDSpQXD_sYTA_4RSD-QHv3mnaVw5KDGTEYEwymjGFALMMZ0OiqCSVa6OJ4Ezh0hPGDhSPGwPkeIeblxkpnXkEdEcQ13PFYWxMxFARrnD7dN_czbBWRf6jt2vunGXxyoz1g/s2302/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.07.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1720" data-original-width="2302" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxRSA5MGS61JhlYLnx6YK26lXD4mTNSvzfgDJS70tty2Dp-EdVIgWZRYTcaDSpQXD_sYTA_4RSD-QHv3mnaVw5KDGTEYEwymjGFALMMZ0OiqCSVa6OJ4Ezh0hPGDhSPGwPkeIeblxkpnXkEdEcQ13PFYWxMxFARrnD7dN_czbBWRf6jt2vunGXxyoz1g/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.07.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Afterwards, I couldn't help myself but to buy a cute little owl from the gift shop. SB was home, just a mile away, so we swung by her place for a quick visit, too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgFlit4rVHnuPKiv3Fl8RE113a9caL_TYDhuphA5ZWdZRYDlA808qLuG4jMKBBqD3_GgI7x5nniczttxYSL28kaq8MRRgU8cU5Y6HbhQn-xhHNtVzGsiOltx6kGWhc5MgjeT3qllkAlc8zRYUBFLEMTpxicId8FbQfWmLUbNrNAqd5g2zR67p6TklF8c/s1720/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.07.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1720" data-original-width="1282" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgFlit4rVHnuPKiv3Fl8RE113a9caL_TYDhuphA5ZWdZRYDlA808qLuG4jMKBBqD3_GgI7x5nniczttxYSL28kaq8MRRgU8cU5Y6HbhQn-xhHNtVzGsiOltx6kGWhc5MgjeT3qllkAlc8zRYUBFLEMTpxicId8FbQfWmLUbNrNAqd5g2zR67p6TklF8c/w478-h640/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.07.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmGsD34KCh2sQl0z9o5PM6W1tuMgiFeJHf3U5SZZnIpvOWL5-8OYvysvtgE_y_7cEBTNmMNoj8qkhm3mFsX2nS5L6rO1UMomyy4JlPavOnnPaIC4JhPOAs64aJq3C-CoqIx3T1OkSkHuwMPAXy9bnTHUHWh4ukxQjmVuMKhQNQGXaJFHSqlkYC8j7aC4/s1720/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.07.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1720" data-original-width="1282" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmGsD34KCh2sQl0z9o5PM6W1tuMgiFeJHf3U5SZZnIpvOWL5-8OYvysvtgE_y_7cEBTNmMNoj8qkhm3mFsX2nS5L6rO1UMomyy4JlPavOnnPaIC4JhPOAs64aJq3C-CoqIx3T1OkSkHuwMPAXy9bnTHUHWh4ukxQjmVuMKhQNQGXaJFHSqlkYC8j7aC4/w478-h640/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.07.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Saturday, Dec 30:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">More pickleball, this time, with my sister's BF.</p><p style="text-align: left;">One court over, a similar arrangement of demographics of people were playing, which was funny.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcEMfpEH6midrSkkYRHs0-b7ot_OjyYYoALrmZlFeYBtOXmJ5er31k2D5dVWRSscV6K_f9Ye9we9GazvyWzLkeWxsYrVdLDDNTsIVNZAiZnH55quCL-4UN4FCWJQ3TyD_2Lf7E61LO08OjcCb-bnZoXdWDFQWA07PfMiKC8bjnpVPv375eYf2NJs1eas/s1604/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.12.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="1202" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcEMfpEH6midrSkkYRHs0-b7ot_OjyYYoALrmZlFeYBtOXmJ5er31k2D5dVWRSscV6K_f9Ye9we9GazvyWzLkeWxsYrVdLDDNTsIVNZAiZnH55quCL-4UN4FCWJQ3TyD_2Lf7E61LO08OjcCb-bnZoXdWDFQWA07PfMiKC8bjnpVPv375eYf2NJs1eas/w480-h640/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.12.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">We had pho afterwards. I went to town on the bean sprouts and basil. It was good, although maybe the veggies hadn't been washed very well. Nothing too serious, though.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, Dec 31:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwC4T4wrnGElYI94hwfGxmM5vC-Lc9rpZsMWAH2ghI_-aeTV2N_D8TNtVrSRqXRilU3bMfs4gI2vpTIAzqtBlN9a5K5My_h3weN5_NxHOOGJigCuBWHifCAyG4sdDxRKugrgwDIoOaoG3Qt2AK3Cz0MXjTLfLgUFY8HWUlnZ0oNyyxgFGvKEIjuEX2G4k/s2274/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.15.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="2274" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwC4T4wrnGElYI94hwfGxmM5vC-Lc9rpZsMWAH2ghI_-aeTV2N_D8TNtVrSRqXRilU3bMfs4gI2vpTIAzqtBlN9a5K5My_h3weN5_NxHOOGJigCuBWHifCAyG4sdDxRKugrgwDIoOaoG3Qt2AK3Cz0MXjTLfLgUFY8HWUlnZ0oNyyxgFGvKEIjuEX2G4k/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.15.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">At Tivoli Quad, the city was hosting a free event called Fire and Ice, where they had a few small ice sculptures and hot air balloons. They want to revitalize the town. It was very cool seeing the balloons out there. It must've looked nuts to people who happened to pass by without knowing what was going on. The balloons weren't flying anywhere, but they looked awesome when they blew their fire to keep them inflated.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGKFQIXODeZBDHGnvrG9hLv8uWMxs1xUeCxe3UiegRtA4vZNgyVn2XHiOxtWT2xoVNwVZKXkSjZ_mUeVW9SXDP7T0yz1kVJnYUvqRC7sOUmOaL8Ab58zHEE6DFLjfWbUrYeLI9JP0-9joItsusigq3oSkkpEkFpWV6mBJo7QI34nM9uoBUC3RBR3Y2x0/s2302/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.21.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1718" data-original-width="2302" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGKFQIXODeZBDHGnvrG9hLv8uWMxs1xUeCxe3UiegRtA4vZNgyVn2XHiOxtWT2xoVNwVZKXkSjZ_mUeVW9SXDP7T0yz1kVJnYUvqRC7sOUmOaL8Ab58zHEE6DFLjfWbUrYeLI9JP0-9joItsusigq3oSkkpEkFpWV6mBJo7QI34nM9uoBUC3RBR3Y2x0/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.21.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I forgot that we were not in the Eastern timezone, so when I went go watch the ball drop after staying up for it, I was 2 hours late.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVtsFjjjyZ5tgmpw-nRCzoobDH0wJQdsk7qSZ3YT-oQ1WOPhizVmTxR5Qs5Hy87OMe5m2fjreEDXtkUz-SfHTN1aUawTP-UZTYittksJfG8YR-R92-dkYorTg6xoFhqrCTJPoCQkWQH92KZ-Sp_l4SegEzcoMFG9Q8UZfWZhpk1IASv2Zt0FNDubLSxI/s1718/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.17.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1718" data-original-width="1282" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVtsFjjjyZ5tgmpw-nRCzoobDH0wJQdsk7qSZ3YT-oQ1WOPhizVmTxR5Qs5Hy87OMe5m2fjreEDXtkUz-SfHTN1aUawTP-UZTYittksJfG8YR-R92-dkYorTg6xoFhqrCTJPoCQkWQH92KZ-Sp_l4SegEzcoMFG9Q8UZfWZhpk1IASv2Zt0FNDubLSxI/w478-h640/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%203.17.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, Jan 1:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Time to go back home and get ready for Mammoth!</p></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-43005459077720019182024-02-05T22:16:00.002-05:002024-02-05T22:18:30.634-05:00GORUCK Toy Drop Light 2023<p><b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b></p><p><b><u>Monday, Dec 11:</u></b></p><p>I had the first of a few dental visits... 3 over the course of about a week!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBulVxa6cb4QG6rGsx_htbyfifblkP_1gwTVk5RgKJGFicWkD-bmML3lqPmPheQr6noeuF4LyJHpa_1O9PsjC5tNRh4W2sbMnme_AnhMk7p7lTaewfQebqcPHqQafpTGsTKMWjF20MraUSliCl-3x9RPQj-hiRTjD69-sFc7ujyny7UQ-XSZyRexqP0OU/s2468/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.14.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="2468" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBulVxa6cb4QG6rGsx_htbyfifblkP_1gwTVk5RgKJGFicWkD-bmML3lqPmPheQr6noeuF4LyJHpa_1O9PsjC5tNRh4W2sbMnme_AnhMk7p7lTaewfQebqcPHqQafpTGsTKMWjF20MraUSliCl-3x9RPQj-hiRTjD69-sFc7ujyny7UQ-XSZyRexqP0OU/w400-h235/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.14.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>My parents visited. I took them to McAdenville, aka Christmastown, USA, for the first time. I didn't ruck it this time, since I had done plenty over the weekend. It was chilly, but I think they enjoyed it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5lixmqKPgXeWLlIexPIVRDO1PNieF4AGqvFWdoWoIyUzRUn-lCx5t3Ds0GuM4RgA76rfdPkCLB2JWkRsXdOrQk7T0WELltc-wIynOPefWWrQqCzZSmLgSNKkpHV5uxZj1ifbqmn9hnlc_2E2fgmHf9X010iUQJhawW6OQlwvsX5ZVE7inwziC_2kc34/s2326/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.12.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2326" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5lixmqKPgXeWLlIexPIVRDO1PNieF4AGqvFWdoWoIyUzRUn-lCx5t3Ds0GuM4RgA76rfdPkCLB2JWkRsXdOrQk7T0WELltc-wIynOPefWWrQqCzZSmLgSNKkpHV5uxZj1ifbqmn9hnlc_2E2fgmHf9X010iUQJhawW6OQlwvsX5ZVE7inwziC_2kc34/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.12.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYqKEDJIk-N_DAELcnlY8PfQygjk87m65VsgYMF-f-DolUY2D5HfKTHI4E6JsOuacgAehAXdY1KSrKbJAbQcV5tbZfFGLn5Oz83MWKXf81cGxMF2uQzvtYzweNbM2Mh59Q3p-2gpGcS1gpFgnT1doeqRP1Ea816Tp4ktslQvHqX_Xi60JIW1lO6imNYg/s2326/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.12.36%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2326" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYqKEDJIk-N_DAELcnlY8PfQygjk87m65VsgYMF-f-DolUY2D5HfKTHI4E6JsOuacgAehAXdY1KSrKbJAbQcV5tbZfFGLn5Oz83MWKXf81cGxMF2uQzvtYzweNbM2Mh59Q3p-2gpGcS1gpFgnT1doeqRP1Ea816Tp4ktslQvHqX_Xi60JIW1lO6imNYg/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.12.36%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4q42tm-dgoZcrWGOP33whAYz1KVCIQo7PJFKVk2fV91Fkh53HFFUZdUQAX7RcQnA5kGM1uqHMU9UeNKtUhUwTtaoYzCeRlxh350LKFywLouGifpETiSwaonOGGMHvzDXHSQSHlTr-Cup70yGelz1dCP3Zmz8ovbWHrUbrxI_Zs2L1kZoNTS-T3LS68s/s1450/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.12.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="1298" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4q42tm-dgoZcrWGOP33whAYz1KVCIQo7PJFKVk2fV91Fkh53HFFUZdUQAX7RcQnA5kGM1uqHMU9UeNKtUhUwTtaoYzCeRlxh350LKFywLouGifpETiSwaonOGGMHvzDXHSQSHlTr-Cup70yGelz1dCP3Zmz8ovbWHrUbrxI_Zs2L1kZoNTS-T3LS68s/w358-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.12.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="358" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, Dec 13:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Dropped my parents off at the airport, so that they could fly to Denver. I'd meet the fam there later in the month.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xmKSnHnKgDQ30gWB1p0mOPUbZYkfaoZxTCE_poPPAc0TXjaA6_Ys7WWrRK6BZcvuqHNI79bqmQ8aPMhD7epWPe-sv3GO2p0ucLbw1Gs5Aq4xNHFb5gljZv1oVsXhs-VfaV5EiAX22DgGG0_MigllusLVAmyjEuTN2Pby84LC1VT7U_-wfnkPfgO_qy8/s2468/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.17.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="2468" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xmKSnHnKgDQ30gWB1p0mOPUbZYkfaoZxTCE_poPPAc0TXjaA6_Ys7WWrRK6BZcvuqHNI79bqmQ8aPMhD7epWPe-sv3GO2p0ucLbw1Gs5Aq4xNHFb5gljZv1oVsXhs-VfaV5EiAX22DgGG0_MigllusLVAmyjEuTN2Pby84LC1VT7U_-wfnkPfgO_qy8/w400-h235/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.17.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Yoga for Celebrating & Center - Day 18 - Gaze with Adriene.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, Dec 14:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Went out to Waxhaw for their 5am Thursday morning workout. That's quite early! On the bright side, you can avoid traffic, so the drive's not that bad.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We did a 0.8 mile warmup ruck/run, me wearing a 30# ruck. Then, we did a 30 min AMRAP of 5 burpee devils presses with a 40#SB for me, 10 slick HRPU, a 100m 30#R/40#SB carry, and then a coupon ruck finisher of 0.7 miles. When I got to the office, I did 18A "Hollow" for 16 min, before hitting the shower and starting work.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The usual patch of grass in front of the Petsmart had been overtaken by a Christmas tree vendor, which gave us a more festive background.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiRW-D1eoyL3e83zcS5zzgHZ8xby_hdcfRMwD-fOwqn_OcwpGpmpoJ1L6hyphenhyphen0m_4TvrS76_bKwljXlDeCeNKmaSIXEXcQlwcfS6-yJRzlCYecxlQVtVXwrsLXGKwTCbDylpCHjntE5tJ9EDWWLvR4r6PIJZgOiRTrIHcyTaw9iE38jahyWheKilssHYp0/s1214/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.20.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="808" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiRW-D1eoyL3e83zcS5zzgHZ8xby_hdcfRMwD-fOwqn_OcwpGpmpoJ1L6hyphenhyphen0m_4TvrS76_bKwljXlDeCeNKmaSIXEXcQlwcfS6-yJRzlCYecxlQVtVXwrsLXGKwTCbDylpCHjntE5tJ9EDWWLvR4r6PIJZgOiRTrIHcyTaw9iE38jahyWheKilssHYp0/w426-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.20.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, Dec 15:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">I went to Coleman's Creek for a last tune-up session before Mammoth. With my upcoming trip to Denver, this would likely be it. I thought about getting a Vortex Impact since it was now out, but I'd only have this day to get it set up and to practice with it. Maybe it would've been doable, but it was nice to not have the added stress of figuring it out.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I zeroed and chronoed with the Garmin, getting 2966fps and an SD of 19. The Garmin is so fast and efficient and compact, compared to the Labradar.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BmbERAd4F0Si4INxLYXaMGvJiLhxQQCbCK59k3njc8VNvY3t0XvnPNV_gSj4PVi7wJVtMOvvueQa6HIKdXuKW10ib4SlreIDmW0aZm7gQbUwhE75rIyxVYIzQ1O4q4mM7FUVLGn6al_pNxNyV3YzhajDN3qh9s5B-JjOg5z2Y2LunLIR2HRtI4REagk/s1668/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.26.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="1304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BmbERAd4F0Si4INxLYXaMGvJiLhxQQCbCK59k3njc8VNvY3t0XvnPNV_gSj4PVi7wJVtMOvvueQa6HIKdXuKW10ib4SlreIDmW0aZm7gQbUwhE75rIyxVYIzQ1O4q4mM7FUVLGn6al_pNxNyV3YzhajDN3qh9s5B-JjOg5z2Y2LunLIR2HRtI4REagk/w500-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.26.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="500" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I also zeroed the red dot on QD on my old LMT, since it had gotten a little loose at GBF Operation Shooter... I guess that can make me feel slightly better about how I shot. <div><br /></div><div>I also did some positional AR work and a bit of moving and shooting up close at 15yd.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnDdcl97N-7bjIiaT_4VsGveYN-zCes3Q_arSb1UrWFn1oovlx2VKOEwmO6U2L974jL21q55E3BdD8eNrngQf00E-L-1TOjKiCutjctK5KZXpJoya4xrOl8xZJ7uxKpYgGVLV66cpH9Ygead-weWQCWxUWhN0rCYkbScysz0s-22wlN13HsDNvUCg6Pg/s1742/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.29.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnDdcl97N-7bjIiaT_4VsGveYN-zCes3Q_arSb1UrWFn1oovlx2VKOEwmO6U2L974jL21q55E3BdD8eNrngQf00E-L-1TOjKiCutjctK5KZXpJoya4xrOl8xZJ7uxKpYgGVLV66cpH9Ygead-weWQCWxUWhN0rCYkbScysz0s-22wlN13HsDNvUCg6Pg/w480-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.29.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Next, I went to the wide open range #6, to practice positional precision rifle shooting on 660, 560, and 730yd targets. I went slowly and deliberately, to build solid positions and establish good muscle memory. I did about an equal amount live and dry, to get practice while saving ammo and barrel life.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1UFwMT7M1ODrZToEcW2nFJzairKWlrG584XsZAF2TQ9T2vYjH3syRm6ej8-zqo5RXD46jTLoY87C5BHrb9tk_VngwPIYnbW_4J3_pPn9uGZix8oWTv9KDn0pgX09s8ggLkYDiME9LgHbsnXq8m59B4T9jNj9_kjPwu0aLALENLW9A3lCACWffZ9rdls/s2320/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.32.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1UFwMT7M1ODrZToEcW2nFJzairKWlrG584XsZAF2TQ9T2vYjH3syRm6ej8-zqo5RXD46jTLoY87C5BHrb9tk_VngwPIYnbW_4J3_pPn9uGZix8oWTv9KDn0pgX09s8ggLkYDiME9LgHbsnXq8m59B4T9jNj9_kjPwu0aLALENLW9A3lCACWffZ9rdls/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.32.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaiHzWO-n0RDw02ovM1eppllT1JS7ulhYhx4R1MgbD3LPEN-kPUKeaOp1iorJ6SddE7NHHkeIZmBKHhNoPfskjpGGm__NRTnoR5IKeVFZQskRIS0Z8EFVmYW6z670Hj7mrY8SbT46AmQBH-AApPISN_O-OsH4nY3gZmFrZm7uDvpirunJKWZv_XnpzFQ/s2320/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.33.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaiHzWO-n0RDw02ovM1eppllT1JS7ulhYhx4R1MgbD3LPEN-kPUKeaOp1iorJ6SddE7NHHkeIZmBKHhNoPfskjpGGm__NRTnoR5IKeVFZQskRIS0Z8EFVmYW6z670Hj7mrY8SbT46AmQBH-AApPISN_O-OsH4nY3gZmFrZm7uDvpirunJKWZv_XnpzFQ/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.33.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I then went to the long narrow range #7, gathering some more chrono data while shooting (ave 2963, SD 22) and chasing some longer targets. I sometimes choose to fight to hit certain targets and end up using up a bunch of ammo in the process.</div><div><br /></div><div>I did get to see some deer out there, making poor life choices.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1eccGkdmyhZJJLSlMcc8mHyqvsNvJwgIWHUV04JbZZbmGQnNrq8vDNeo2KuEuQVKtcQPVqvB9Gh7S7ql02dajn2uKltjoD9KyljTF6doLMAC7W8fEP92djXKphxpF194y2YS9YBJiRodaVXSDkz7TZ7rrg-VGtJTcrFvTPbW7vsx6mtCamUv2xJEpUI/s1742/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.36.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1eccGkdmyhZJJLSlMcc8mHyqvsNvJwgIWHUV04JbZZbmGQnNrq8vDNeo2KuEuQVKtcQPVqvB9Gh7S7ql02dajn2uKltjoD9KyljTF6doLMAC7W8fEP92djXKphxpF194y2YS9YBJiRodaVXSDkz7TZ7rrg-VGtJTcrFvTPbW7vsx6mtCamUv2xJEpUI/w480-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.36.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I went back to the zero range at the end to make sure everything was still good... I was about 0.1 high but didn't change anything.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also shot some pistol at 20yd 6" steel. It's hard to have a bad day at the range!<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitD257ov3Y2RrDRt9rVKdBou1uU-lYe7MsXby-aU9b6KjwKhWSiQkCuRaInwMJsFZD7em_As6ONcFFVplCK7z63D3COTSeV4OVf1Rq2NmzZplb6-owGrz1yhiX9serYvoXa54SEbv6pRj-aczjySlKIPGIVgjDRKVZBdZ5fKeiBCkwtlcII6_-mD02Idk/s2334/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.36.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2334" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitD257ov3Y2RrDRt9rVKdBou1uU-lYe7MsXby-aU9b6KjwKhWSiQkCuRaInwMJsFZD7em_As6ONcFFVplCK7z63D3COTSeV4OVf1Rq2NmzZplb6-owGrz1yhiX9serYvoXa54SEbv6pRj-aczjySlKIPGIVgjDRKVZBdZ5fKeiBCkwtlcII6_-mD02Idk/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.36.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>GORUCK TOY DROP LIGHT</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">GORUCK had an official Christmas time event in town this year, and Cadre LDB led it. He always puts a lot of effort into making his events meaningful and unique, so I was excited to have him. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There were fun costumes. Events where people dress up are always a ton of fun. It's hard to have poopy faces, even when you're doing something hard, when you're in a costume.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdvUr7M7tY7_4eSWEY7bwMMODVIzsnomFooSOufc1jjb5YvtyUr0VPDrozgMHsP-ZuOumgLxezZvWGqB7zJwsp1bY2VPl-V-ptwsjYVJTKWme5Awkwv8AzU-owTAwBgWRH848nxA32vIMRmwA3_q2knuDqY9VMWls0vDJWlQF0EMBBi_6TT9ACmz73mw/s2334/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.42.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2334" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdvUr7M7tY7_4eSWEY7bwMMODVIzsnomFooSOufc1jjb5YvtyUr0VPDrozgMHsP-ZuOumgLxezZvWGqB7zJwsp1bY2VPl-V-ptwsjYVJTKWme5Awkwv8AzU-owTAwBgWRH848nxA32vIMRmwA3_q2knuDqY9VMWls0vDJWlQF0EMBBi_6TT9ACmz73mw/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.42.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC60eP2O7sOWhyphenhyphenvlU-J9pbfKoJfbJ8PielKOwdn4DhQHah0rjbq4Wgk5V4G1ud0CqIHhfAsA9HYMs6v3dFSukDMJq7SOtY-Erskhq51GYU49ScxndTJUCyBYBUnmG04RgmUUT65NH86PTBvOfMFA-ePJ5zvOG3zCGUsHmwI3wVYrDSs-YE1_QYHArYmmU/s2334/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.43.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2334" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC60eP2O7sOWhyphenhyphenvlU-J9pbfKoJfbJ8PielKOwdn4DhQHah0rjbq4Wgk5V4G1ud0CqIHhfAsA9HYMs6v3dFSukDMJq7SOtY-Erskhq51GYU49ScxndTJUCyBYBUnmG04RgmUUT65NH86PTBvOfMFA-ePJ5zvOG3zCGUsHmwI3wVYrDSs-YE1_QYHArYmmU/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.43.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The class split up into three teams, which competed against each other for points. Each team had a kid leading it, and they got to choose the team names... "Santa's Helpers", "Firetruck", and I don't remember the third team. Kids are funny. Losing a game also meant rolling the exercise dice for a number of reps or minutes of a particular exercises. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTu2EXbNubq9jhTxw3vNWtLNLOlT90VhdMje7fczOkW4ARbw2nzUADfFNi8pQSh9XLB8tqV1gh5yCDbUH6B8vb0t5UQej6PKQFclHn1jmvbGRSYmpf4L4alHX9TiC6qrfFqjOYKg-W7w_XuuKZVKnvMzXOdBbUQfeBA41brT0BM8GLUdssU-vUB7LMQ8I/s1742/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.43.44%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTu2EXbNubq9jhTxw3vNWtLNLOlT90VhdMje7fczOkW4ARbw2nzUADfFNi8pQSh9XLB8tqV1gh5yCDbUH6B8vb0t5UQej6PKQFclHn1jmvbGRSYmpf4L4alHX9TiC6qrfFqjOYKg-W7w_XuuKZVKnvMzXOdBbUQfeBA41brT0BM8GLUdssU-vUB7LMQ8I/w478-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.43.44%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3FW6jWvlCyoqFM47Vtx4qKQoNQLl-2CRw3PSO2X2gWey9H3x33MqUNeSFFfCiZuKUDPjJHKwgnixbk7EwJfTUy_xvoyUIaBDr1818I6vfBj8DrdGMHXQo3fEKlMAGWl0QJE5LffZTrcy8X6ymAw4yPeplXlOskzVX-_9kVNgMrkvt3eyzh2tBaBX1uE/s2326/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.46.07%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3FW6jWvlCyoqFM47Vtx4qKQoNQLl-2CRw3PSO2X2gWey9H3x33MqUNeSFFfCiZuKUDPjJHKwgnixbk7EwJfTUy_xvoyUIaBDr1818I6vfBj8DrdGMHXQo3fEKlMAGWl0QJE5LffZTrcy8X6ymAw4yPeplXlOskzVX-_9kVNgMrkvt3eyzh2tBaBX1uE/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.46.07%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCyb030hCsgReNWwwz4R60rcOSkxsHEyx_-IEt3_04FtaSJA0CGDgNoOZbB9mQ4HGBkR42hQV7W2h6xaFXa6R6-wGNxlwJNOJiLq2qGDfhVpsqkXv5ye6qZ3DgK7yPcqYQQ2DwmCPC3KL-eZLDeuSvZrLjPHhHolthbb7BQ_y6z_We0kQRz2sxIb6NE0/s2308/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.47.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2308" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCyb030hCsgReNWwwz4R60rcOSkxsHEyx_-IEt3_04FtaSJA0CGDgNoOZbB9mQ4HGBkR42hQV7W2h6xaFXa6R6-wGNxlwJNOJiLq2qGDfhVpsqkXv5ye6qZ3DgK7yPcqYQQ2DwmCPC3KL-eZLDeuSvZrLjPHhHolthbb7BQ_y6z_We0kQRz2sxIb6NE0/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.47.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Since it was kid-friendly, most of the first part of the event involved doing mini ruck loops around half of the park, which allowed us to get a bit of rucking in, while not requiring a huge commitment from the little ones in case they got tired. It also gave LDB a little time to set up each new game/evolution in between. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIpQHyNpNdoC1qA5V2L41qxJQhWos6RiSCMlQYQJkJUxTcAXaP6S8ZqGGKF0D919swmirdquNNe4aqWTMCV_pAaKMsVuTQ0L9DuL0Q_gRBVXwj65uoRi60gI2HrmXujyb6N-cbACnAEKHJ8gjSg3hp1wFqn5-wvEF9dYufn1fUTKScXdFgDm9ElbxcL4/s2326/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.45.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIpQHyNpNdoC1qA5V2L41qxJQhWos6RiSCMlQYQJkJUxTcAXaP6S8ZqGGKF0D919swmirdquNNe4aqWTMCV_pAaKMsVuTQ0L9DuL0Q_gRBVXwj65uoRi60gI2HrmXujyb6N-cbACnAEKHJ8gjSg3hp1wFqn5-wvEF9dYufn1fUTKScXdFgDm9ElbxcL4/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.45.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QvFyMpDFfQriL_3yZ2tZRZXb7amIMKR9jw4Jdy3l71SEeXLiZLEnc0jTqZzcvEeyFOZjJlSchr93MZ1VGhPDdoybZFDumUA453Q5YtV7N-fJSCRxRX1-g92m-Qw83NqZPd0usqJC3-ynNL0ipEcR_KoB0Vuc4IVnJ85B_8TkQ_RAfs0Z8lTLstHmxf8/s2600/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.47.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="2600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QvFyMpDFfQriL_3yZ2tZRZXb7amIMKR9jw4Jdy3l71SEeXLiZLEnc0jTqZzcvEeyFOZjJlSchr93MZ1VGhPDdoybZFDumUA453Q5YtV7N-fJSCRxRX1-g92m-Qw83NqZPd0usqJC3-ynNL0ipEcR_KoB0Vuc4IVnJ85B_8TkQ_RAfs0Z8lTLstHmxf8/w400-h225/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.47.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixy8dEmI0R4K9Qxq9TfBJPq6q2Yg-HP6OobNlM9oBPPxyAuFOej52Xno9Alm0K3IwVEowRCVJuBVKaiLPAYPka7wBV_d5RE_38KL0yQ9gRqWcz6acGR5gm3x786DlS2GCWhiHdjzRy4jI6kRFXpyY1YNFLLu5jBo_fS025x_U7hAAeiv9pO8vgbKwV95s/s2326/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.45.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixy8dEmI0R4K9Qxq9TfBJPq6q2Yg-HP6OobNlM9oBPPxyAuFOej52Xno9Alm0K3IwVEowRCVJuBVKaiLPAYPka7wBV_d5RE_38KL0yQ9gRqWcz6acGR5gm3x786DlS2GCWhiHdjzRy4jI6kRFXpyY1YNFLLu5jBo_fS025x_U7hAAeiv9pO8vgbKwV95s/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.45.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Team "Firetruck" ended up dominating. After the fun and games, we rucked about half a mile to a nearby Children's Hospital, where we donated a bunch of toys. We were able to surprise the hospital with how much we ended up bringing, which was awesome, especially since the rep came in on her day off to accept the donation.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RzbzSIiR7dv0JMdsp9UM4-BOCjOR64-Gp9p8hNiEaLlfDC_55pcSN-nu2NcWA7ecn4fiWcR7tao7JnC9k4dhwbJ3wlyBoTdGE5PvhFa_T6BVTErfsUCiXgJwOqV-zjAUY7U9kGKvmNQTcIw4kwg2QcyXlBNA4PvgRh2Q1ca82eGu_DPf917N2mrYXF0/s2308/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.51.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2308" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RzbzSIiR7dv0JMdsp9UM4-BOCjOR64-Gp9p8hNiEaLlfDC_55pcSN-nu2NcWA7ecn4fiWcR7tao7JnC9k4dhwbJ3wlyBoTdGE5PvhFa_T6BVTErfsUCiXgJwOqV-zjAUY7U9kGKvmNQTcIw4kwg2QcyXlBNA4PvgRh2Q1ca82eGu_DPf917N2mrYXF0/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.51.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rlX7nax8KczynFQTIEOqkLDofqR_OVe5762MfNnzwJIK31rCmOdW_0qB-luUjeOwr-yuxmXqQgSRbuRVPE1zb406ugWYVsDLs5HlATKPGKORfhQ6mz5xTR6d082zrYXsDMo1hk8ZdvSh04R1KvrtV7XnwPrRGEo0RdMa7xxR99nggabDby2SS1mUglw/s2308/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.52.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2308" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rlX7nax8KczynFQTIEOqkLDofqR_OVe5762MfNnzwJIK31rCmOdW_0qB-luUjeOwr-yuxmXqQgSRbuRVPE1zb406ugWYVsDLs5HlATKPGKORfhQ6mz5xTR6d082zrYXsDMo1hk8ZdvSh04R1KvrtV7XnwPrRGEo0RdMa7xxR99nggabDby2SS1mUglw/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.52.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpuPynj8OHNKOYJ5hBxYuS0LoafWf_uMkhw8F4xCGAGmZoeCZyC6j96yLVowsja3WK-UTgEXb0D0SsvhKNRbkUYS-fRKcHoysR2GXFNM8BRFL4REG9Jx8S0b3oMEI6kmKv7dd5YCxRuGeVeWIa4U4-inTWY7Z0vzwNXfeHiLR-4q9gwRZwSP4Bg2JcW8/s2308/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.52.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2308" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpuPynj8OHNKOYJ5hBxYuS0LoafWf_uMkhw8F4xCGAGmZoeCZyC6j96yLVowsja3WK-UTgEXb0D0SsvhKNRbkUYS-fRKcHoysR2GXFNM8BRFL4REG9Jx8S0b3oMEI6kmKv7dd5YCxRuGeVeWIa4U4-inTWY7Z0vzwNXfeHiLR-4q9gwRZwSP4Bg2JcW8/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.52.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1u0ZTvDn_TmcwHrOGSnWr2t8A2DfUFU49oA5MStG7qAUenaCljO7K_035x6kok7-MYlFKHWLLNLaVHpUqcqEUwK_xLRA1iadpaPmRH_rYqHlf5k7ezhHFkFnyvgc1PVB9g4bXnt1osfO8T125exfH9Pupy4rQWWgWQxcoUsFcJu_Z3tBLs4Rd5ssz-P4/s2308/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.52.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2308" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1u0ZTvDn_TmcwHrOGSnWr2t8A2DfUFU49oA5MStG7qAUenaCljO7K_035x6kok7-MYlFKHWLLNLaVHpUqcqEUwK_xLRA1iadpaPmRH_rYqHlf5k7ezhHFkFnyvgc1PVB9g4bXnt1osfO8T125exfH9Pupy4rQWWgWQxcoUsFcJu_Z3tBLs4Rd5ssz-P4/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.52.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We went back and got patched, plus we got little goodie bags. It was really nice spending time with the GORUCK fam at the end of the year like this.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsJV8jskQo6j_AHUqOGIK5fxM_ulKtFEQv59hAo417a4WlWUfoyCtC9VB-9ZBgm_VdsluHkjHEDfcfgDkbDEbKR_S3lOalrr3jociOowy5XzbCA6XcxrKJssLK6zE2PwoH7u6LMZJkHLzxam8aQXE_W0tXK7wFvdZxqgfATemndAjSBE-159-e-i7LfA/s2308/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.56.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2308" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsJV8jskQo6j_AHUqOGIK5fxM_ulKtFEQv59hAo417a4WlWUfoyCtC9VB-9ZBgm_VdsluHkjHEDfcfgDkbDEbKR_S3lOalrr3jociOowy5XzbCA6XcxrKJssLK6zE2PwoH7u6LMZJkHLzxam8aQXE_W0tXK7wFvdZxqgfATemndAjSBE-159-e-i7LfA/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.56.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6pUN5E6K8NfyJRTZ0Zk97t2bZFxDoDGiuaz44q3m7IBJn4dF0HSUsCh2nKoqCL-4pIRJlK4541ZnQCoKC96N2qQTNZNjsED3TdTG2A27xea1xl7p-zuvEMUf1fFXpaCBL8L41YjqPGZIvwo2zz5zHdM8-E_8vocuQ1HT6Ll2kap5CDFYbvHsbEKx75A/s2308/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.56.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2308" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6pUN5E6K8NfyJRTZ0Zk97t2bZFxDoDGiuaz44q3m7IBJn4dF0HSUsCh2nKoqCL-4pIRJlK4541ZnQCoKC96N2qQTNZNjsED3TdTG2A27xea1xl7p-zuvEMUf1fFXpaCBL8L41YjqPGZIvwo2zz5zHdM8-E_8vocuQ1HT6Ll2kap5CDFYbvHsbEKx75A/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20at%209.56.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We covered about 2 miles in all I used 30#, which came as a surprise to some during the pass-the-ruck-like-a-bucket-brigade evolution.</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A few of us went to "The Peoples' Market Elizabeth" for food afterwards, too. They had some nice vegan options there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Later that evening, I did a 4 mile ruck at 14:52 pace with 50#, although my left achilles felt a bit strained afterwards.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's a recap that I made of the event:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eq1dDk8qsEo" width="320" youtube-src-id="eq1dDk8qsEo"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>FINAL DAYS OF THE YEAR IN CLT</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, Dec 17:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Morning Yoga to Start Your Day and Cneter - Day 19 - Play with Adriene</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I also did 90 rounds of dry fire with the G19C with almost no shots detected due to issues with the Mantis, but I trained anyways, drawing from holster and pressing out to the click.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I then did dry fire with the precision rifle, standing and seated, practicing finding targets, looking up dope based on made-up ranges, and focusing on my shot process. I wanted to build that muscle and mental memory.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, Dec 18:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">18A "Upper Body Prep" in 30:33, "Pullups" in 49:09, not being able to do as many reps as I used to be able to do when I was going harder in training. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Later on, I did glute and pec PT v2 for 27:53 and "Lower Push BW" in 37:47, and at least this workout felt easier and better than it ever has, fortunately.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It would be tougher to fit in workouts once I was in Denver and away from my normal routine.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, Dec 20:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">My final test ruck for Mammoth was a 5 mile trail ruck at Latta Nature Preserve. I used 50# of plates. The route covered 486 feet of gain and was slightly technical in some parts, but I managed to do it in 1:13:09, which I was very happy with. This was my biggest confidence booster of the buildup. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I wasn't able to do a 4/6/8-mile back-to-back with 50# in my prep this year like I had <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/04/ohio-andy-3-rucking.html">last year in the lead-up to Mammoth</a>, since I was training with a strained glute the whole time this year. This 5 miler on trail was consolation.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, Dec 21:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Before my flight to Denver, I squeezed in one more 5am workout with Waxhaw Ruck Club. It was a sandbag workout with some tough overhead lunges. My crazy friend used a 60# ruck. I only had a 30# ruck. That's why she's stronger than me!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I also made one last trip to Blackstone to make sure that aluminum Blazer still worked fine in my CZP10C, and to make sure my pistol shooting was still good to go.</div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-65333652381031131682024-02-04T22:22:00.004-05:002024-02-04T22:22:50.254-05:00GBF Operation Shooter 2023<p><b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b></p><p><b><u>Sunday, Dec 3:</u></b></p><p>Flew out to Iowa... early dinner, then a workout in the hotel gym...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89SGhQmqZvUNYtHwEJ_6bWDn7FlrT4J9uP7Diw7377pql6DrDHSeCHkpUi9XYaFcFduDzvHYkOgHiS7xQNmxJA7-D38neUYLp1IaGTHt_2beqTJnD1QLpzeQ2H9A99SQJc3DkoQsP38WDPBe-QASCFbxEjzerhtgt_VbpbanMgJIs1_kIHSLrTaXWFh0/s1744/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.01.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1292" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89SGhQmqZvUNYtHwEJ_6bWDn7FlrT4J9uP7Diw7377pql6DrDHSeCHkpUi9XYaFcFduDzvHYkOgHiS7xQNmxJA7-D38neUYLp1IaGTHt_2beqTJnD1QLpzeQ2H9A99SQJc3DkoQsP38WDPBe-QASCFbxEjzerhtgt_VbpbanMgJIs1_kIHSLrTaXWFh0/w474-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.01.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="474" /></a></div><p>18A "Lower Body Prep" in 21:41, "Lower Push BW" in 40:40</p><p><br /></p><p>Busy working the rest of the week, on my feet a ton. Replenish calories when I can, though.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3piEHEVGvzn2wgLpU0I2Cq2ej85qsx-eqWSiDuzV7OrFsT7RUz41TlDwTSQkFFgBlp0y_JIqCa3Aol-eoiGlrYajh054dPcgN5my36cTSTXz5oX5EyH3trOJ82hOxFFxJQGe6KHIXjcztoVAalgi4SKeql_RzQvqdXNA78K-pTgmI-sgSxkeQB8gQ_I/s1744/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.03.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3piEHEVGvzn2wgLpU0I2Cq2ej85qsx-eqWSiDuzV7OrFsT7RUz41TlDwTSQkFFgBlp0y_JIqCa3Aol-eoiGlrYajh054dPcgN5my36cTSTXz5oX5EyH3trOJ82hOxFFxJQGe6KHIXjcztoVAalgi4SKeql_RzQvqdXNA78K-pTgmI-sgSxkeQB8gQ_I/w480-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.03.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyz7hR0cYXgGDJ0u7LrkUbdesZYn358QmkpUyrMhxofii-B5qhBz7jmNkvuhQJ5pLt6w365CyrS5quMoZdRmSyUIueb0ZkDeYS_TiKW8XXcErRIkEBud3kf4ADfKhnSt6y9Gf8LHyMiTtdBTPurkZN7TBtxPN5sFmqMCL2sFJLwjTdyiWpvHoYE1JJeV4/s2334/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.03.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2334" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyz7hR0cYXgGDJ0u7LrkUbdesZYn358QmkpUyrMhxofii-B5qhBz7jmNkvuhQJ5pLt6w365CyrS5quMoZdRmSyUIueb0ZkDeYS_TiKW8XXcErRIkEBud3kf4ADfKhnSt6y9Gf8LHyMiTtdBTPurkZN7TBtxPN5sFmqMCL2sFJLwjTdyiWpvHoYE1JJeV4/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.03.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, Dec 7:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yoga to Slow Your Roll & Vin Yin Relax and Flow Yoga with Adriene. It felt good after being on my feet so much this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>OPERATION SHOOTER</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Friday was a busy day, where I started the morning at about 3am in Iowa, and then I drove an hour and a half to Omaha, NE, and then I flew to CLT, and then I drove to The Sawmill Training Complex in South Carolina... 4 states!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made it and settled in to my dorm room. I purchased a bunk for the weekend, since the event page hinted at some overnight activities where it would be best to stay onsite to make logistics easier. It would also be nice to have a place to refit between evolutions, and even change clothes and stuff. There were supposed to be 3 other women in my room, but I was the only one out of the four who came, so I had it all to myself, which was pretty sweet. There's a lot of gear involved, and especially with the weather, changing clothes often was really nice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was their second or third year hosting the event, the only firearms-based one for the company so far at the time, but it was growing and improving each year. This was their biggest yet, by far. Because of all of that, though, I had little idea of what to expect, going in. That took some pressure off, I guess, because there's nothing to ruminate over, no preconceptions... you go in with an open mind and take it as it comes. While my room was pretty empty, we had a surprisingly awesome number of women show up... 5. Quite often, I'm the only one, or one of a very few. This would be some fun competition! We also had a solid group of volunteers come, a number of whom I knew. They were dedicated GBF supporters, and great people, so it was wonderful getting to spend the weekend with them, too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was my first GBF event, period. I haven't ventured out to try one of their mountain ruck racing events yet, or any of their other ones. Maybe one day. This would be a fun first taste of the company, though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I could've driven in the morning of the event, but a 7am morning brief would've meant leaving home at 5am and waking up at 3 or 3:30, and not necessarily having a place to settle in with my gear in the morning. Going the day before was definitely a good move. It would be an intense weekend as it was, without extra sleep deprivation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the brief, we learned that this event would be paced more like how it might be on a deployment, where you go hard on missions, and then you have a bit of downtime in between, before it's time to go on another mission. Repeat for the whole weekend. It worked out really well, and I liked the balance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Mission 1: The Endurance</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The big item on the packing list was a 25# ruck. The weight could include your dry gear. On top of that, you had your rifle and belt, but no ammo, which was left on the range. I did expect a ruck of some sort at this event, and here it was. We left in groups of 5 to spread everyone out. We were released at 5-10 min intervals, with the first group heading out at 8am. I left in the second group, but I was caught pretty quickly by a girl from the wave after me, which is kind of insane. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had one little water crossing about a mile in. Then, there was about a mile where we followed a stream, inside the stream. That was fun, until near the end, when I was going up a mini waterfall... maybe I could've gone around it, but it didn't feel like in the spirit of the event... I tried to climb up the slippery large rock, and my feet slipped, and I faceplanted, with extra force added by the ruck on my back. My forehead hit the rock, followed by my teeth. I didn't lose consciousness, but it was quite jarring and took me a moment. My head was bleeding, but stopping wasn't going to help, so I kept going.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was an out-and-back portion of the ruck, so everyone got to see it. There was also one part of the route where there was an arrow that pointed left and down, making me think we had to take a trail cut into the forest, so I went down that for a little. I didn't find more arrows once in there. It turned out that the arrow wanted us to go on the left fork on that main road... very strange for it to be pointing downwards, if we were meant to continue forwards, though. I definitely lost some time there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0h2hQh4o2dsm19qiGTOVlZuzKiglsasgP_6IbfKYfrpPtuJZp7QdmtzXSo3LjIDNHQZTmqtO9u1gpRvmrRio5O6x_Sr4RvuG2D3eFyGeZrpkHeMVY48oavWgWAVf7ZEwMt9VJTM8H-U7VWpSiM7MEMpMtGaVqv8igS807CGa3yjk88vHTXlxE0xFIEJg/s2632/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.32.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2632" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0h2hQh4o2dsm19qiGTOVlZuzKiglsasgP_6IbfKYfrpPtuJZp7QdmtzXSo3LjIDNHQZTmqtO9u1gpRvmrRio5O6x_Sr4RvuG2D3eFyGeZrpkHeMVY48oavWgWAVf7ZEwMt9VJTM8H-U7VWpSiM7MEMpMtGaVqv8igS807CGa3yjk88vHTXlxE0xFIEJg/w400-h265/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.32.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(Photo credit: Jay Knickerbocker)</div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWDbrgsKDZDaTsmaL0Fg9_qfKB9sNzu4EzPJd74ZT_I9EzpVutgLUWIIGKtB3sTm2Qeqk159pEv6WQIDcwlRdpja8UjHS-26WFzrrtetfKEb20H6KbdY7zkJ77Q26MvlnDlIEdp9t6PWw1pVjSBhDYkKGQo7UsUJu3j-nvN0ZpsX9bUxgVd9qlwHVK2k/s2632/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.32.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2632" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWDbrgsKDZDaTsmaL0Fg9_qfKB9sNzu4EzPJd74ZT_I9EzpVutgLUWIIGKtB3sTm2Qeqk159pEv6WQIDcwlRdpja8UjHS-26WFzrrtetfKEb20H6KbdY7zkJ77Q26MvlnDlIEdp9t6PWw1pVjSBhDYkKGQo7UsUJu3j-nvN0ZpsX9bUxgVd9qlwHVK2k/w400-h265/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.32.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(Photo credit: Jay Knickerbocker)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finished, though, and then went on to the shooting portion. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had 1 min max, to shoot 10 rounds standing, mag change, 10 rounds kneeling, mag change, 10 rounds prone, from about 40yds away at a 1x2" spot on a paper target, to mimic a guy at 300yd. I was glad that I was zeroed at 36yd, but it was still a very small target.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I knew that I needed to get to the prone portion, since that might be my only chance of actually higtting the target. I should've taken more time, though, because I finished in about 42s. I ended up not making any of my shots, including the prone ones. I had used a red dot on my LMT, since that was my "beater rifle" good for rucks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMShuNIxt_l84GnmzJQ-mVWxAcYs3O498AayJDtzgDe0USRf34_tyEBETeSXmQjFmmOQ-YAFxYlV18GPiW03ACNgV6EzQEuB1dirGgJpLvB5oIUt0K8-BrXDnOrLtfRj71YCRhrpgzDf68ucUiwKNVISz4zpitsug68k4RnmtOOUONRuPVFJ-5-8OmyE/s1382/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.33.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="1306" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMShuNIxt_l84GnmzJQ-mVWxAcYs3O498AayJDtzgDe0USRf34_tyEBETeSXmQjFmmOQ-YAFxYlV18GPiW03ACNgV6EzQEuB1dirGgJpLvB5oIUt0K8-BrXDnOrLtfRj71YCRhrpgzDf68ucUiwKNVISz4zpitsug68k4RnmtOOUONRuPVFJ-5-8OmyE/w378-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.33.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Right afterwards, I got the wound cleaned up. I sent pictures to SB to get her thoughts on what I should do for it. She recommended going to urgent care, for a cost-effective way to address it quickly enough to minimize scarring. I might only have a few hours before stitches wouldn't be viable. I was sad to have to leave the competition, but she said that it was my face on the line, and that I should go. Fortunately, she's a voice of reason for me, so I go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4SvgyUjCfGAq-Rptgg8VLUylBMC_4kdPS-8OM_i559jRIGT47x04qc0_Drp6OY1hnSJH3D0VI1HoEygWUoZWRB_GkzC5VdwJm5gI73AL65d3agMkirAI5WQyf76u0zz6ALqx1_1i5NQu_CAtbI63sPlL-xZYPwnMb1Ei1_nL0OubhQnpCao2MmhGwEc/s1740/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.52.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1306" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4SvgyUjCfGAq-Rptgg8VLUylBMC_4kdPS-8OM_i559jRIGT47x04qc0_Drp6OY1hnSJH3D0VI1HoEygWUoZWRB_GkzC5VdwJm5gI73AL65d3agMkirAI5WQyf76u0zz6ALqx1_1i5NQu_CAtbI63sPlL-xZYPwnMb1Ei1_nL0OubhQnpCao2MmhGwEc/w300-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.52.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-kGW7JkRjCWokWm5eA1aI35MsfDupRmr1LlMOJ7xrHRfe2pv8JQ0uOT3P1yJKktIfYCjFIF-TUFzipvtdbryvPfQiGTzQ2OQ23ZeEgCqDCcd4XFZH1SJ1rhyy-A2xHYQmAM1KPJybHSEE4kjVbcj988PLqPvjhLvGwjDHl7vJnqAgtEoD7iR8ddOkBDs/s1740/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.33.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1306" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-kGW7JkRjCWokWm5eA1aI35MsfDupRmr1LlMOJ7xrHRfe2pv8JQ0uOT3P1yJKktIfYCjFIF-TUFzipvtdbryvPfQiGTzQ2OQ23ZeEgCqDCcd4XFZH1SJ1rhyy-A2xHYQmAM1KPJybHSEE4kjVbcj988PLqPvjhLvGwjDHl7vJnqAgtEoD7iR8ddOkBDs/w300-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.33.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I decided to drive towards Greenville, even though it was slightly farther away from an urgent care place in the opposite direction. I figured that if one fell through for whatever reason, I'd have more options in a bigger city. It turned out to be a decent choice, because the first place I went to had a 3-hour wait!!! I went to a nearby second place, and they had a similar wait, but when I told the receptionist that I couldn't afford to wait 3 hours, and she saw the blood dripping down my face, she squeezed me in, thankfully.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The doc recommended glue over stitches. I asked whether she'd go with that option if it was her face, and she said yes, so I went with it. I also got steristrips, since I planned to continue the event, and didn't want the glue to come apart with anything else I'd be doing that weekend. I asked the doc if I could do more physical activity, even with the glue... rather than try to explain Operation Shooter, I just said that I'd be doing a marathon. The glue would be fine, although she didn't recommend anything requiring so much exertion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiYOKQSHMRgGhLJF3RAxJ590KK8yDo8Hjq7S87R4DJH7ukp5K8MX-sWmR1ooHJxkMOcs_4QcoFZOT8ldAnwSCzQkPiQujESH9VgmbbQ7mgWF_bWDyz0LWb4nkP68hfCIO0kMC6CFPdDTZXE3Cx-kn4dt9vIZOtUNfCe-lUMnIiYnDWwva30frGOauqnY/s1740/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.33.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1306" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiYOKQSHMRgGhLJF3RAxJ590KK8yDo8Hjq7S87R4DJH7ukp5K8MX-sWmR1ooHJxkMOcs_4QcoFZOT8ldAnwSCzQkPiQujESH9VgmbbQ7mgWF_bWDyz0LWb4nkP68hfCIO0kMC6CFPdDTZXE3Cx-kn4dt9vIZOtUNfCe-lUMnIiYnDWwva30frGOauqnY/w300-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.33.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiya7uZAKCWq9XqkhbYon-bhcIc3KQqaiWiNy-xJQQLXXttuzD1X9DiXo116cy5PY3RGvcjrVDirV705rGTuuh1u-s52Vr2K0RFOyujCbpctuFsVbuK9OFGWbpZgwS8Ka-J60yozd7b4ORgkoIrvw1N-_6CIF6wwiLATgELF116GTFX1_241QYdEKaNok/s1740/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.34.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1306" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiya7uZAKCWq9XqkhbYon-bhcIc3KQqaiWiNy-xJQQLXXttuzD1X9DiXo116cy5PY3RGvcjrVDirV705rGTuuh1u-s52Vr2K0RFOyujCbpctuFsVbuK9OFGWbpZgwS8Ka-J60yozd7b4ORgkoIrvw1N-_6CIF6wwiLATgELF116GTFX1_241QYdEKaNok/w300-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%208.34.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My teeth had shifted inwards, too, from the impact. I'd have to go to a dentist the following week to get that checked out, though. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I drove back to Sawmill, and was happy to find that the second evolution was just wrapping up, with the final shooter going at the time. Just as they were about to leave, I walked up at 12:30pm, and they said that I could still go if I wanted, and didn't rush me as I got my gear ready. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Mission 2: The Obstacle</u></b></div><div><br /></div>This one would start with an O-course, **with a 25# ruck (plus rifle and pistol and ammo)!!!**... run one loop around the course, and then do the balance beam (which was scary after I had already had one fall for the day, but the guys were looking out for me), sternum checker (fortunately, we were allowed to use the horizontal support beam on the taller log), low crawl, window, wall (allowed to use the side support as a step), cargo net, left side of climbing wall (fortunately, I knew I could do it because I had happened to play around on one with ruck <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2024/01/goruck-custom-breacher-course.html">a couple weeks ago</a> at the USNWC... it would've been way faster to do the 10 burpee penalty, but I wanted to complete the obstacles if I could, and not game it... it was a long wall, but I gritted through it and made it), tight rope with a rope above for hands. It turns out that I was the only one who went through the O-course with no penalties, which is pretty cool, especially after coming straight from urgent care.<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSd5KGcTa8ay8zsLih9iUFWk8h790OnSruUDKC2xoxr-CmgjTV6fvikdtUEMF3XqcOmAX4KB90Rxfj1qrTKgrSwWMLSIEJ7_0JNkuacMxd8cI0AqakiFWQxa76hZp0oEALNBdt85lKeuYMPH3QlDxzx5X4PiqndhseMYgTQeTQS40MMe7JsNuonbTOqI/s1750/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.14.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1750" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSd5KGcTa8ay8zsLih9iUFWk8h790OnSruUDKC2xoxr-CmgjTV6fvikdtUEMF3XqcOmAX4KB90Rxfj1qrTKgrSwWMLSIEJ7_0JNkuacMxd8cI0AqakiFWQxa76hZp0oEALNBdt85lKeuYMPH3QlDxzx5X4PiqndhseMYgTQeTQS40MMe7JsNuonbTOqI/w400-h398/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.14.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDNKDIghHCZv1nuBAe2Xig5I6AAjY1nXmtiJsrzADI9yrBC2kL2k4CkqecDLIhR5KPz1JawkKdIUdQxeN7YYQCxAIG5ZFp8o0svw_gZ1ABmXBZaw8VsRvFQzIv7KTtXvU-nWLMGVDwzo6OaM6sEw03ADCLNy0UD2qd5U18wQ1qy2xNk8vvc0junb93Jw/s1740/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.14.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="972" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDNKDIghHCZv1nuBAe2Xig5I6AAjY1nXmtiJsrzADI9yrBC2kL2k4CkqecDLIhR5KPz1JawkKdIUdQxeN7YYQCxAIG5ZFp8o0svw_gZ1ABmXBZaw8VsRvFQzIv7KTtXvU-nWLMGVDwzo6OaM6sEw03ADCLNy0UD2qd5U18wQ1qy2xNk8vvc0junb93Jw/w358-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.14.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="358" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>On to the shooting portion...</div><div><br /></div><div>Untimed, 10 rounds standing, 10 rounds kneeling, 10 rounds prone, with a VTAC that we could brace from if we wanted. Somehow, I did better standing than I did prone, than I did kneeling, even though all the targets were at 100yd and I held bottom of the plate and got 10/10 standing. It should've been easy points, but I only got 18/30. </div><div><br /></div><div>Next, there was a timed pistol shoot... 5 rounds at 25yd, mag change, 5 rounds at 15yd, mag change, 5 rounds at 10yd, going for a 1.5x2.5" oval on paper, all within 30s... that is flying. Because of the crazy time cap, I rushed, to ensure I could make it to the closer shooting position. I must've rushed too much, though, since I only got one point. Unrushed, I can do better than that at 10yd. According to the RO, I at least looked good with my mag changes and movements. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Mission 3: The Rope</u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div>Since I had gotten squeezed in, I didn't have a ton of downtime before the next mission. </div><div><br /></div><div>For this, we only needed a 10# ruck, plus rifle and pistol. </div><div><br /></div><div>We'd start with the shoot this time... a 5 plate rack at 25yd (I missed every other shot) as a buy-in, and then you shoot a paper target with 3 heads and one chest, with 3 shots per head and 5 for the chest, hit or miss... and you had to hit the little red bullseye for the hit to count. I got zero, I think. The shooting portions at this competition were quite challenging!</div><div><br /></div><div>We had 90s to finish it all.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next, we went to the connex structure, where we had to do a 1-story rope climb with ruck and weapons (including 3 full rifle mags). That wasn't bad, since it wasn't a long climb. You got 10 points for completing the climb.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQGU0qN7W0qPWK5p6wjNoCpHRjMVxLJDoAolIiqcLNcxtxCp-A0LI_JAOUTQxfnWpA2kc347FAPHalqDnw673kfu5LRqgkKMkmxLerGBIbhel6UPsbOMS_t-hjGfVzJKtn3nzfz1XPN-X1PgDdJVDAXJ_ujXkS8n0I0YAb1iV2KkPVPDCvw9BRHNtWLg/s3727/IMG_1207.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="3727" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQGU0qN7W0qPWK5p6wjNoCpHRjMVxLJDoAolIiqcLNcxtxCp-A0LI_JAOUTQxfnWpA2kc347FAPHalqDnw673kfu5LRqgkKMkmxLerGBIbhel6UPsbOMS_t-hjGfVzJKtn3nzfz1XPN-X1PgDdJVDAXJ_ujXkS8n0I0YAb1iV2KkPVPDCvw9BRHNtWLg/w400-h143/IMG_1207.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Next, you moved on to the rifle shoot. First, you got kitted up with a climbing harness, because immediately after the shoot, you had the opportunity to rappel down from the 4th story, for 10 more points. This shoot wasn't bad, either... 2 hits on each of 3 targets at about 100 and 150yd. They were pretty big targets and you had unlimited ammo (or whatever you carried). I was perfect on the first two but had 4 misses on the second shot of the last target for some reason, even though it was the largest target. I supposedly kept hitting over the right shoulder. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN45HNULFO5W1qFQ1DeMRqkxAuiWzknMatwz-Kf3Oki3gy3la6NuYgV-WMfUGsQPdA-AXWC0b_OorLB7kCdAFCHdeebtSNHxvEoHfTvEBTVsPoPd3V8nTuSRfUwk655Ftz6kNFpMt5a10toWtGxDJHVe0f_DRnumLZEPcae8kt1iDRmMMs1K8fYLSSP4A/s2314/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.13.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2314" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN45HNULFO5W1qFQ1DeMRqkxAuiWzknMatwz-Kf3Oki3gy3la6NuYgV-WMfUGsQPdA-AXWC0b_OorLB7kCdAFCHdeebtSNHxvEoHfTvEBTVsPoPd3V8nTuSRfUwk655Ftz6kNFpMt5a10toWtGxDJHVe0f_DRnumLZEPcae8kt1iDRmMMs1K8fYLSSP4A/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.13.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>On the rappel, I was cautious and didn't do large bounds down... it would be funner that way. Maybe I'll be brave enough to do that more next year. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-troDx1OFg7QfnhJjzTzYeLkOA91-RDH4GDYSi9f2xys0iel0wqG-Dp64jinEbUkPBex7AMBWLj53P08_xfDyftYwPRyndmKDZrHXDTqhgT5ikbaKZTsvDokkvSSweFPLubkapdh_w-4np0cTnYBvKiajZy25Sc3sw3eiDhLoTfxtkSVUBW_CbQ9YdI/s2314/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.13.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2314" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-troDx1OFg7QfnhJjzTzYeLkOA91-RDH4GDYSi9f2xys0iel0wqG-Dp64jinEbUkPBex7AMBWLj53P08_xfDyftYwPRyndmKDZrHXDTqhgT5ikbaKZTsvDokkvSSweFPLubkapdh_w-4np0cTnYBvKiajZy25Sc3sw3eiDhLoTfxtkSVUBW_CbQ9YdI/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.13.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Bonus Stage</u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div>The event description on the website had said that some stages would be scored, and others wouldn't, and you wouldn't know which was which (although you can kind of tell during the stage, based on whether they are tracking it.</div><div><br /></div><div>There was a bonus stage after the rappel, where we shot a full mag from a barrel as quickly as we could while maintaining enough accuracy to hit. I used bursts of about 5, increasingly fast. I could only do that many at a time because I'd need to adjust my grip from the recoil. The target was about 100yd away.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next, we low crawled up to the next barrel about 15yd away and repeated on a different target with a new mag.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ojx8AnuR3SsDt5bwyDXoV1F9CshuPt5EYBmFXk0PCTqyRwNiKXsPxOG3Z8sEZKX6WLkp1zvmhHu6BYBtX4A3Sgj09C_RozxbokLpaQrEPUof7YIleqVupIpJwDcLVkgGq82hkjDyCvJfV-fPhHyL60Bxyikku-weLFexdA4fXHO_AdkC1SsiKBLa-0Y/s1742/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.14.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ojx8AnuR3SsDt5bwyDXoV1F9CshuPt5EYBmFXk0PCTqyRwNiKXsPxOG3Z8sEZKX6WLkp1zvmhHu6BYBtX4A3Sgj09C_RozxbokLpaQrEPUof7YIleqVupIpJwDcLVkgGq82hkjDyCvJfV-fPhHyL60Bxyikku-weLFexdA4fXHO_AdkC1SsiKBLa-0Y/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.14.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We then low crawled to another barrel and repeated with our last mag at the smallest target... I might've missed some on this one, but it was hard to tell, with as much banging as there was.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik70kKIQax4MmqV-X-puk33PYtLW5fKK5opHWp4FdqOLvZrYQwgr5vDFjxaI8qQEFOqZWfh54mBmhGWJuSHYwUYuH7cnxWJnw3RJ1ZOuy6EAruE5xA3Bgp7KshNurBaOI53cxAfOBvXsDdEj407wNlAb1rTgIe2IWTQ82jMT4aQ9Av32jz2aEgHpcU1aE/s1740/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.16.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="970" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik70kKIQax4MmqV-X-puk33PYtLW5fKK5opHWp4FdqOLvZrYQwgr5vDFjxaI8qQEFOqZWfh54mBmhGWJuSHYwUYuH7cnxWJnw3RJ1ZOuy6EAruE5xA3Bgp7KshNurBaOI53cxAfOBvXsDdEj407wNlAb1rTgIe2IWTQ82jMT4aQ9Av32jz2aEgHpcU1aE/w356-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.16.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="356" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It was fun to mag dump for speed with accuracy. Lots of ammo used up very quickly, but no regrets! </div><div><br /></div><div>We wore a 25# ruck for this. I put my pistol in the ruck berforehand, to protect it from getting really dirty from the low crawl. The ground was wet.</div><div><br /></div><div>After doing the bonus stage, I went back to the connex to watch others take their turn. I had been among the first to go, so there was still plenty to watch. I also got to chat with the volunteers and enjoy the awesome view of the foggy mountains in the distance.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFxlvHq-GpRmlJCggWemXTZJuzE5iuRQS37R3E2bj-xrxMD6hvqDONruwbGiqWxBholEfStOR2wAEClLhTrhemIQdAoHvABouvMvxn7-Cqdn-A0hOZs_6YrwMyaU7F30rSJW4R16O_EjVCcmtzJT5y8ud5vJ64Rl6YcFgFY8A_xlC38tZdRqTS6IalWoA/s1740/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.13.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1306" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFxlvHq-GpRmlJCggWemXTZJuzE5iuRQS37R3E2bj-xrxMD6hvqDONruwbGiqWxBholEfStOR2wAEClLhTrhemIQdAoHvABouvMvxn7-Cqdn-A0hOZs_6YrwMyaU7F30rSJW4R16O_EjVCcmtzJT5y8ud5vJ64Rl6YcFgFY8A_xlC38tZdRqTS6IalWoA/w300-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.13.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguObJk4sUJyytLtfMElH6zXrjHYqrYCTYSKUjMdDVJVmcPSUjH9Z5TRXfmR9u7odweila0YSQGfsA15EqHFnl0hqz36_RzE8wRUVFYlTPqti3QN3KHziD5BKeKhP2gG8VjHLS-M7m-FrsKrYnGSvvHm4C9mXljq-O4ri9tknsLZ2BOelFuG_kTqjxCDkM/s2314/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.13.29%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2314" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguObJk4sUJyytLtfMElH6zXrjHYqrYCTYSKUjMdDVJVmcPSUjH9Z5TRXfmR9u7odweila0YSQGfsA15EqHFnl0hqz36_RzE8wRUVFYlTPqti3QN3KHziD5BKeKhP2gG8VjHLS-M7m-FrsKrYnGSvvHm4C9mXljq-O4ri9tknsLZ2BOelFuG_kTqjxCDkM/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.13.29%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Mission 4: The Ambush</u></b></div><div><br /></div>We got briefed on doing an ambush. It was a much shorter lesson than what I got at the <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/11/goruck-mindmight-gvl-2023.html">GORUCK SUT class</a>, but unlike in GLV we'd be doing this with live fire!</div><div><br /></div><div>We went out as a group for a mile ruck, sharing 2x70#SBs. We then split into three teams to race back, each team with a volunteer. We were second, maybe. I should've pushed harder on having a single person carry it on their shoulders, vs splitting a farmer's carry. So much less efficient, and what matters is getting the team + the SB across the finish line as quickly as possible. We eventually got to doing it single-carrying, but only after about halfway through. </div><div><br /></div><div>We then made one final trip back out, without sandbags. We were encouraged to help each other out, carrying rifles or rucks as needed to make the team time hack... put your ego aside to make sure that the mission gets done. If we met the time hack, Gregg said that our next morning would be easier (it turns out that we saved ourselves from an extra mile of litter carrying!).</div><div><br /></div><div>We then went out to our linear ambush site at the top of the hill, overlooking the 300yd targets. We were told that we'd be waiting anywhere between 1-6 hours, in the prone. I thought that we had to keep our rucks on, but we were actually encouraged to take them off, since they make prone a much more stressful position. We had to stay at the ready the whole time. If we wanted to get anything out of our rucks, we had to low crawl about 10yd back to do it far back enough that the enemy couldn't hear us... in real life, it would be much more than 10yd, but we only had to do 10yd. I put on more clothes when it started to get a bit chilly lying there on the ground. At least the spot that I warmed up helped. Thankfully, it didn't rain while we were out there.</div><div><br /></div><div>It did feel like holding a quarter plank. I got more sore from this evolution than from anything else that weekend! </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0enQ40nbd15mkLnKhTsvlULT1F9l8QyhNxiTMicjl8zdbjLqW8XoX8k7bGoCtwlQ5iZJX9aTNmywS6DkWHS6IbOk3U8ZMyyicqccMC7hq_mp95h3ke5CYwP1GVmvMsK_1ssFvc2TGSFBo2NvoxWwZ3Qezp-ZR9CMShtBZZ0g_nuaiCtqXXQKH_GQlS8/s3541/IMG_1208.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="3541" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0enQ40nbd15mkLnKhTsvlULT1F9l8QyhNxiTMicjl8zdbjLqW8XoX8k7bGoCtwlQ5iZJX9aTNmywS6DkWHS6IbOk3U8ZMyyicqccMC7hq_mp95h3ke5CYwP1GVmvMsK_1ssFvc2TGSFBo2NvoxWwZ3Qezp-ZR9CMShtBZZ0g_nuaiCtqXXQKH_GQlS8/w400-h91/IMG_1208.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>After about an hour, flares appeared in the air, then tracer rounds from flanking fire. We then mag dumped for about 30s (it felt way longer). There were two cars, plus targets out there, but I could only see the cars, so guess what got shot... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fBqDablrvww" width="320" youtube-src-id="fBqDablrvww"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Once we were told to cease fire, a team of 4 (including me) got to go out and search the cars for intel. I found a note about a plane being shot down, which would be the theme of our next mission. That was it for now, although the one guy who wasn't staying onsite was told something special, so we could tell that the night wasn't really over. We were told that we'd be woken up no earlier than 10pm, so we'd at least have 2 hours of rest. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn46M78wW1cwcWKYgq8UH8AgEEIV7th_KiEiRDzj7ihvoVc7TLMYNkilybK-BIyMnRm68J9xZ0KyGJV-z4jFQuHFoMtTHHunyVSUTvCsdOYMpY-KPEfJrGbW5lGLmUnq7RLGdCa4jk7FO7KU4G1fmuKUin0KApyiZEK17iQ9_e-AO3q1JHuKRcaVaCYmc/s2330/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.31.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2330" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn46M78wW1cwcWKYgq8UH8AgEEIV7th_KiEiRDzj7ihvoVc7TLMYNkilybK-BIyMnRm68J9xZ0KyGJV-z4jFQuHFoMtTHHunyVSUTvCsdOYMpY-KPEfJrGbW5lGLmUnq7RLGdCa4jk7FO7KU4G1fmuKUin0KApyiZEK17iQ9_e-AO3q1JHuKRcaVaCYmc/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.31.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>For now, though, it was time to rest, although I chose to clean my rifle since it had been raining earlier, and I wanted to protect it from rust, including the bolt. This is the way, right? Refit gear for the mission as the first priority.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hlSeaWbJfsUf_WJ1jKI37XaeggW38orlt0K968MqII5cKypP5TVcAavxL3J8yhjgM3NGAGgOb7-QomlLLk2F6Mq1esLOmodr7Eu9o_oC_d8mncOGZHaYNRkNVfxx7-o5odaOwTAbDy0HLJs4uBh1A8pqKE0inObwm1lmhaFmruO87p6memNxJhQxzoM/s2330/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.31.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2330" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hlSeaWbJfsUf_WJ1jKI37XaeggW38orlt0K968MqII5cKypP5TVcAavxL3J8yhjgM3NGAGgOb7-QomlLLk2F6Mq1esLOmodr7Eu9o_oC_d8mncOGZHaYNRkNVfxx7-o5odaOwTAbDy0HLJs4uBh1A8pqKE0inObwm1lmhaFmruO87p6memNxJhQxzoM/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.31.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6duV4QqtamWAOwhTUBuTW2TWZ-FYoD0AstS7icGWUEutVLM14Qht5F2AMZqRPCaeY3nZ5Ms-aoDT27igj-iEoikiywR0gZVaveyzFihU1eku3gsvLJ56KGmg0YpZSD0W-y1eRODWboTtbJHaK_5qjZsg12bOaGn2FQeFkTHqzA585EWqxiKcRNeooWLY/s2330/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.31.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2330" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6duV4QqtamWAOwhTUBuTW2TWZ-FYoD0AstS7icGWUEutVLM14Qht5F2AMZqRPCaeY3nZ5Ms-aoDT27igj-iEoikiywR0gZVaveyzFihU1eku3gsvLJ56KGmg0YpZSD0W-y1eRODWboTtbJHaK_5qjZsg12bOaGn2FQeFkTHqzA585EWqxiKcRNeooWLY/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.31.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><u>Mission 5: Downed Pilot</u></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>At 1:30am, we had a surprise brief. It was tough to get out of bed, especially when I was already tired and sore from the previous day, but it has to be done. No roomies to force me to get out, just my own willpower.</div><div><br /></div><div>We had to go back out to the lake and retrieve downed pilots (fortunately, two volunteers, instead of a large sim man). We were only allowed to farmer's carry. I was an ATL for this with another guy, supporting Steve. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUlFx_Fw5KPD15uC2UcwPjwawlmGIi8KgCsWvIkNGI3RuHBcPdae9E4_m3HqaB5f8RYvT3-TxxdVMKQmyBkG2ptryaZG09tVcXKqI8ubF7Pzooti7mpC0EouVBj_HDnmLGg5A8YlRnZNO2fI9_qjaJX9fw-llOYfBt29zf3G6ftxNZLmmGPLg2ZwNK2g/s922/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.40.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUlFx_Fw5KPD15uC2UcwPjwawlmGIi8KgCsWvIkNGI3RuHBcPdae9E4_m3HqaB5f8RYvT3-TxxdVMKQmyBkG2ptryaZG09tVcXKqI8ubF7Pzooti7mpC0EouVBj_HDnmLGg5A8YlRnZNO2fI9_qjaJX9fw-llOYfBt29zf3G6ftxNZLmmGPLg2ZwNK2g/w348-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.40.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="348" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hR3HtJtf5MxdV3ggMRsUEdz_624oTSASjPvjJyG9MaD0PAd8n08iIeaYuUIB1avlIHM-z_g0N_cUHE8IN1M6h3-uC_4J2HP6d400KUw9sY1EE7YhLntm93S3iOHSMliRtGxF2bE5-sVNDFbEupfa7l4juyOswq59FycQmvD0n2tSBteL0MsP-PvY6jw/s872/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.40.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hR3HtJtf5MxdV3ggMRsUEdz_624oTSASjPvjJyG9MaD0PAd8n08iIeaYuUIB1avlIHM-z_g0N_cUHE8IN1M6h3-uC_4J2HP6d400KUw9sY1EE7YhLntm93S3iOHSMliRtGxF2bE5-sVNDFbEupfa7l4juyOswq59FycQmvD0n2tSBteL0MsP-PvY6jw/w368-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.40.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="368" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is where meeting our time hack from the ambush evolution helped us, because we only had to carry for like half a mile, instead of 1.5 miles.</div><div><br /></div><div>When we got back to the lodge, we were quizzed on world capitals. On real missions, you have to be able to think, not just do really physical stuff.</div><div><br /></div><div>After this, we got to go back to sleep for real! Although it was hard with adrenaline still coursing through my body, and I hadn't bothered to take another shower.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Mission 6: The Run</u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div>As the name implied, we ran! Only a mile, though... and only with pistol and mags, at 7:30am.</div><div><br /></div><div>I did 0.8 miles in 6:58, a 8:20 pace... not bad, I guess, given what we had done so far, and with pistol and mags. The crazy fast rucker girl was not surprisingly a good runner, too. She came in first, and I came in a distant second. It was pretty awesome that women took the top two spots in the run, from the entire field for fairly fit people.</div><div><br /></div><div>For the shooting portion, one shooting station had us shoot steel plates at about 25yd for time. We could bring 3 mags in case we needed it. There was a 2 min time cap.</div><div><br /></div><div>The other shooting station had a Texas star at 25yd. There was a 2 min time cap, but after 1 min if you were still having trouble, you could move forward to 10yd. My first two shots were good, but then I started struggling. I must've been flinching. I did move forward after 1 min and had a better time at it after that.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTF_gPWCPPBD55XsGsbTmsjC19CJC17wdEZF2Rsylg_D-hkKICOZanxtgArB9ZvDheWAMvDtc2KnxeYkcN0zwpO0PFYZCfXglwW7faBAFKxKPLZ2OzQ3k8N57k-BXR_9t3iXadlb5eh9Wr3wtgKPP5vIIP6N-IOp9PNWgDEJcMekSs-_-MC9gtb3fqys/s2330/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.44.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTF_gPWCPPBD55XsGsbTmsjC19CJC17wdEZF2Rsylg_D-hkKICOZanxtgArB9ZvDheWAMvDtc2KnxeYkcN0zwpO0PFYZCfXglwW7faBAFKxKPLZ2OzQ3k8N57k-BXR_9t3iXadlb5eh9Wr3wtgKPP5vIIP6N-IOp9PNWgDEJcMekSs-_-MC9gtb3fqys/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.44.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sUTi3QxzUqO5qQxYtSKwL1xQvd6lU0eZooeDTvIhEPiWfo1pjzMQDEjeaxhe0V3xOropmzFbh8RdmiEJSyA2XLGn4ob03PO-1R6otHeo9DHcHWwMDpJTxRSlK2oXzrQ8luRnaVBH0T_RKJ1XrMlVtVSGfxQe14QOxu0WPR3FQVNtbEWNR8gkG9iv8Yo/s1746/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%2010.04.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="1746" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sUTi3QxzUqO5qQxYtSKwL1xQvd6lU0eZooeDTvIhEPiWfo1pjzMQDEjeaxhe0V3xOropmzFbh8RdmiEJSyA2XLGn4ob03PO-1R6otHeo9DHcHWwMDpJTxRSlK2oXzrQ8luRnaVBH0T_RKJ1XrMlVtVSGfxQe14QOxu0WPR3FQVNtbEWNR8gkG9iv8Yo/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%2010.04.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AZnEH8T9zz_qIYJ35-hi6g_vsN03nw6L9NhegxMHx_xLavUQI2VrFN0Pwf5Br63cOKy0ORr8kuMRLhjzRssFNqGDCkyUlC6Fz0hQqef84F_f8DTdA4l9-flDZKUaddwP4aZiHcQcDD6rgalUZw6ywRUZdfEDqIA8a3JXDEGQfcqYE9GKr5VRh9fpjrg/s1634/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.44.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="910" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AZnEH8T9zz_qIYJ35-hi6g_vsN03nw6L9NhegxMHx_xLavUQI2VrFN0Pwf5Br63cOKy0ORr8kuMRLhjzRssFNqGDCkyUlC6Fz0hQqef84F_f8DTdA4l9-flDZKUaddwP4aZiHcQcDD6rgalUZw6ywRUZdfEDqIA8a3JXDEGQfcqYE9GKr5VRh9fpjrg/w356-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.44.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="356" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><b><u>Mission 7: Omlette</u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div>Interesting name, and very different from the other mission names! </div><div><br /></div><div>For this one, it was getting quite rainy. Wearing a 25# ruck plus rifle and mags (we could leave our pistols behind because this was going to get quite messy in the mud), we had 5 min to drag a tire about 7yd to the firing line, then load and start shooting.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqfaHcRY_7R3Pf_xGPDnSXC-uTuymI01AK5CNfcnbyLvmODgG3bHnW4hlxFbHKfL1zKOCy3kOoeEuR_Nefyq3mq1BOrsJK9iFKboQnH-QUve3gzsm5PRaj_RIM3dYoHOGInZ2UME1m6-LcoSfSafYbXpVDQreQutQk1SNY9f5MER2ULRdKFHTlVuh9qU/s1029/IMG_1209.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="915" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqfaHcRY_7R3Pf_xGPDnSXC-uTuymI01AK5CNfcnbyLvmODgG3bHnW4hlxFbHKfL1zKOCy3kOoeEuR_Nefyq3mq1BOrsJK9iFKboQnH-QUve3gzsm5PRaj_RIM3dYoHOGInZ2UME1m6-LcoSfSafYbXpVDQreQutQk1SNY9f5MER2ULRdKFHTlVuh9qU/w356-h400/IMG_1209.heic" width="356" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>First, we had to shoot two real eggs that were hanging on strings (I figured out afterwards what those might've represented), as a buy-in for the scored portion, which was again 3 shots on each of the three head targets, then 5 on the body, where you had to hit the red bullseyes to score again. Plus, you had to shimmy to the side after engaging each target, to be tactical.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was a mud pit out there, so we hosed off before going back into the lodge.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_gr_M_GFTGfdQpwuztWRXvaWH1p5y5PlnC2XduACMi5yrmlRx_h5obtLFHb3D9mJLASzCr-Bubs7v_i2woVf8c8szN1R4K9bvSQfDJSr1Y58yDL9LIJ6mSWF-4f4n4aAM67SUUL0qNNyISVicll8vOWVch2jW_McYlbhnjY0EeL0GhLeHXhyq4RtBZE/s1740/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.52.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_gr_M_GFTGfdQpwuztWRXvaWH1p5y5PlnC2XduACMi5yrmlRx_h5obtLFHb3D9mJLASzCr-Bubs7v_i2woVf8c8szN1R4K9bvSQfDJSr1Y58yDL9LIJ6mSWF-4f4n4aAM67SUUL0qNNyISVicll8vOWVch2jW_McYlbhnjY0EeL0GhLeHXhyq4RtBZE/w482-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.52.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5jiMJ8v7w9d-Yd1orvWHj0sRT9bUXlf4b_mpL7IkU6TeA1FOZEgiqH3U_zWUlLi1yqFwhSHvLqZZwErm0cucUQsVLWYLKTR23X4FUbEkt9OKg9Kg73m7Ad8doC8e1a85vZLEsanB7OvIr7JJzAp0zzGmbmBvyeLM46X1FKNFfykebrAgYi4J09Z8ijQ/s2720/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.53.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="2720" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5jiMJ8v7w9d-Yd1orvWHj0sRT9bUXlf4b_mpL7IkU6TeA1FOZEgiqH3U_zWUlLi1yqFwhSHvLqZZwErm0cucUQsVLWYLKTR23X4FUbEkt9OKg9Kg73m7Ad8doC8e1a85vZLEsanB7OvIr7JJzAp0zzGmbmBvyeLM46X1FKNFfykebrAgYi4J09Z8ijQ/w400-h223/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.53.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauB8YUYKsFXULtiHHq8LahAonBKwKSjvIvbotsY3UaG3k_WTF15CQFp6maTgwBxVks3Vy6VPOap6Oe5OcCTsxx0yiyMgf6n9iBV2W260UXMJ3vrAqLToxw_Vi4RLA-R9qFUCdSU89qkSWx5hEP58Kc453spVrd8aeTogsEjGvi0i1XqGoAk6EGsdmNFI/s1744/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.53.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauB8YUYKsFXULtiHHq8LahAonBKwKSjvIvbotsY3UaG3k_WTF15CQFp6maTgwBxVks3Vy6VPOap6Oe5OcCTsxx0yiyMgf6n9iBV2W260UXMJ3vrAqLToxw_Vi4RLA-R9qFUCdSU89qkSWx5hEP58Kc453spVrd8aeTogsEjGvi0i1XqGoAk6EGsdmNFI/w478-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.53.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Mission 8: The Carry</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">We had to buddy carry a similarly sized buddy for about 150yd. The next closest competitor weighed 30% more than me, but there was a volunteer who was only 15% heavier, who very kindly offered to be my buddy. We'd carry our buddy, while wearing our 25# ruck, our rifle, pistol, and ammo. At least the buddy would be slick... for this year's event. We'd switch after that.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've carried buddies before, but normally not with a ruck on myself, plus rifle and pistol. I wasn't 100% sure how it would go, but I was delighted to discover that my buddy felt very light! I think the expression on my face says it all.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGGrLfGIkdpuXy37Y_frkNOpWnHx6vt6-sVBYkmv40hx3med_7ZOob59MClMuqGZFigf-SbEChyphenhyphen6LQjMMcR0i1WDPnm0dWxtAW21A1RScUnDzr4-7vDj3aOZwJeUHB2IQaa-Jsaddx3lcSXlJ8GZP_wkRtx_3Hm2GvSZOmQgN-a4h1dkKNMmzS3tXN68/s1770/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.57.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1766" data-original-width="1770" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGGrLfGIkdpuXy37Y_frkNOpWnHx6vt6-sVBYkmv40hx3med_7ZOob59MClMuqGZFigf-SbEChyphenhyphen6LQjMMcR0i1WDPnm0dWxtAW21A1RScUnDzr4-7vDj3aOZwJeUHB2IQaa-Jsaddx3lcSXlJ8GZP_wkRtx_3Hm2GvSZOmQgN-a4h1dkKNMmzS3tXN68/w400-h399/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.57.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Photo credit: Jay Knickerbocker)</div><div><br /></div>It did get harder in the last third of the carry, especially as there was a little uphill. At least you could taste the finish line by then.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5Mi_cbBMKKDNsHEKh555QS0luxlfI7drk8glF87ZH-4Nk41L1m7OKgidsgXZxsb1y4LIC6RSxGecElmZFw9Ohj46VoEDifqUXqcaRYxc_tA_PRSF6-8t95t3sXulicekB5je7GU50IK2De7d8-I3uo80HFo3tc_xt4h0AkmPIFWv-LEckgF7x3BNLAo/s2640/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.59.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1766" data-original-width="2640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5Mi_cbBMKKDNsHEKh555QS0luxlfI7drk8glF87ZH-4Nk41L1m7OKgidsgXZxsb1y4LIC6RSxGecElmZFw9Ohj46VoEDifqUXqcaRYxc_tA_PRSF6-8t95t3sXulicekB5je7GU50IK2De7d8-I3uo80HFo3tc_xt4h0AkmPIFWv-LEckgF7x3BNLAo/w400-h268/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.59.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Photo credit: Jay Knickerbocker)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUgeuGKjkaBm4m9vPJrhqd8f-TAGMHNRMlejOTWyVX-pPiXucbS8BLmlGdpnyM39sFCq7p4c7dkByCp3tUxaxwd9nUc2xi_1aXLmmYSlgIja5Nski6LFplwkSyU4as5vQYhxF5V-q2ZX4uac0ETwG1QhkFTJbxdlBUikSI-v7Wh_55ldPxC1v-EsZYKg/s2630/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.59.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="2630" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUgeuGKjkaBm4m9vPJrhqd8f-TAGMHNRMlejOTWyVX-pPiXucbS8BLmlGdpnyM39sFCq7p4c7dkByCp3tUxaxwd9nUc2xi_1aXLmmYSlgIja5Nski6LFplwkSyU4as5vQYhxF5V-q2ZX4uac0ETwG1QhkFTJbxdlBUikSI-v7Wh_55ldPxC1v-EsZYKg/w400-h266/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%209.59.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Photo credit: Jay Knickerbocker)</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">For the final scored shoot, we had to hit 3 steel (2 big and one small) from prone at about 100yd, 3 hits each. Run forward to the first pistol bosx and shoot at a silhouette steel with 3 hits. Run further forward and shoot at a giant square steel from a second pistol box with 3 hits.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There was a 3 min PAR time. Steve, who went ahead of me, was challenged to finish it in 30s, which seemed ridiculous, but it turned out to be no joke, because he did it in 35s! I had to follow that and managed 54s, which was better than everyone except for Steve. We knew this was it, and that a long weekend was finally coming to an end.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Qjrr8F8gHN33DO9ZfQWTc6otAFowhn-Qvz9zbCn01wRrLWwJ5YrSI1UyJIkecLR-2lPjhqUVzogcn6xbnG2LH5kt3bZTqj6IH3aLVMJ6zkrym7S0xsGJtIIgsW3KcVNGZVWYpW0XQABZ4tiGJe-sysTxq-Enopnk5sWHpHWh4s16ECskvIayOVPncaE/s2630/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%2010.03.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2630" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Qjrr8F8gHN33DO9ZfQWTc6otAFowhn-Qvz9zbCn01wRrLWwJ5YrSI1UyJIkecLR-2lPjhqUVzogcn6xbnG2LH5kt3bZTqj6IH3aLVMJ6zkrym7S0xsGJtIIgsW3KcVNGZVWYpW0XQABZ4tiGJe-sysTxq-Enopnk5sWHpHWh4s16ECskvIayOVPncaE/w400-h265/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%2010.03.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Photo credit: Jay Knickerbocker)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Bonus Head-to-Head</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As a final surprise though, the top 2 shooters went head-to-head for fun. We first shot standing with rifle on a 16" diameter circle at 100yd with 10 hits. Then, we moved forward to 30yd and hit the same target with pistol. </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I didn't shoot it cleanly, but at least I didn't perform embarrassingly poorly. Not surprisingly, Steve beat me. I was glad to have a chance to do my best, though.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HeajjeOQCVcl-6Rf6GWi85oK6XqUZEWFBVj9b8hS_nT1DgC7xFZ62PHm664jPxsSPugfsrxu3iUOTCzXHc3vppDAw6sllQAIhTV-gZntZuDV4OSj6IdHLv_b7uGN6Ic7g-tEcaEawUI6BUi9VA-AK7kHlNF8L2ph0yNY6qJ3ZxK4pAQSzTSqXw1Ntek/s2636/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%2010.06.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2636" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HeajjeOQCVcl-6Rf6GWi85oK6XqUZEWFBVj9b8hS_nT1DgC7xFZ62PHm664jPxsSPugfsrxu3iUOTCzXHc3vppDAw6sllQAIhTV-gZntZuDV4OSj6IdHLv_b7uGN6Ic7g-tEcaEawUI6BUi9VA-AK7kHlNF8L2ph0yNY6qJ3ZxK4pAQSzTSqXw1Ntek/w400-h265/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%2010.06.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Photo credit: Jay Knickerbocker)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Results:</u></b></div><div><br /></div>I ended up placing 2/5 out of the women, only 6 points behind #1 (115 vs 121 pts). I'm not sure exactly how it was scored, but if each shot was worth a point, those rifle steel hits would've been helpful, as would the prone paper shots. <div><br /></div><div>I was even more excited about placing 5th out of 19 overall, against some tough competition. </div><div><br /></div><div>The shooting was challenging at this competition, with small targets that you needed to hit fast. Gregg did adjust the evolutions a bit as the competition went along, since we were having a tough time. Knowing holds at 40yd and 100y0d is big, especially with "hit or miss" courses of fire and high round counts.</div><div><br /></div><div>I liked my gear management and was glad to have a room to myself. I am glad that I take priorities of work with cleaning guns seriously.</div><div><br /></div><div>Although I didn't shoot super well vs the course of fire, I had good mechanics and leveraged competition experience pretty well.</div><div><br /></div><div>This was so much fun, especially the ambush portion. I've never done anything like that before! The rest of the event, I've done something similar, either at shooting competitions or at GORUCK. This event was a fun mixture of the two. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was a neat experience that I got to go through with my fellow competitors. Even though we were competing against each other, it also felt like we were a single team trying to help each other survive a challenging weekend. We went through tough conditions, physical tests, and sleep deprivation and fatigue together. </div><div><br /></div><div>I am psyched to go back next year, hopefully better at shooting and a little bit fitter! Lots of tough competition to keep up with.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsxDPvdl1FBMqXNAQmNAwl6X9qcsM6NPGzCjyiQeXGW3xtCc2c6j5pvTn4Uj5YMerptzwz_Ah2QiKaI2rckvvDfsMgY8e1y31XYnypEaW2DeLW20VW8xKP_8Rr6zAu9ejmCjGg3hTnWstJn5wKEdbTnGzkwMIjkGDDE4_G53-FT1HMRPRQIbmwvfvrV8/s2636/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%2010.06.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2636" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsxDPvdl1FBMqXNAQmNAwl6X9qcsM6NPGzCjyiQeXGW3xtCc2c6j5pvTn4Uj5YMerptzwz_Ah2QiKaI2rckvvDfsMgY8e1y31XYnypEaW2DeLW20VW8xKP_8Rr6zAu9ejmCjGg3hTnWstJn5wKEdbTnGzkwMIjkGDDE4_G53-FT1HMRPRQIbmwvfvrV8/w400-h265/Screenshot%202024-02-04%20at%2010.06.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">(Photo credit: Jay Knickerbocker)</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's an awesome recap video that pumps me up:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nsbrncElNT0?si=Gd4beeL-rksqJ5GB" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-58593538392638507632024-01-20T20:33:00.000-05:002024-01-20T20:33:15.192-05:00GORUCK Custom Breacher Course<p><b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><u>Sunday, Nov 19:</u></b></p><p>Core & Restore and Quick Restorative Yin Yoga with Adriene.</p><p>18A "Hanging Abs" in 15:47, Glute and pec PT v2 in 28:27, GORUCK TNT "Frannish" in 10:45. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Monday, Nov 20:</u></b></p><p>18A "Upper Body Prep" in 22:37, "Push-up" in 43:49.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Tuesday, Nov 21:</u></b></p><p>I got a used tripod that I might use for a spotting scope one day. It seems to be able to hold up my gun.</p><p>I also practiced using a new armboard for the first time. It's stiff and has heartier velcro, which is nice.</p><p>I mainly practiced shooting from the top of my pack and from the top of a tac table. I focused on building very squared and skeletal positions to minimize wobble.</p><p>I figured out that it's more efficient to do bold elevation dial turns. </p><p>It is neat that 32 min of dry fire can help you discover new techniques and test gear in a very cost-effective way.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZ6FlHBSXzI6mvaBqiqGN3YalbXFuiSmmMMYQxtsMtOGUKH1psRS_3jHcVn9hBHzWv3t95xtwEAsQOQo6DPV256J-xvEiXFyj50_81EkpUDlhL3OBrV40FZeEvWi4TAj5T4IiTXixFKY2mpEqwRAPr4tLVTdmuSkfzFUW7jLu23uH_edJMG22sRpku9A/s2114/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.21.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="2114" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZ6FlHBSXzI6mvaBqiqGN3YalbXFuiSmmMMYQxtsMtOGUKH1psRS_3jHcVn9hBHzWv3t95xtwEAsQOQo6DPV256J-xvEiXFyj50_81EkpUDlhL3OBrV40FZeEvWi4TAj5T4IiTXixFKY2mpEqwRAPr4tLVTdmuSkfzFUW7jLu23uH_edJMG22sRpku9A/w400-h274/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.21.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsL4VIHip4R_tTRin-4ymbIKy_iSmEU1BzgQmUsUBOx8t-MZnxd4XC-RxBNgdncw3sjm0YiIqb00c-VLZpelKlVRfcDIm0-RUJ3mko87q8hRFLC_3ZdI5oCvjCwv21SlRIQI7vmj2C6wFxFsO5sGZs1biU_cliitQ2gXy4BCp4Tejgc55bc272xtWO1i0/s1750/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.21.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="1310" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsL4VIHip4R_tTRin-4ymbIKy_iSmEU1BzgQmUsUBOx8t-MZnxd4XC-RxBNgdncw3sjm0YiIqb00c-VLZpelKlVRfcDIm0-RUJ3mko87q8hRFLC_3ZdI5oCvjCwv21SlRIQI7vmj2C6wFxFsO5sGZs1biU_cliitQ2gXy4BCp4Tejgc55bc272xtWO1i0/w480-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.21.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, Nov 22:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">I did a 5am ruck with 50# in the v2 rucker wearing MACV2s. I covered 4.5 miles in 1:03:20. My glute was sore at the end, and my Achilles felt a little strained. I used the TENS unit at night.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOEalbAD_eUj77Z9To2xMI9PErWCt8Zj1m1D2nbVvHnbdYD7KyBIYgpfONhanL1_-I1ktI_u_qTlrf4YBglWIDQNRWGxbt4E377fjPIv3OaUX3y-EQwaZdIRH-ncs8gENMmNEtD6TMqpySGyCA09JNoxlrakhgxtiCHsZZ2yTFxeU6jxsFnyh0F5XGVQ/s2324/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.26.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="2324" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOEalbAD_eUj77Z9To2xMI9PErWCt8Zj1m1D2nbVvHnbdYD7KyBIYgpfONhanL1_-I1ktI_u_qTlrf4YBglWIDQNRWGxbt4E377fjPIv3OaUX3y-EQwaZdIRH-ncs8gENMmNEtD6TMqpySGyCA09JNoxlrakhgxtiCHsZZ2yTFxeU6jxsFnyh0F5XGVQ/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.26.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">My dad arrived in town that evening, so I had wanted to get in the ruck while I could.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, Nov 23:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">THANKSGIVING</p><p style="text-align: left;">I went to Iswa Nature Preserve with my dad and used 30# in my RPC wearing Garmont T8's. My glute was sore. It was low-key, and my dad even took a break to enjoy the view. We covered 1.5 miles in 39:32.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Later, I did HDT 31.1.2 (CORE) in 34:02, followed by Glute and pec PT v1 in 28:40. That's the good HDT core workout that is able to make my abs sore.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimoeNTMPnnzYykWQKh-gAe_bgS1sm_gjRzmowi-s2L-PR5eG3RKPH4PE-QPmT5OuNrdUKhdPBwN0lZSaP2Kdj2zDqnL7c6DenW3qadzR-DCfYww15-ChCwRC919vMT-p0P955x1vOkVy3GtkfrmOwjV6gIablrghsuzES5rFnht4oYb_hDkeKjMavncYY/s2324/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.28.10%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="2324" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimoeNTMPnnzYykWQKh-gAe_bgS1sm_gjRzmowi-s2L-PR5eG3RKPH4PE-QPmT5OuNrdUKhdPBwN0lZSaP2Kdj2zDqnL7c6DenW3qadzR-DCfYww15-ChCwRC919vMT-p0P955x1vOkVy3GtkfrmOwjV6gIablrghsuzES5rFnht4oYb_hDkeKjMavncYY/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.28.10%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoU9rzrBSfH1-Lh7mKJRHNoXB6iyu9EJBZ9-mq4WaykvGAAkoi15cEnmTkNwO6myBN3bF51DXPhs8-WVaj2fdiwKGefoQZfdzDW2GqpuJBOlfzwcJne-RVGlA6z3urIcRBgbQxLgwfEwCmNVzoH_aZgDJPBWm_LKXjVwQaZXm01Vs9R2zescm0Oc8eHs/s2324/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.28.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="2324" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoU9rzrBSfH1-Lh7mKJRHNoXB6iyu9EJBZ9-mq4WaykvGAAkoi15cEnmTkNwO6myBN3bF51DXPhs8-WVaj2fdiwKGefoQZfdzDW2GqpuJBOlfzwcJne-RVGlA6z3urIcRBgbQxLgwfEwCmNVzoH_aZgDJPBWm_LKXjVwQaZXm01Vs9R2zescm0Oc8eHs/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.28.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, Nov 24:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">BLACK FRIDAY</p><p style="text-align: left;">I went to Blackstone for donuts, a bit of browsing, and then a full auto demo day with Daniel Defense.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I had signed up for Green Beret Fitness's Operation Shooter the day before, and they warn that your gear may get wet and abused, so I went to the range to practice with my iron sights Glock and with my old LMT with the red dot.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The pistol shooting was pretty accurate, but I got malfunctions, and the armorer helped me figure out that my extractor might be dirty because it was sticking out. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I switched to my CZP10C to continue training.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q7dCM00Ksb_UprSDyZtEWjPCqIBlanG14GzqVHZ2Ljx_CcT9M-uZvLQmYpY-ayXsjsYRZ7nnzuyOLrE-pCkkQ_QH3b3WQTCqWjnck77ymXxR_ouvoSxGo4IF6GMwF5FvrxcMPn56X2mCcjvBXktLg80QGUY17SB0_OHIKholrL5KIYOKtPo6x1v57PA/s1750/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.35.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="1312" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q7dCM00Ksb_UprSDyZtEWjPCqIBlanG14GzqVHZ2Ljx_CcT9M-uZvLQmYpY-ayXsjsYRZ7nnzuyOLrE-pCkkQ_QH3b3WQTCqWjnck77ymXxR_ouvoSxGo4IF6GMwF5FvrxcMPn56X2mCcjvBXktLg80QGUY17SB0_OHIKholrL5KIYOKtPo6x1v57PA/w480-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.35.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">When I got home, I did a full disassembly and cleaning for my Glock. It was the second time I've done that, with the first time being in <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2022/11/into-new-year-2021-2022.html">early 2022</a>. I was proud of myself for watching youtube and successfully disassembling and re-assembling everything without losing any parts or breaking anything.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKqZM-klmBDL-ESI_5OOpcA_aKQ-9rf7qN9mMe7xxJz3IRQKdGygYT2Jnf-1RN4pFr68hQMFOmDuohWzY6OR8Axkim6TPWKBOXd5qhOZwSfOc8bl4_hflicSSeZ5WPoLGIIFt0EYwNYwFtI83s8mUTfF5uMsqhQHIlr2KdzE-puSWrfy2agwm2_pdlr0/s1750/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.36.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="1312" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKqZM-klmBDL-ESI_5OOpcA_aKQ-9rf7qN9mMe7xxJz3IRQKdGygYT2Jnf-1RN4pFr68hQMFOmDuohWzY6OR8Axkim6TPWKBOXd5qhOZwSfOc8bl4_hflicSSeZ5WPoLGIIFt0EYwNYwFtI83s8mUTfF5uMsqhQHIlr2KdzE-puSWrfy2agwm2_pdlr0/w480-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.36.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2euQbhEeEuPxlVYlACQHeORl_-LHNEiM2LjO0jgpLX73V2DEFDdPKOQJfAo9z1W_t47btxKkTA83gUxmRTL8eMFvjVMofB2Kn9PaUc0oJPwUv3fgwSua8m33nzLC0V2nIs52Zw5vUWDQIQAKtAtfopjMiayLdaCb-SsZk1ePgKe2ul96SkQtjxUmzFg4/s1750/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.36.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="1312" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2euQbhEeEuPxlVYlACQHeORl_-LHNEiM2LjO0jgpLX73V2DEFDdPKOQJfAo9z1W_t47btxKkTA83gUxmRTL8eMFvjVMofB2Kn9PaUc0oJPwUv3fgwSua8m33nzLC0V2nIs52Zw5vUWDQIQAKtAtfopjMiayLdaCb-SsZk1ePgKe2ul96SkQtjxUmzFg4/w480-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.36.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>At night, I took my dad to see the new Lights trail at the USNWC. He learned the word "zamboni" today.<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMD3kQSQl7MFUTBwFWUHIxedzqIkRCwQJTPXSmB4d7ltf3YNoYd1T3Pt6_upoo88mlHpB-qu0cfsy-mmlu6EpcjEZvoAfLFTnXa4MRkd-bgHl7aloTNNQLRkabhIWiE2mDyahxM0FP7DkNJTELh7DuOKWmttrfmges4OdAETiFFx-sEgz5G9zBIf0tkpw/s2618/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.42.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="2618" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMD3kQSQl7MFUTBwFWUHIxedzqIkRCwQJTPXSmB4d7ltf3YNoYd1T3Pt6_upoo88mlHpB-qu0cfsy-mmlu6EpcjEZvoAfLFTnXa4MRkd-bgHl7aloTNNQLRkabhIWiE2mDyahxM0FP7DkNJTELh7DuOKWmttrfmges4OdAETiFFx-sEgz5G9zBIf0tkpw/w400-h226/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.42.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The trail was obstacle course-themed this year. They put lights on the existing obstacles in that area, which is probably a little easier than putting up a bunch of brand new art pieces.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yrMk0GYtKy2l1HLbcGF2Jqbs_MpqOMTTA5H2kuueeZtYMY1wEDA0X80r_FIzii3lwNrpqvbAdLHJoDpOPao-Lk6mBdF4p80Nm2zHW-6TqS3Q4h4BMvgqICezA7Kzx6ipa679kQUxrX4MjZbtTvq1Rm2lbnoWorjzDaLVH3NZYrReWPN2yxbz1k-wQ2I/s1728/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.44.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="964" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yrMk0GYtKy2l1HLbcGF2Jqbs_MpqOMTTA5H2kuueeZtYMY1wEDA0X80r_FIzii3lwNrpqvbAdLHJoDpOPao-Lk6mBdF4p80Nm2zHW-6TqS3Q4h4BMvgqICezA7Kzx6ipa679kQUxrX4MjZbtTvq1Rm2lbnoWorjzDaLVH3NZYrReWPN2yxbz1k-wQ2I/w224-h400/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.44.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="224" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The vibe was different than from previous years, since there were a bunch of screaming kids around, instead of it being a peaceful nature-themed art walk through the quiet night. It was fun and interesting, though. We did 1.5 miles in 1:00:34.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStRaz1KGNWyBtillxn1wcpgJUb4-xuiSnJhW3IFEgzuybOBB7AacnO8UyNI8SUpReGEe2t3FbgNdcbdnah2RAeQItViEY2lMLKijQfRLC8m4MqcZbIY0Zbtbvv0aXOlapfWPIrfia5MsqiOucYIT1uJPob-2yqZirkgipbS5wvEozXdthereKXS4Zlp4/s2328/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.42.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="2328" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStRaz1KGNWyBtillxn1wcpgJUb4-xuiSnJhW3IFEgzuybOBB7AacnO8UyNI8SUpReGEe2t3FbgNdcbdnah2RAeQItViEY2lMLKijQfRLC8m4MqcZbIY0Zbtbvv0aXOlapfWPIrfia5MsqiOucYIT1uJPob-2yqZirkgipbS5wvEozXdthereKXS4Zlp4/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.42.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Body check: I've been taking Ibuprofen for the past 1.5 days due to glute soreness. I've also been eating 700cal over my body's needs (resting plus activity), after not eating much while working hard in <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2024/01/snipers-unknown-challenge-2023.html">Iowa</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Saturday, Nov 25:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">I did a 11.5 mile trail run (per Garmin with Glonass) in 2:16:00 in Brooks Mazamas and a t-shirt. I did Parkway-Panda-Smokey-Bandit-Rail-Gravy Train for the first time. Gravy Train looked interesting, since it took me under a bridge at first. It looked like there was a backstop of the edge of the property not too far away, so I wasn't expecting to be out on this trail for long, but it switched back as many times as possible within property bounds, so I was on it for a long time! Zombies Run on my phone says that I did 13 miles.</p><p style="text-align: left;">My core was still sore from HDT 2 days ago.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rFWxF9Lb2rutgN-CMrnNpM9YmamrwBI5DlcomWv7r06r_eQSa-R8tfJOisuZi-Bhf3nulwlFTMZCR4PZen8Qz31Exhh3CWurjyDcl6UA2oG83i9VEl8baSKNay51IpS5kSIhx3BkobZitZny8hUl9QDXRpVwUzZG_VUe5p9f7kJIoNqhVHKO3r59L-A/s1214/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.49.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="792" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rFWxF9Lb2rutgN-CMrnNpM9YmamrwBI5DlcomWv7r06r_eQSa-R8tfJOisuZi-Bhf3nulwlFTMZCR4PZen8Qz31Exhh3CWurjyDcl6UA2oG83i9VEl8baSKNay51IpS5kSIhx3BkobZitZny8hUl9QDXRpVwUzZG_VUe5p9f7kJIoNqhVHKO3r59L-A/w261-h400/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.49.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="261" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, Nov 26:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">In the morning, I went to Blackstone again. I wanted to check my Glock for proper function after the full cleaning and shoot my prize gun from <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/09/indiana-memorial-day-sheepdog-shootout.html">Sheepdog</a> after mounting my prize Sig Romeo from the <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2022/12/jericho-ready-tournament-002-feb-2022.html">Ready Tournament </a>on it. I had also moved the Aimpoint on my night shooting LMT closer to the butt stock, so I wanted to re-zero that.</p><p style="text-align: left;">My dad went on a walk while I did all of this.</p><p style="text-align: left;">My "forever target" now had 540 rounds on it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPRdjsnWfTpHf96Z1qlvzvvu-6VQkmB5aaBVJ4P3ABvsil43UDl5HrhWszZ64tACYqqq_cGNC_N3ryJAMcv3P1Bs_9NhG5-10HAvuu4sXe4BljFt14HcEteG7eIJ6EXQZTjrMs9qZznuxmsFWwOBtihw9z2xcLcyaMUvBDgbExq0RMJ-L094HAJlXiCs/s1638/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.55.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="1122" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPRdjsnWfTpHf96Z1qlvzvvu-6VQkmB5aaBVJ4P3ABvsil43UDl5HrhWszZ64tACYqqq_cGNC_N3ryJAMcv3P1Bs_9NhG5-10HAvuu4sXe4BljFt14HcEteG7eIJ6EXQZTjrMs9qZznuxmsFWwOBtihw9z2xcLcyaMUvBDgbExq0RMJ-L094HAJlXiCs/w438-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%207.55.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="438" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Yoga for Lymphatic Flow and Center - Day 21 - Strength with Adriene. My hip flexors still felt a bit strained today, and my abs were still sore from HDT.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, Nov 27:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Glute and pec PT v2 in 23:58, 18A "Upper Push / Chin-up" in 35:28.</p><p style="text-align: left;">At night, I invited the ruck club out to the USNWC, and we played on the obstacles and chilled by the fire. It took 2:02:43 between the obstacles and the fire.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HRmIzwwHMLI" width="320" youtube-src-id="HRmIzwwHMLI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did mess around with doing traverse wall climbing with a ruck and discovered that I could do it, which would come into play later on at GBF Operation Shooter.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm915oJVdGUrDmRvhvzDNzPueUysvinMZLrdTsQ5v5lu_kpfzhvWUc2rCRJrUbP7SxbH8VhIYPm_jyvD66CB8Cg7CuGkVSixyL8YcT2u2orUtbPqUwFAxQE2kMp374xZsiQaGLTEnIyo7xmsVrfo13r25MXXYa9PhtYZXz_8Et5BGQuTkuX-CMPrzkaX8/s1708/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%208.04.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="1286" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm915oJVdGUrDmRvhvzDNzPueUysvinMZLrdTsQ5v5lu_kpfzhvWUc2rCRJrUbP7SxbH8VhIYPm_jyvD66CB8Cg7CuGkVSixyL8YcT2u2orUtbPqUwFAxQE2kMp374xZsiQaGLTEnIyo7xmsVrfo13r25MXXYa9PhtYZXz_8Et5BGQuTkuX-CMPrzkaX8/w301-h400/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%208.04.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="301" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Tuesday, Nov 28:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Lower Body Prep" in 23:02, 2.5 mile half interval run with a 1-mile warmup from 7-7.5mph, then 2x (0.5 mi @ 9mph, then 0.25 mi @ 7.5mph). I couldn't manage more than that today. I used my lime/teal Saucony Kinvaras. I finished with a 20 min HIIT Peloton Ride with Jenn Sherman covering 5.8 miles to still get in some cardio.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-eCCye6Da9np6HRmb11L65dtQnrioTy5Pc1Ce2jIaJIxObt7aknEnlnZumiXVByaYrvU8YcCiEQVQ6-yVVDtYtKB0utT6GQqLagbz8osGyd34EGjJWBoMsmSuSqmmYB_F9ErDRQAFi_AoP_c7rBGGaB6e2fbYBpW0dMhG397-lC89X1vNLBehi59dJA/s2310/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%208.09.07%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2310" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-eCCye6Da9np6HRmb11L65dtQnrioTy5Pc1Ce2jIaJIxObt7aknEnlnZumiXVByaYrvU8YcCiEQVQ6-yVVDtYtKB0utT6GQqLagbz8osGyd34EGjJWBoMsmSuSqmmYB_F9ErDRQAFi_AoP_c7rBGGaB6e2fbYBpW0dMhG397-lC89X1vNLBehi59dJA/w400-h301/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%208.09.07%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, Nov 29:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Another trip to Blackstone, my fourth with the forever target.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I went back to shooting the CZP10C, and I practiced some more rifle at 25yd.</p><p style="text-align: left;">870 rounds total on the target now, but a little TLC makes it as good as new!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0bOq73Hu9DeKAqcXaTq3iMuKGYb5TsxLicuIBf_1B1CzIMkEPSxPxHk2dMXnn2Q_FKxRDp_AcFvnZI0tkT1d1lF0x3EvDhxu7ZLU8-OhMV0JZkF_JIZpKXWNjE96r04xua7crZlarH7tyU0RHSDa5YT4x8rf9kOm4Bdl-7Nf6BL5loZIJAlvZWc6UM8/s1740/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%208.10.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1306" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0bOq73Hu9DeKAqcXaTq3iMuKGYb5TsxLicuIBf_1B1CzIMkEPSxPxHk2dMXnn2Q_FKxRDp_AcFvnZI0tkT1d1lF0x3EvDhxu7ZLU8-OhMV0JZkF_JIZpKXWNjE96r04xua7crZlarH7tyU0RHSDa5YT4x8rf9kOm4Bdl-7Nf6BL5loZIJAlvZWc6UM8/w480-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%208.10.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wVFbnHanH_glHr3CTThyphenhyphenWBeY4w0XfCncjuJl9-637KCvw4mzf6seiwRIIHcpuModOM7B3N6b7_Omwh_yc01mipwN9j153jJlHoMzXi0RGAViCOU9bv-ZkCS_y6wgBisKOHyo08w-zVWaCk3xm7p6ZoNtYoDcYhoyGJ1p9ISQz89PiKK_NcDH5xFKv6A/s1740/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%208.10.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1306" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wVFbnHanH_glHr3CTThyphenhyphenWBeY4w0XfCncjuJl9-637KCvw4mzf6seiwRIIHcpuModOM7B3N6b7_Omwh_yc01mipwN9j153jJlHoMzXi0RGAViCOU9bv-ZkCS_y6wgBisKOHyo08w-zVWaCk3xm7p6ZoNtYoDcYhoyGJ1p9ISQz89PiKK_NcDH5xFKv6A/w480-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%208.10.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>GORUCK CUSTOM BREACHER</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Part of the requirements for earning the "Fight Terror" GORUCK Shooter Capstone patch is completing a Tactical Shotgun Operator or Breacher Course. They used to have a course called "Breacher" that emphasized breaching, but since then, they've shifted the focus to defensive shotgun. This course is rarely put on, though, maybe once per year, and you're lucky if it's in a part of the country that's easy for you to get to. My southeastern friend figured that it'd be waaaay cheaper to organize a custom class as long as he could get at least a few to jump in on it, than to pay for airfare, hotel, and the class, to go across the country to earn that patch. He filled up the class and then some, so we had one at his range.</p><p style="text-align: left;">SB and I helped PM make practice door pieces for the breacher portion of the class.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHK9mQdv1tHYmNXgxkFpoAGWcxZbQqjuDbjgavgCWwVKB9PM7hADxGTNcVwMda9Ur-ToAXK55lELnm6RPLzqknwAhnKg2OWGClnq73gNvLfE-3Qs8y5g_srMgF3JwfWGJF_Z4ovfjHib1-ICO4lBz4Of1ExI08b6g3icwpNJFcj1_vZbC6cnKnoVfwI8M/s2274/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%208.23.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2274" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHK9mQdv1tHYmNXgxkFpoAGWcxZbQqjuDbjgavgCWwVKB9PM7hADxGTNcVwMda9Ur-ToAXK55lELnm6RPLzqknwAhnKg2OWGClnq73gNvLfE-3Qs8y5g_srMgF3JwfWGJF_Z4ovfjHib1-ICO4lBz4Of1ExI08b6g3icwpNJFcj1_vZbC6cnKnoVfwI8M/w400-h306/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%208.23.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>In the dry fire barn area, we learned about </u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">- the parts of a shotgun.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- loading procedures (chambering one then using the mag tube for the rest)</p><p style="text-align: left;">- unloading procedures (pushing the detent in the mag tube)</p><p style="text-align: left;">- topping off on ammo and ammo swaps between different types of rounds like buckshot for close range vs slugs for longer range, due to the spray and therefore missing that buckshot would do once you got about 20yd out</p><p style="text-align: left;">- emergency reloads</p><p style="text-align: left;">- walk, stop, shoot, continue</p><p style="text-align: left;">- manipulating the gun straight out in your workspace for quick re-engagements</p><p style="text-align: left;">- kneeling (tall kneeling due to recoil)</p><p style="text-align: left;">- barricades (leaning 45 degrees out and forward due to recoil)</p><p style="text-align: left;">- dry fire walkthrough of the eval course of fire, which involves all of the above, plus shooting while walking-ish</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I needed to get back into rucking after a week of travel!</p><p><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p><b><u>Monday, Nov 13:</u></b></p><p>6 mile ruck with 50# in the v2 rucker in 1:27:36. Felt good and could've gone faster were it not for a tight glute. It wasn't bad, though. I felt fine from yesterday, with no soreness yet.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><u>Tuesday, Nov 14:</u></b></p><p>It would've been nice to be able to do 8 miles today, for a 4-6-8 mile back-to-back series at full weight and pace. That had been a nice training milestone the <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/04/ohio-andy-3-rucking.html">previous year</a> when I was training for the 2023 edition of the 3-day Mammoth Sniper Challenge. My glute wasn't 100%, though, and I was tired from working until 9pm, so I took it easy and did Gentle Yoga - 25 min Morning Yoga Sequence & Yoga Stretch with Adriene. My arms were craving a workout, though, so I'd hit that tomorrow.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Wednesday, Nov 15:</u></b></p><p>18A "Upper Body Prep" in 28:03, "Chest Barbell" in 36:20, Glute and pec PT v1 in 28:52, "Hollow" in 16 min</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><u>Thursday, Nov 16:</u></b></p><p>I hadn't really planned on doing CHAD1000X again this year because I was busy enough training for Mammoth, but SB suggested it, and why not? We went <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-proving-grounds-arena-2022.html">back</a> out to First Ward Park with a mile ruck warmup in 19:20. I thought I chose a reasonable step, but while doing it, it felt higher than last year's and was tough, but I got through it. We rucked a mile back in 20:28. I used 30# in a rucker v2 and wore Ballistic Trainers. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixz4BgaF2UarffPdQjpNivqROHbnRyl6HXU0_S_NPuyRefl5C76RBfcEqMISulZposUw-aaP2lG2ieVFmdlhXEn4vWk7PUa0PBjABgxyzxRY8OlpmnAu5fR1HOSDgJgPimlcsh1bU1YnKv_fcle5DMDwX720sNVwei1wFqisHOL8uijERVjHzNACPxZo/s2322/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.25.04%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2322" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixz4BgaF2UarffPdQjpNivqROHbnRyl6HXU0_S_NPuyRefl5C76RBfcEqMISulZposUw-aaP2lG2ieVFmdlhXEn4vWk7PUa0PBjABgxyzxRY8OlpmnAu5fR1HOSDgJgPimlcsh1bU1YnKv_fcle5DMDwX720sNVwei1wFqisHOL8uijERVjHzNACPxZo/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.25.04%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_GPDdlvaPVSSEmFQz2ftYD30nPYTsVM22T3p8EvsimwD0uZ6Aq_tt7kNWKigApiRYyI-JzoshFI06urWXUlFzoOyEeG9UxdLTwTShsOGjnMmq4ZSZ2-6erdXHD_RJf5QemI1SE7a4W8cgd0aR9t_kxCJp_r5-5wlA_YnwKy0Zf63uQ1OjGvnP46hur0/s2322/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.25.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2322" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_GPDdlvaPVSSEmFQz2ftYD30nPYTsVM22T3p8EvsimwD0uZ6Aq_tt7kNWKigApiRYyI-JzoshFI06urWXUlFzoOyEeG9UxdLTwTShsOGjnMmq4ZSZ2-6erdXHD_RJf5QemI1SE7a4W8cgd0aR9t_kxCJp_r5-5wlA_YnwKy0Zf63uQ1OjGvnP46hur0/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.25.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's a good community event where people make an extra effort to come out to show that they care.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcSRyzuv7elsJkwrkJKXrl2SU5i7iHTJ8Ev8Rb2IWURJdmQECC8T0WkAER4UPaOK6SxLlg0sCnX4XS6AzHER7kpSVu4yW9AWcbC6phqqr2f5XB42R1aqLXVFFfuNWxUx4z0XI04sHAe9ILRb8v1OEEVL0EbzJlmRfWYjY6Z8VLNNiwuQ25G9PeMDakDE/s2558/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.25.23%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2558" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcSRyzuv7elsJkwrkJKXrl2SU5i7iHTJ8Ev8Rb2IWURJdmQECC8T0WkAER4UPaOK6SxLlg0sCnX4XS6AzHER7kpSVu4yW9AWcbC6phqqr2f5XB42R1aqLXVFFfuNWxUx4z0XI04sHAe9ILRb8v1OEEVL0EbzJlmRfWYjY6Z8VLNNiwuQ25G9PeMDakDE/w400-h194/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.25.23%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, Nov 17:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">My local range instituted a new rule where you had to use their target backers. It seems like a money grab, since they charge maybe $4 per target now (I think when I first joined, it used to be $2). Their reasoning was that people were shooting towards ceilings and walls and floors using their own targets, and that their poster-sized ones helped to get people within certain safe bounds. It is still very possible to shoot up the lane depending on your angle, even if you're within the limits marked by the poster, though. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Anyway, I had no choice but to play along, and they do allow you to paste your own targets on top of the poster. That is important, because there may be specific drill targets that you want to use, or you may want splatter effects to see hits. My goal became to see how long I could make a single poster last, though. I call it my "forever target". I was able to put 175 rounds on it that day, only using one quadrant, which still has life in it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MIDBaf5iomfdUDGqtsgnvdo1KawyWAoWXJUz1lJxsbUl2vUoRQQ3MV1jWU7gQm_xh8cPmFj4HJBa6Hu5qTv7RmJ7i7r68HZ-IQLtfVJJ5Yd72kR1gC_Ee4T8MtK4idFe98PBSa42RQkPkHl9C1yWHBicxOp5MdVGoAgJJ0GYSeP2cBikQrBfgIZiO4E/s1742/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.27.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1312" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MIDBaf5iomfdUDGqtsgnvdo1KawyWAoWXJUz1lJxsbUl2vUoRQQ3MV1jWU7gQm_xh8cPmFj4HJBa6Hu5qTv7RmJ7i7r68HZ-IQLtfVJJ5Yd72kR1gC_Ee4T8MtK4idFe98PBSa42RQkPkHl9C1yWHBicxOp5MdVGoAgJJ0GYSeP2cBikQrBfgIZiO4E/w301-h400/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.27.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1qYxQq8o2s-ga7sokZ2TXJINO8uZV3zyIMZTh2Wql4ZQZ7bjGN5NIcCJ3_cRY3gG8cNW7LFm_MOdm4ry2fdQ8FfD8FGLM6oFfh-3un-5NBM9qXpqOPrgOonaDV4waM7uXHD6HVIroCNg0-pLkAmFQpE4mtNm0JzgxJfqN21nbkLBZHUrNJSMl_nFIlk/s1742/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.27.27%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1312" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1qYxQq8o2s-ga7sokZ2TXJINO8uZV3zyIMZTh2Wql4ZQZ7bjGN5NIcCJ3_cRY3gG8cNW7LFm_MOdm4ry2fdQ8FfD8FGLM6oFfh-3un-5NBM9qXpqOPrgOonaDV4waM7uXHD6HVIroCNg0-pLkAmFQpE4mtNm0JzgxJfqN21nbkLBZHUrNJSMl_nFIlk/w301-h400/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.27.27%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><b>JAYDEN'S JAMBOREE</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This would be our first 22LR PRS match. We were excited to give it a try. As a bonus, it was being MDed by Andy Slade. On top of that, it was a match to celebrate his daughter's recent win at the IPRF World Championship Junior division.</p><p>There was a last-min venue change, but the MD adapted, and we got to shoot at an awesome location with all the props you could ever hope for. We drove up in my car this time, since we only had two rather small rifles, rather than "all the guns" like we end up having on some trips.</p><p>We didn't have a ton of time to zero before the match brief. I was 0.5mil high and 0.2mil left, and my group at 50yd seemed pretty large. I slipped the elevation turret and just dialed 0.3 on wind. No time to chrono or even confirm after slipping the turrets. Oh well, it was go time! Next time, we should get there an hour before the brief, instead of 30 min before the brief.</p><p><br /></p><p>We walked through stage briefs that were given to the ROs. The targets looked tiny out there, compared to the centerfire targets that we were used to. At first, all I saw in the field were t-posts or sticks. I couldn't believe that the targets (seemingly stick-sized targets) were somewhere on the posts. You couldn't always see them with the naked (at least untrained) eye, and needed glass to spot them, even though they were the only things in a very open and clear field. Andy did preface the match by saying he may have made the courses of fire a little too difficult, in retrospect.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Stage 2: Christmas Tree</u></b></p><p>This was the tiebreaker stage for the PRS22 match. You shoot at a 79yd target with 2 rounds from each of 5 unique positions. I dialed up 0.9 per the Kestrel. We had a 105s PAR time.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTSdPHAXP2i-lrUJXCZdXt6RljiX3TnCa_QxiqLSRXbvs08du_LjPVB-fX1wIwEEMDQelotJa98-G2wynG10eLQyXy_IORGULOxLpSORDpjJcN86VSxx30_dyUpQaz8aTs_GpqouttQ6oa1b3FICVBT3xgCdul9JuaE1yvFGgZp8fZLe5nxHDP5CmDC4/s1278/IMG_0443.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1278" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTSdPHAXP2i-lrUJXCZdXt6RljiX3TnCa_QxiqLSRXbvs08du_LjPVB-fX1wIwEEMDQelotJa98-G2wynG10eLQyXy_IORGULOxLpSORDpjJcN86VSxx30_dyUpQaz8aTs_GpqouttQ6oa1b3FICVBT3xgCdul9JuaE1yvFGgZp8fZLe5nxHDP5CmDC4/w400-h234/IMG_0443.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p><p>I ended up with 8 points out of 10 shots attempted in 89.84s. Not a bad start, considering how worried I had been about the tiny target sizes. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Or8w6y272A" width="320" youtube-src-id="1Or8w6y272A"></iframe></div><p>There was some bend in my knees during standing, and during kneeling, my elbow wasn't able to make contact with my right knee, so there's some room for improvement.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLt1wUlwf5OLAEFoCM71vPHhUC1W2_6us6q8ynUyEA273p-5DdcaoeqYWQcw4_8dsW75S0Z2dE4NmP7Hjf0_nqC6aoVEJudpv1jMfC-N2dEvE4gZ8oCLyZL5_vRJj2_H-rttI3-g1h21-pc_SulQtoTI0eXr0lR7KF9MTjJIRv7rNbNM30z4BGMJhg3jU/s2602/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.55.38%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="2602" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLt1wUlwf5OLAEFoCM71vPHhUC1W2_6us6q8ynUyEA273p-5DdcaoeqYWQcw4_8dsW75S0Z2dE4NmP7Hjf0_nqC6aoVEJudpv1jMfC-N2dEvE4gZ8oCLyZL5_vRJj2_H-rttI3-g1h21-pc_SulQtoTI0eXr0lR7KF9MTjJIRv7rNbNM30z4BGMJhg3jU/w400-h226/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.55.38%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUV9wiK4Cok0d1W3Cq5A0jSf9n4zND3AbvVP3_tPfUrgowLQX_eBRZuh_3j5PBuY3JAVObotm2XDZ2SQb1Uj7Qs6u9-HBDMQL-5okdnGQr2pnOBQzVQ9RoErR7OR624_oSd6VHia__n5FHQMk31czcZa6NFjsH-ub8H6jLzcF8ki0joxe7vQheluG_fA/s1742/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.55.24%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="968" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUV9wiK4Cok0d1W3Cq5A0jSf9n4zND3AbvVP3_tPfUrgowLQX_eBRZuh_3j5PBuY3JAVObotm2XDZ2SQb1Uj7Qs6u9-HBDMQL-5okdnGQr2pnOBQzVQ9RoErR7OR624_oSd6VHia__n5FHQMk31czcZa6NFjsH-ub8H6jLzcF8ki0joxe7vQheluG_fA/w356-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.55.24%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="356" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We chose to squad with Jayden. It was really cool to watch her shoot... the best in the world!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSDTz35LIPGzCjABNkeJ2cRYcowl2fD73TTET2xDzVEhonVAlvdl6BaE-eub5ecUm8_KdbobclKYfdlOVFmoYzjG5gVGLOfGwEFTyz2cp5E0RxZbDkKX3Zfw3Z16Azk5XjrpoEI86SmqyPN00e_8rR_26FlrWyrxMkR8A-GCDU0Wimtuq0Vh5GWuY52M/s2334/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.54.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2334" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSDTz35LIPGzCjABNkeJ2cRYcowl2fD73TTET2xDzVEhonVAlvdl6BaE-eub5ecUm8_KdbobclKYfdlOVFmoYzjG5gVGLOfGwEFTyz2cp5E0RxZbDkKX3Zfw3Z16Azk5XjrpoEI86SmqyPN00e_8rR_26FlrWyrxMkR8A-GCDU0Wimtuq0Vh5GWuY52M/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2011.54.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 3: Bomb</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We shot at a 117yd target from 3 spots on a fence plus 2 spots on a cattle gate. We had 105s of PAR time again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAugTONYt2tOOGjxrBT0Ia_cO01zOIMuPdRXSVTQr2FxOGanLNpqnSqdaW1nodSkRgjFqZERw71LsFwasuSiRPkmh3-tFfJ1oDIn64k9jyiMltBWr2Shhpbka4nuCEHCoGEPmPVozoENFH2iMk3BPA_RLmB6U2GQwPOgHpxkZ4XQ8sAVXYWSNCWXdEmXw/s1334/IMG_0444.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="1334" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAugTONYt2tOOGjxrBT0Ia_cO01zOIMuPdRXSVTQr2FxOGanLNpqnSqdaW1nodSkRgjFqZERw71LsFwasuSiRPkmh3-tFfJ1oDIn64k9jyiMltBWr2Shhpbka4nuCEHCoGEPmPVozoENFH2iMk3BPA_RLmB6U2GQwPOgHpxkZ4XQ8sAVXYWSNCWXdEmXw/s320/IMG_0444.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got 5 points out of 10 attempted. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w7AU4JSyMAQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="w7AU4JSyMAQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The kestrel said 7mph, so 0.9 right, although Jayden kindly shared that she used 0.5R, so that's what I started with, although I switched to 0.4 after missing initially. I wonder why my original wind call plan was so off... maybe I didn't take into account wind direction enough.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The upside of having a single target the whole time is that once you figure out the elevation and wind, it's all about building positions from there. I missed the first two shots where I tried 2.6 and 2.7. I hit the 3rd, missed the 4th, got the 5th, missed the 6th, got the 7th, 8th, 9th, missed the 10th. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Is it me? Is it the natural SD of the round? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did swap pacman positions for my gamechanger based on the type of surface I was using, which was slightly cumbersome to flip, but the right decision, I feel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXa6487p1n84bQFcN0IVOkW7NvMIj2N4s9AAtkqBTC64xzgJ6L41Wuzn4f3M6d8FVVcTzXF8YstvwEW87O9mTjYFFGsCWMLVpw5DqNhRs1HofK-_P7WiEPfL6XcBPkYlu9w-CQJkxT0HfXlu8y-LqeVK1WqOcDoYlBPGMHdOy867rVG1wZ09LiWu2bFg/s2616/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.03.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="2616" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXa6487p1n84bQFcN0IVOkW7NvMIj2N4s9AAtkqBTC64xzgJ6L41Wuzn4f3M6d8FVVcTzXF8YstvwEW87O9mTjYFFGsCWMLVpw5DqNhRs1HofK-_P7WiEPfL6XcBPkYlu9w-CQJkxT0HfXlu8y-LqeVK1WqOcDoYlBPGMHdOy867rVG1wZ09LiWu2bFg/w400-h225/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.03.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9nqKKkrtEPwBXUl4WXbeoQAjx14dRusQLgQGVHkM_quEevpbNusuMlg3Glx6pLnHimgNR_1TXWd1lhCcY4m0LbLJYIlV3qRp-f2MQR7lneWddDhDpepSQ9q2VRXVKyjmRYWJVhoiBv0hUbRR6o9-rZ3sMdX4Mvy8nTyf5s3PDdlosqc94hBa-dcHUJI/s1730/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.03.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="972" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9nqKKkrtEPwBXUl4WXbeoQAjx14dRusQLgQGVHkM_quEevpbNusuMlg3Glx6pLnHimgNR_1TXWd1lhCcY4m0LbLJYIlV3qRp-f2MQR7lneWddDhDpepSQ9q2VRXVKyjmRYWJVhoiBv0hUbRR6o9-rZ3sMdX4Mvy8nTyf5s3PDdlosqc94hBa-dcHUJI/w360-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.03.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 4: Tank Trap:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We shot at 1 target at 91yd from 2 different tips of the tank trap with 2 shots each, and then again from the crux with 1 shot. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then, we did the same but on another target at 133yd, for 10 rounds total within a 105s PAR time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpd-bxJZgpysgl4klPpYM0zgvuVQvvrjaLB2r-dpHUCdfudOIZcXMNNoSTgxO6Ao4cx5EZZDen3OtvSAD9kxrU4f7OgjW9UuUKywpJKxMhpTVGg5fc1BATc-u3FekkDujdSx2YV18QC24wgTWqcIEW93ObxD7mOOocKtAje-c_mvlr-nOQ2g-FGoqlqL8/s1376/IMG_0445.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1376" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpd-bxJZgpysgl4klPpYM0zgvuVQvvrjaLB2r-dpHUCdfudOIZcXMNNoSTgxO6Ao4cx5EZZDen3OtvSAD9kxrU4f7OgjW9UuUKywpJKxMhpTVGg5fc1BATc-u3FekkDujdSx2YV18QC24wgTWqcIEW93ObxD7mOOocKtAje-c_mvlr-nOQ2g-FGoqlqL8/s320/IMG_0445.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made 4 hits out of 5 attempted. I had a malfunction when I tried to run the bolt forward. I tried harder with no luck. Nothing happened when I did a mag drop, but there was a round stuck in the near right side that did come out the second time when I fully removed the mag. That ate up time. I'm not sure what caused it. Fortunately, I was calm during the malfunction, because I didn't have high expectations for my first time at a PRS22 match, so there wasn't high pressure to perform well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I held 0.3R based on what everyone else was using for wind. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We all shared bags so that we could all double up on the crux, too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctKh13-Z6Yb-sM4QAucW2se22anki5LmAWA1Oxp-flappBgSR5fikOL2tZPWQOd87rlzCb-fhcEn8dwfaKz30k4nJ9nuKVs8H_IivrpUXEAo0hZEe8P1faQm2C8y-Q6mW57ITUpCvYCciPuGLbA_4FebmNn_1NME77LJ3Q1tWEJHyTg0THZNyRC4hK1c/s2318/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.20.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2318" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctKh13-Z6Yb-sM4QAucW2se22anki5LmAWA1Oxp-flappBgSR5fikOL2tZPWQOd87rlzCb-fhcEn8dwfaKz30k4nJ9nuKVs8H_IivrpUXEAo0hZEe8P1faQm2C8y-Q6mW57ITUpCvYCciPuGLbA_4FebmNn_1NME77LJ3Q1tWEJHyTg0THZNyRC4hK1c/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.20.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 5: Rocky Mountain Dogs</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shoot at a target at 69yd from the near rock with 2 shots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shoot at a target at 104yd from the middle rock with 2 shots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shoot at a target at 113yd from a far rock with 2 tries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then go back and shoot 2 at the 104yd target and 2 at the now 63yd target (originally 69yd away) still from that last rock, all in 105s.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJsi4WuO_-PVlUbkLvWY-1FizsVpJb_X1HHi7l0SQmMRPt4-INxzZPpwMtWbFLzdhzh937kKRgj_nUfkZOKj_IdokO5s9wRUaHEjAS63G7F2-HbQd3mKXEp1E5UMNDtYBSLRMQCY-5kKpAiEViCdP_EcP9pm1KOskaINpWCRntIkeFIT_FllQEv0oob40/s1711/IMG_0446.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1711" data-original-width="1572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJsi4WuO_-PVlUbkLvWY-1FizsVpJb_X1HHi7l0SQmMRPt4-INxzZPpwMtWbFLzdhzh937kKRgj_nUfkZOKj_IdokO5s9wRUaHEjAS63G7F2-HbQd3mKXEp1E5UMNDtYBSLRMQCY-5kKpAiEViCdP_EcP9pm1KOskaINpWCRntIkeFIT_FllQEv0oob40/s320/IMG_0446.jpeg" width="294" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made 6/8 attempted shots / 10 possible. I missed 1, hit 2, missed 3, hit 4, hit 5, hit 6, missed 7, hit 8, and ran out of time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3x_8F9WBgpw" width="320" youtube-src-id="3x_8F9WBgpw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I stuck to my shot process, dialing before leaving the prior position. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had to be thoughtful about adjustments after missing. I started with 0.3R wind, then switched to 0.2R after missing, since the wind had died out a bit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzw0WimWUFdjpI7_u1iC1L__BbF8vQ4AccHAygpD3gOp3Xx6nwYVDnD9QPMYSsi1th2_rTpaKOsfDBAhvjRoup2QKaI28gMNalxRdJtfWys4ki9rE1QK3wk4upyxu8xLy4L2rBhKy4HCsmvqL3QXFjEe0Oxnldjx8IFUOMlSrDFJDH25vYqds4fGwYf5w/s2632/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.24.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="2632" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzw0WimWUFdjpI7_u1iC1L__BbF8vQ4AccHAygpD3gOp3Xx6nwYVDnD9QPMYSsi1th2_rTpaKOsfDBAhvjRoup2QKaI28gMNalxRdJtfWys4ki9rE1QK3wk4upyxu8xLy4L2rBhKy4HCsmvqL3QXFjEe0Oxnldjx8IFUOMlSrDFJDH25vYqds4fGwYf5w/w400-h224/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.24.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnBUFAwTn-97ehV_ekRnzVvCc0-apIIFOWnyXjHxf0nT6kPZud8hk2s-un-wkEAM__aHL3cNVFdpjIev57INiaN5TD3PTttpa4duGqfUb4DTKUhq9lqSkuvHyV-jHcetJHPQ7iD5gPxVuiRvezg91NipgxqJaCaTLPYA6ek6R-0hSmi7XCppHpKN4tU4/s2336/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.25.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="2336" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnBUFAwTn-97ehV_ekRnzVvCc0-apIIFOWnyXjHxf0nT6kPZud8hk2s-un-wkEAM__aHL3cNVFdpjIev57INiaN5TD3PTttpa4duGqfUb4DTKUhq9lqSkuvHyV-jHcetJHPQ7iD5gPxVuiRvezg91NipgxqJaCaTLPYA6ek6R-0hSmi7XCppHpKN4tU4/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.25.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 1: Wheelin'</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Choose any spot on the wagon wheel. Shoot at 4 bottle targets with sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxxhxJSGvwjCh5l4lo7p423dMID22-PIufcDL9qe704R7p2w7zouLpQYQyzkl9qkBpP8CKO_8y-XDIUkJwua_8lxAkMzo803n1buq9qIRGTKz4yYirYNd-w1OnUq4QIEMRCEd4GcaicspNJDTmu_BUP4NjoeGUBhachL4sB5-DgmwV8CzLOjYYck5y0E/s4032/IMG_0448.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxxhxJSGvwjCh5l4lo7p423dMID22-PIufcDL9qe704R7p2w7zouLpQYQyzkl9qkBpP8CKO_8y-XDIUkJwua_8lxAkMzo803n1buq9qIRGTKz4yYirYNd-w1OnUq4QIEMRCEd4GcaicspNJDTmu_BUP4NjoeGUBhachL4sB5-DgmwV8CzLOjYYck5y0E/s320/IMG_0448.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made 4/8 attempted / 10 possible. I missed once when I dialed down to 1.9 instead of 0.9 while working my way from far to near.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had deployed my tripod but didn't bother trying to use it, since it seemed like it would be slow. I just went barricade style. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had a jam in the mag again, but I knew how to clear it this time, dropping the mag and running the bolt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had planned to dial 0 wind because it might be shielded by the trees, but I did hold right edge for the far target that was beyond a clearing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsZxUoyO_56oadbvp0hND-cWgp8VDDbD-rEKP3d6oz5WloAsGeGBsIDZarB2H5ve59TO-L9qVr0PpWYe0-bZUuAhhk3SXxpLbgLdI37N-uREhNZv9XRTLb7u1ycsTzIFM27Z1Dke3U1VFFFhcqW9Hc2l4QjtKVptwfRwo0ssomoaTiTNa4hwstpUu_T0/s2336/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.42.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2336" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsZxUoyO_56oadbvp0hND-cWgp8VDDbD-rEKP3d6oz5WloAsGeGBsIDZarB2H5ve59TO-L9qVr0PpWYe0-bZUuAhhk3SXxpLbgLdI37N-uREhNZv9XRTLb7u1ycsTzIFM27Z1Dke3U1VFFFhcqW9Hc2l4QjtKVptwfRwo0ssomoaTiTNa4hwstpUu_T0/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.42.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Lunch Break</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They provided lunch, which was hot dogs and chips. I slammed down 3 bun-less hot dogs plus 2 bags of chips, since we had an early morning start, and I hadn't eaten any snacks during the morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 8: Don't Move</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were upon on a platform 2 at a time, even though this wasn't a team match. We'd help with spotting while we were up there with someone else, and help speed up the stage flow since we had to get up there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shoot at a circle at 282yd with 1 round, then shoot a near yeti at 75yd with 2 shots, then the circle again with 1, then a second yeti at 104yd with 2, then the circle again with 1, then a square at 286 with 2, then the circle again with 1, all from prone in the tower.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1uiYbUgV7U-WGhaIH9qzdW6_YeoMH4HB6WhLqYRee1nO8Ru0ATn9bYKg7Y851O-NkkGr8VupdmOkgLCjITF9KPAsPHGvxIrw2jlmUqFc-nHrFFxOTz80f_R46pJWBsEwgeZ6FGRDrOLW9mPyZNQGdR6rusfmPNe5G88qIzoRno1_sd34qdMeBI4HKaA/s3106/IMG_0449.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1596" data-original-width="3106" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1uiYbUgV7U-WGhaIH9qzdW6_YeoMH4HB6WhLqYRee1nO8Ru0ATn9bYKg7Y851O-NkkGr8VupdmOkgLCjITF9KPAsPHGvxIrw2jlmUqFc-nHrFFxOTz80f_R46pJWBsEwgeZ6FGRDrOLW9mPyZNQGdR6rusfmPNe5G88qIzoRno1_sd34qdMeBI4HKaA/s320/IMG_0449.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made a big 0 out of 5 attempted. The circle was the farthest target all day and was tough. I only held 0.5R but needed 1.5 according to others. I was second to go, so there was no chance to share wind calls beforehand. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was 1 rev off on the near yeti, and I saw the tree branch above the target puff, but it didn't register in my mind what was happening until the second shot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had to swing the gun and reset it drastically to switch between the circle and the other targets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKIrVQhWfF6FQxAhr-aXz4uq2XrkQGMrany9INY3Uh7a62rk9nVZuJcNG9oicRcW-fylobVbBSehdFO2xwRygtUDiP-uXMKIAlhMqk4L3o-zqCIwlrJP6J8OJ4-qZ9_DHWM3vg0xFkphHBRD3LYQcbt4q7p_3Y-BRTii90eRqC9PIHhkfsBe0TQ_HN1M/s2336/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.51.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2336" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKIrVQhWfF6FQxAhr-aXz4uq2XrkQGMrany9INY3Uh7a62rk9nVZuJcNG9oicRcW-fylobVbBSehdFO2xwRygtUDiP-uXMKIAlhMqk4L3o-zqCIwlrJP6J8OJ4-qZ9_DHWM3vg0xFkphHBRD3LYQcbt4q7p_3Y-BRTii90eRqC9PIHhkfsBe0TQ_HN1M/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.51.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 9: Another Dang Wagon Wheel?</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We shot at a near 98yd and a far 140yd target from 5 unique positions on a wagon wheel-themed fence in 105s.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hyphenhyphenqE-wkHjKMEoC2p8bAXgquo50NOdzOI1Te3aAH0JjUwVp5dJMEDLoFVDyxCw53ZNv6-lhlCH1GIiCKYHG7lR7FCm5P7jCyBBKoKIU9x_YOM6yXQu38hYemPPdAYjq8aSanj3pieEUkd1Yn4mzAlj4ZhU8YP_rChjDs-c8yI7Rzn3_kRiWoH_jDTdhU/s1572/IMG_0450.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="1572" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hyphenhyphenqE-wkHjKMEoC2p8bAXgquo50NOdzOI1Te3aAH0JjUwVp5dJMEDLoFVDyxCw53ZNv6-lhlCH1GIiCKYHG7lR7FCm5P7jCyBBKoKIU9x_YOM6yXQu38hYemPPdAYjq8aSanj3pieEUkd1Yn4mzAlj4ZhU8YP_rChjDs-c8yI7Rzn3_kRiWoH_jDTdhU/s320/IMG_0450.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made 2/6 attempted. I tried to hold 2.2 for the second target instead of dialing, but I never hit it. SB held with 2.1 successfully. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I held 0.4R for wind and hit 2/3x on the near target. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 10: Grenade!</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From the roof, shoot 5 targets N->F then F->N.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AGpbBcALG5VOpuX_ETZXHNbxuDl9oIbDio7kWZjB28RtVxFJHEhuP1K8pwMgwRhmE-iVvuwzmdu0KL5o_bBUnh3SSQWuBdVksY46WU5cSdMpGZNJsFdEKWKaQoiVEyhyjmaPmjywSoJKp94pWCnHKCFhVwhPyyJoa1ctDsACv-1ZMWjT7EkFUxKkvBY/s1948/IMG_0451.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1948" data-original-width="1712" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AGpbBcALG5VOpuX_ETZXHNbxuDl9oIbDio7kWZjB28RtVxFJHEhuP1K8pwMgwRhmE-iVvuwzmdu0KL5o_bBUnh3SSQWuBdVksY46WU5cSdMpGZNJsFdEKWKaQoiVEyhyjmaPmjywSoJKp94pWCnHKCFhVwhPyyJoa1ctDsACv-1ZMWjT7EkFUxKkvBY/s320/IMG_0451.jpeg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I made 8/10, which was nice redemption after 2 rough stages. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">4mph of wind from 5 o'clock is what people guessed, but I went down to 0.1 because the wind had died down. I dialed 0.2 of wind for the first three targets then added another 0.1 for the last 2. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I did hit the wrong target once on the way back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><u>Stage 6: Tired</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>From the left tire, shoot 3 diamonds N->F.</div><div>From the middle tire, shoot 3 diamonds F->N.</div><div>From the right tire, shoot 3 diamonds N->F and repeat the F once more for 10 shots in 105s.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOfYpCsKO4N7rTAZb77p0Wns1W-ZmPd06He7ro359LeufM5IY1WJKePAIPngc39fCmNw_ys-WbdDg0hS2k8_HOBy0Y1VSqKvdH3z56huFIvsXiN3ErFgEenDDDqtqiR6OK-RHJT313HJsLJtKxV9Oy1weP5HpueueyyUJpQqlnUS1L6wKDvvZiDZ58dU/s2470/IMG_0452.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2470" data-original-width="1716" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOfYpCsKO4N7rTAZb77p0Wns1W-ZmPd06He7ro359LeufM5IY1WJKePAIPngc39fCmNw_ys-WbdDg0hS2k8_HOBy0Y1VSqKvdH3z56huFIvsXiN3ErFgEenDDDqtqiR6OK-RHJT313HJsLJtKxV9Oy1weP5HpueueyyUJpQqlnUS1L6wKDvvZiDZ58dU/s320/IMG_0452.jpeg" width="222" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made 3/6 attempted. I used barricade style instead of trying to build modified prone. That's what most of the squad used.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The wind was hard to pick here because of the wide range of estimates. I went with 1.2 for the close target and 1.7 for the 2 far targets. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hit the near one, never hit the middle one, and hit the far once once. I started just guestimating wind clicks, since it was all a guess, so I didn't feel like spending extra time trying to precisely dial. I guess that's a bad move if I need to hit that same target again later, if I'm not sure what I used before, although I could just track in relation to what I used instead of absolute values, I guess.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-upktBQI8FmRHqizO-jId3gAXJfTiHMaemeR1vVvMiC_x5_hfDlBowWzTH-wUqA3NJUkkZV0vQwOen90rjlEdtVHmOp7VaQ-rpfPKgMYzyqE7b1ka1yOO6rZj-pTHI78Squ-SX6U1vGsARlU2047r9j_C8Vw9Up_HI_xIyRbClHBUYe1ayu5OyXb82ac/s2336/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%201.12.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2336" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-upktBQI8FmRHqizO-jId3gAXJfTiHMaemeR1vVvMiC_x5_hfDlBowWzTH-wUqA3NJUkkZV0vQwOen90rjlEdtVHmOp7VaQ-rpfPKgMYzyqE7b1ka1yOO6rZj-pTHI78Squ-SX6U1vGsARlU2047r9j_C8Vw9Up_HI_xIyRbClHBUYe1ayu5OyXb82ac/w400-h299/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%201.12.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 7: Jeep Needs a Match</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our squad's last stage of the match was a fun one to end on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shoot the largest target on the KYL rack. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shoot a match stick, where you must eliminate the red tip to get a point.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shoot the next smallest target on the KYL rack.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shoot a spinner 1x (no need to spin it).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Repeat, alternating between next smallest target on the KYL rack and on the spinner, for 10 rounds total in 105s.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQC4VfZkJJSLBSn88aqRu2HBGd5JoFvnxZqBgT4cdcIf4aYdh_MXRqL_oyphObWu52EhsMqTBhe2pTaHDQGwVjASFVWTiLam5kvhqmQxfnnJxipCF9P8U8dM1EdEBacGYZ9iveixWZtTdoyNdMa8KYqghTt1dHocsbimlMcD42qZ0Va5BShuP5VG_KBs/s3688/IMG_0453.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="3688" height="74" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQC4VfZkJJSLBSn88aqRu2HBGd5JoFvnxZqBgT4cdcIf4aYdh_MXRqL_oyphObWu52EhsMqTBhe2pTaHDQGwVjASFVWTiLam5kvhqmQxfnnJxipCF9P8U8dM1EdEBacGYZ9iveixWZtTdoyNdMa8KYqghTt1dHocsbimlMcD42qZ0Va5BShuP5VG_KBs/s320/IMG_0453.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I made 3/6 attempted.<div><br /><div>Changing parallax was essential when switching among the targets, just to see the reticle.</div><div><br /></div><div>I nicked the right edge of the middle of the matchstick, which was where I was aiming elevation-wise, but the windage was just off.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>I got spinner hits but kept missing on the KYL. The amount of panning would be enough to significantly change the wind value, I guess, and the KYL targets are probably smaller and less forgiving. I should've probably adjusted subsequent KYL shots based on where my misses were landing, though.</div><div><br /></div><div>I held 0.1R on the match and 0.2 on the KYL.</div><div><br /></div><div>I spotted for others on this stage, which was fun. It was a little easier here. It's easy on small targets that move a lot when hit. It was really tough on the far circle from the platform, though. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQvEyCiCaL2fFHiy8FerBY4k2Q9mKp2NbDHuuCuLa_oYW7EDRAwtiTc4y-F5kCnboHrCwdUEFKZsZ-ww6vwaThgxwNhtKL6WxsGY-tOpx6-cyNnb9dD9kILvHayFPQHrmXH0HFMdH5Qytn5UwkrRiAS_0oo7IQbhPU4PywUGeHee4tMeh29ko0Br5EoSY/s1744/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%201.29.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1312" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQvEyCiCaL2fFHiy8FerBY4k2Q9mKp2NbDHuuCuLa_oYW7EDRAwtiTc4y-F5kCnboHrCwdUEFKZsZ-ww6vwaThgxwNhtKL6WxsGY-tOpx6-cyNnb9dD9kILvHayFPQHrmXH0HFMdH5Qytn5UwkrRiAS_0oo7IQbhPU4PywUGeHee4tMeh29ko0Br5EoSY/w482-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%201.29.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGVpBppNFzp3fUjA7BNoZXvEUceDyFP1B7E7JXdJwbh1vLSgWy2WUbrEG5g4lYfRZ9aVdQp6lbWLgimXG_nprhiNt4WbSlzTn71LFFssIkdDHZEF4CRiooUeuJAyYYxRMxtz_844NW6yp5yQ6m2mXrWn0MFR5w3U_8Bgr54dc_fqyi6Uhaw5KjC9qclQ/s1744/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%201.29.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1312" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGVpBppNFzp3fUjA7BNoZXvEUceDyFP1B7E7JXdJwbh1vLSgWy2WUbrEG5g4lYfRZ9aVdQp6lbWLgimXG_nprhiNt4WbSlzTn71LFFssIkdDHZEF4CRiooUeuJAyYYxRMxtz_844NW6yp5yQ6m2mXrWn0MFR5w3U_8Bgr54dc_fqyi6Uhaw5KjC9qclQ/w482-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%201.29.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUO9lSPzccq0IPjZ5MfOqNRDfmICahvyI2BKGEhVpAYtFPuZsaccdy774EQb04r51hw8AxY95VgMhWIRTkAgUIcr624nKrVYx47rQVZsGmysAaREyxL_lW08SbB9TUWi6O5oS1_wziLvi8mhooINbQWJfCMrc9iExDP7bI2eR5e7pP0J02BjSNff4WG-A/s2330/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%201.30.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUO9lSPzccq0IPjZ5MfOqNRDfmICahvyI2BKGEhVpAYtFPuZsaccdy774EQb04r51hw8AxY95VgMhWIRTkAgUIcr624nKrVYx47rQVZsGmysAaREyxL_lW08SbB9TUWi6O5oS1_wziLvi8mhooINbQWJfCMrc9iExDP7bI2eR5e7pP0J02BjSNff4WG-A/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%201.30.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Overall</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I ran the timer and clicker on more stages than usual at this match, which was good for gaining experience. I also spotted, but a couple of times, I'd hear something but not see a splash... who knows if it hit the post or something. I would think that the target would've moved. It's tough to call those. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Baker Wings or a Grey Ops plate might help with stability.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wonder what caused the jams 2x... it was my first time using 10-round clear mags, which were otherwise good, and definitely useful for seeing how full the mags were.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The glass on the Vortex Viper definitely wasn't as good as what I was used to on the Nightforce. It felt a bit blurry, but I guess it was good enough. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wind calls are hard, and I relied heavily on shared calls from others. Even the Kestrel's wind calls didn't match what the pros were using, maybe due to direction. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Levelling the gun takes more time on the light gun that would roll left and right, but I took my time with it to get it right. The light gun does make it easier to move around though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Highlight of the match (other than partially hitting the match): Getting to be Jayden's chamber flag-bearer for a couple of stages while she shot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDLCh8nDg5lFJ_e4J7cwGYi2_yHq9qfiSNQXLbomEMpRk0PSaS76uyEsRCFbX25Yo2Icte5Gk6I-V_Hna6qBVMBMjt0tIOjz04NvSx7pPcG19ljgM1_KQFBIfsrJp0_QJTGjKIM2y3r2G1wGM_jPLv_wpHsRMvvyTFqtk3oOmS2EtNCa4PFl2DJW3hbA/s1754/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%201.43.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1754" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDLCh8nDg5lFJ_e4J7cwGYi2_yHq9qfiSNQXLbomEMpRk0PSaS76uyEsRCFbX25Yo2Icte5Gk6I-V_Hna6qBVMBMjt0tIOjz04NvSx7pPcG19ljgM1_KQFBIfsrJp0_QJTGjKIM2y3r2G1wGM_jPLv_wpHsRMvvyTFqtk3oOmS2EtNCa4PFl2DJW3hbA/w400-h398/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%201.43.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>After</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After the match, we all went to Rifleman's Outfitters to check out Andy's new store, and to get some gear like chamber flags and rimfire and glass cleaning supplies, plus a Grey Ops plate. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Went back to CLT and got to see the dog!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Ov8gtTLwludcKTrd3C_HiSFkO1qsASKmwNufzDobUnb41jFTJoZiS3Q4jAsPlIQpj0Hcc3O2wAoLGLJdvdBrKlj8bCxM25Hh7thODHJkCKSffceukEacSrL6GJIGuDZa0ARbJxIM3J3-rzGMk1ohcof8-IZwLp6_CtBYwMKplWc7wdvPdrW66W0gfFw/s2330/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%201.30.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Ov8gtTLwludcKTrd3C_HiSFkO1qsASKmwNufzDobUnb41jFTJoZiS3Q4jAsPlIQpj0Hcc3O2wAoLGLJdvdBrKlj8bCxM25Hh7thODHJkCKSffceukEacSrL6GJIGuDZa0ARbJxIM3J3-rzGMk1ohcof8-IZwLp6_CtBYwMKplWc7wdvPdrW66W0gfFw/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%201.30.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-19808115151599953502024-01-01T12:14:00.002-05:002024-01-01T12:14:32.478-05:00Snipers Unknown Challenge 2023<p><b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b></p><p><b><u>Sunday, Nov 5:</u></b></p><p>Flew back out to Iowa</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rUrzz8bqhtXhckdAkS0kl9Vo7UAOG10NF-kAs7Is2gYwhp5CKZbIJvY9GnQyKNxqU1yJfs0mQ-yxkqt5v1kMJ_nHp9twA6GTS6ML4N3Rm6_GYH557TWaYygJY0vyx9zCyZmkU2BDXt_eIMzsKIiN_XpAKOnVPg82RUHV7YPwvibiha6oSEDkVCkXqSI/s2630/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%205.05.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="2630" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rUrzz8bqhtXhckdAkS0kl9Vo7UAOG10NF-kAs7Is2gYwhp5CKZbIJvY9GnQyKNxqU1yJfs0mQ-yxkqt5v1kMJ_nHp9twA6GTS6ML4N3Rm6_GYH557TWaYygJY0vyx9zCyZmkU2BDXt_eIMzsKIiN_XpAKOnVPg82RUHV7YPwvibiha6oSEDkVCkXqSI/w400-h223/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%205.05.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, Nov 6:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Lower Body Prep" in 22:01, then "Lower Push BW" in 37:04, then 2 min dead hang with a wider grip, at 5am</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Tuesday, Nov 7:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Dynamic Warmup" in 33:59, "Plank Series" in 22:45, both of which felt harder than they normally do. Then "Hollow" in 18 min.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, Nov 8:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Found a "lucky dollar" on the ground in the parking lot of a hotel</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-Z2L9HtYCpl9IyN3udqDlRzXbPYC9qd0EayMCoXc4aP3iP7UZQn4Lyxb_kUUG_FpWUD7UT_ejApj4grhu4pfWnxXEN9a-GvgDg5jRDBEzRI2DR4pAgKs0qQTRgklWCP30R9LfHe0ViFQ0Q-3yxy7z6-bYHKcZMp4nMZqWgmOenQF4gJjqZ0K_L3CS04/s1622/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2010.00.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1622" data-original-width="1298" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-Z2L9HtYCpl9IyN3udqDlRzXbPYC9qd0EayMCoXc4aP3iP7UZQn4Lyxb_kUUG_FpWUD7UT_ejApj4grhu4pfWnxXEN9a-GvgDg5jRDBEzRI2DR4pAgKs0qQTRgklWCP30R9LfHe0ViFQ0Q-3yxy7z6-bYHKcZMp4nMZqWgmOenQF4gJjqZ0K_L3CS04/w512-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2010.00.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="512" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><b>SUC 2023</b></p><p><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p><b><u>Friday, Nov 10:</u></b></p><p>It was an early morning for me as I woke up at 3am to make a 1.5 hour drive from Iowa to Nebraska, to fly to CLT, and then I drove 2 hours down to Clinton House for the 2-day match.</p><p>I missed the opportunity to zero, but I felt ok about my gun with the recent trip to Coleman's. My gun had sped up, but I know that now.</p><p>I checked in and met with SB, SW, and CA to read through the match brief and make plans for how we'd approach Saturday's stages.</p><p>Unlike last year, there weren't special caliber requirements for primary vs secondary shooter this year, and they might've listened to feedback from <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/03/snipers-unknown-challenge-2022-clinton.html">last year</a> about giving both shooters opportunities to shoot, instead of having it so heavily lean towards primary.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Saturday, Nov 11:</u></b></p><p>It was rainy, so we'd get a chance to practice shooting under adverse conditions.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfVpYd1pSEiLwm0SQI4yssAlhyphenhyphencz3LRYFMYa-QAeXWJRPoOBkqLbfiB16LNFiZiD6srvtn9Jz_n4_q4Y_LqwpvtbqZHfKWEdfXh6rR3HdGQt8iDQT_KyHAhzYQnueFJDeF_iP43nJI27kFF36KTdNnMQ1hOCSbPLwaE6ypT4ZPr4UruT9zWfnfdT8S3k/s2626/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.08.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="2626" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfVpYd1pSEiLwm0SQI4yssAlhyphenhyphencz3LRYFMYa-QAeXWJRPoOBkqLbfiB16LNFiZiD6srvtn9Jz_n4_q4Y_LqwpvtbqZHfKWEdfXh6rR3HdGQt8iDQT_KyHAhzYQnueFJDeF_iP43nJI27kFF36KTdNnMQ1hOCSbPLwaE6ypT4ZPr4UruT9zWfnfdT8S3k/w400-h189/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.08.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><b>Stage 4: Call for Fire</b></p><p>- Go up stairs and shoot at 2 pistol targets (which ended up being Marathon mover targets), hitting 2x per target</p><p>- For bonus points, range estimate an orange target using your eyes only, giving an estimate within 15s. You must be within 5% of the actual range to earn the points.</p><p>- Shoot at 4 different targets from 4 marked windows inside the connex, based on the picture of the target shown above each window. Make 2 hits per targets, where you must hit to move on to the next window and target.</p><p>- At some point, a HVI wearing an orange shirt may be available to shoot, and doing so is worth 3 bonus points.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycLkfw-ojuPH_Z4YfdWAhcawNm8tlkrRLg2DMsJGvzj9D_8arFWGsr3QDAvgDyWvNUKOibG_IVwd425xwGHosgKrbcCT9kTPrdBq4OpFAYTSuyZ4ypxmblXKKT0wpw1jHh3BbKbD6XSSPvVsBgwe_0-RR_fLIfmzlbitTCAiTfEX7cPCn8YmV1TylEYQ/s3026/IMG_0357.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="3026" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycLkfw-ojuPH_Z4YfdWAhcawNm8tlkrRLg2DMsJGvzj9D_8arFWGsr3QDAvgDyWvNUKOibG_IVwd425xwGHosgKrbcCT9kTPrdBq4OpFAYTSuyZ4ypxmblXKKT0wpw1jHh3BbKbD6XSSPvVsBgwe_0-RR_fLIfmzlbitTCAiTfEX7cPCn8YmV1TylEYQ/w400-h171/IMG_0357.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>Results: 6/11 pts</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- There was a technical issue with the robot laptop before our turn, so we had a delay before we got to start. We were last to go, so the other teams went on to the next stage, which required quite a bit of a drive to get to anyways. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The mover pistol robot rushed on our position quickly, which was surprising and cool to experience. I shot at it 3x to make it go down. Going into it, SB and I had planned to split the two targets, with me going for the left one and SB going for the right one. That kind of went out the window when the guy rushed since I had gone up the stairs first, although it may have been the left one anyways. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- SB had zeroed at that range the previous day and knew the lay of the land better than I did. It was a new bay that I had never been to before. As a result, she estimated the range (at 500yd), and she was close, but didn't get credit for it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The targets downrange were indicated by paper signs with images supposedly matching the ones above the windows that we shot from. It was hard to tell, though, because the targets and the signs were very far away. Even with my 35x glass, I had a hard time with some of the signs. SB noticed the large features of the guys pictured in our targets, though. She talked me onto a target, I trusted her, and shot at it. It took 3 rounds to make 2 hits, but at least we got something!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The next window was tall, so I asked SB to take over with shooting. We timed out on the 5 min PAR time before earning any points there, though. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The targets on this range were way to the left of where one would naturally check, looking out the window. I don't think I've encountered that much of an angle before. That'll be something to keep in mind for future stages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We never actively looked for or saw the HVI, which is ok... if you did search too much, you could waste valuable time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Stage 5: Hostage</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Move to the shooting area and hit 2 pistol targets, 2x each. They were close but very small.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Shoot the hostage taker before the 75s PAR time of the stage is over, or else you get a zero for the stage. If you miss, though, you lose 50% of whatever points you have left, and you can make multiple attempts, but you'd potentially get multiple misses and compound your losses. A single miss automatically takes you down from the 4 you started with after engaging pistol, down to 2, so making a first round hit essentially gets you 8 points over anything else, which is huge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- If you shoot the hostage (a baby), that's also an automatic 0 for the stage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WYKW14WtMwiHgb3NH-A3suClqE-YJMtnP-GSLpgTE_rhUfPCFpqiW0oVlnzFpzlGaSAevWwMfk-x5bntVngnsr8648iWtUPg_GdlAdc6WJpuBciWCRFVeVedCTkBYWyt2SeRYeAHp2SOdjinvKl5_U-xHruqoqUaA_ZzevM-OexEt1-pmsmgJ8cTDAY/s3438/IMG_0358.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2095" data-original-width="3438" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WYKW14WtMwiHgb3NH-A3suClqE-YJMtnP-GSLpgTE_rhUfPCFpqiW0oVlnzFpzlGaSAevWwMfk-x5bntVngnsr8648iWtUPg_GdlAdc6WJpuBciWCRFVeVedCTkBYWyt2SeRYeAHp2SOdjinvKl5_U-xHruqoqUaA_ZzevM-OexEt1-pmsmgJ8cTDAY/w400-h244/IMG_0358.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>Results: 2/10 pts</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Since we got to the stage after everyone else had started, we got a 1-on-1 brief, but the RO re-hashed questions that the other participants asked, so that we didn't lose out on any info.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- During the brief, when we found out that the targets would be movers, we changed our original plan and had me shoot pistol while SB ranged, since I wanted to give her more time to locate the hostage. The movers ended up being in a concentrated area, so at least panning wasn't required, but they did turn their backs and go left and right and all around.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- In the rush to get caught up with the stage, I only loaded my rifle mag and hadn't loaded my pistol mag, which reinforces why you should always load secondary first. I lost time on pistol because I had to load on the clock. To make things worse, I kept missing, and once I was missing enough, I asked SB to help me with the pistol targets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Once pistol was done, we didn't have much time left, since I had eaten up so much of it. We had about 15s left, so I got down on the ground, saw the target, and sent a round at it. I was rushing, so it wasn't a 100% shot, but it wasn't a bad shot. I had to aim for the head, since the baby was being held at torso level. Unfortunately, it didn't hit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I did end up having a little more time, so I could've taken another shot if I wanted to, but I decided to keep the 2 points that we had, instead of risking it and potentially missing again and taking us down to 1 point, especially if my first try had already missed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Stage 1: EMP</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Shoot at 6 targets on a troop line, but you're only given the ranges for the 5th (900) and 6th (1300) targets up-front. You have to figure out the distance of the other targets yourself, but you aren't allowed to use any LRFs or even phones (although I don't see how a phone would help, other than the calculator). They wanted to really mimic an EMP.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Once you make 2 attempts per target, working N->F, if your 5 min PAR time hasn't run out yet, you can do a "resupply" where one person gets off the platform and does a little shuttle run for 2 jerry cans. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Once the runner is back, you can re-engage the 6 targets the same way (2 attempts each, N->F) as many times as you can for points, until time's up. This means that this is technically an infinite point stage. At this match, a point ended up being worth a point, no matter what stage it came from, so this stage had a huge weighting potential.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5Sxd6mPnmO_QwFrGxXdyjtENUydBwQrULXmOaAZTWuW5UZQ6Vp1sy00FLeM6HjJ257smHDb4hXPyqGOVlXeyPghi_qTIDVta6bRT5W9BlvtKrv-LmhB4G-3Vaewb67wquvIer0j2VRs_y-sMHtuOuHdtRIu5BgErwMDGmLPUBnWMRm4Tsp7qTgOveZg/s3812/IMG_0359.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2752" data-original-width="3812" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5Sxd6mPnmO_QwFrGxXdyjtENUydBwQrULXmOaAZTWuW5UZQ6Vp1sy00FLeM6HjJ257smHDb4hXPyqGOVlXeyPghi_qTIDVta6bRT5W9BlvtKrv-LmhB4G-3Vaewb67wquvIer0j2VRs_y-sMHtuOuHdtRIu5BgErwMDGmLPUBnWMRm4Tsp7qTgOveZg/w400-h289/IMG_0359.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>Results: 0/12 pts (without resupply)</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The night before, SB and I had created milling charts for the target sizes that were given on the UKD targets, for a wide range of mil measurements and target ranges. I like the formula for precision, but with no phones allowed for calculators, charts would be a decent substitute.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I should've studied my reticle prior, since it ended up being more complicated than I had remembered.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I measured and SB looked up the chart results, but I was missing a lot (like a mil). I'd make a correction, but it would still be off... it's hard to make corrections based on misses when there's not a berm, since the round may continue to fly for quite a ways and change in elevation before hitting ground.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We timed out at around target 4 or 5, because SB ended up using the wrong row in the chart by accident.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- SB did have a spotting scope which had a reticle, with which she was able to confirm some of my mil estimates.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I was glad that at least we figured out what had happened afterwards, so we knew it wasn't my scope or gun that had gotten messed up, since that's harder to fix mid-competition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 2: The Villages</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Use the previously published target package with images of 5 HVIs to PID and engage each target with a simulshot. You only get 1 attempt per target.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We each had tripods, but when I squatted down and saw that all of the targets were visible from prone, I went prone. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The targets ended up being not steel, but pieces of paper, each with 6 pictures on it, and we were to shoot the pieces of paper. That's different!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- You only get credit for a hit if both team members hit the target, within 1s of each other.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmcBxRS0UyNUa9IUB7V4B47L41wlBO5Ii1XatDj0Y7cEiGNXzER8nWHgVnZiM0wtAqkC-SJm8_sYNL9X0U88PzMjojHpjkbTDp7cPLG-YiESxWMa1wHbQrSKxClN6J5NcCZfEETRp323nJkmDFajx8gDhdNnhh6lRIQrEmOXrhq6OFYKbf4ayaRm1VfA/s3802/IMG_0360.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1803" data-original-width="3802" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmcBxRS0UyNUa9IUB7V4B47L41wlBO5Ii1XatDj0Y7cEiGNXzER8nWHgVnZiM0wtAqkC-SJm8_sYNL9X0U88PzMjojHpjkbTDp7cPLG-YiESxWMa1wHbQrSKxClN6J5NcCZfEETRp323nJkmDFajx8gDhdNnhh6lRIQrEmOXrhq6OFYKbf4ayaRm1VfA/w400-h190/IMG_0360.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>Results: 1/10 pts (without resupply)</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We counted down from 4 and shot on the 1.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We didn't bother to range the berms, which hurt us a little bit because we found out afterwards that one of the berms that we were shooting at was actually at 250 from where we were, not 200 like we had guessed based on it being the second set of berms on the 300yd range. That range difference at that range is enough to make you almost miss, when the target is as small as it is (3-in).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The images were small, so we had to look closely to figure out which ones were the targets. It was doable with the 35x glass, though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We attempted shots on 2 targets before the 5 min PAR time ran out, but only scored on 1. The most that any team made was 2! I wonder what tripped up the other teams... if it was target ID, or simulshooting, or misses due to ranging issues or fundamentals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I noticed mid-stage that there were rounds on one of the plastic sheets holding the paper, which is a giveaway, but the holes are really hard to see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- It had taken me a moment to realize that we needed to shoot at the pictures themselves, since we're so used to shooting on steel and wanting to avoid being sucked into shooting the pictures themselves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Note: non-permanent Lumocolor markers don't survive in the rain! Fortunately, the act of drawing the characters helped me memorize the characters' images.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9QxG16WVmDFm915KaT8UF1CX-CPXBAeozkw9MSs-5GK9UdPE3eYREK8mRd1sVT3dBg4BBESdYWQ6R-X5RQLyV4RwZjxLZS7Eh0vXnR2osZbfcKKwbGtUztaktDfU41CTZvyleEGOXtE49lLMhNnyNtG9nnYjuipvYHnXF9vK8-5zdaP-fOLO2raiYpQ/s1756/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.09.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1756" data-original-width="1296" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9QxG16WVmDFm915KaT8UF1CX-CPXBAeozkw9MSs-5GK9UdPE3eYREK8mRd1sVT3dBg4BBESdYWQ6R-X5RQLyV4RwZjxLZS7Eh0vXnR2osZbfcKKwbGtUztaktDfU41CTZvyleEGOXtE49lLMhNnyNtG9nnYjuipvYHnXF9vK8-5zdaP-fOLO2raiYpQ/w472-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.09.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Stage 3: Chaos Bus</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Go into the bus and find pictures of each numbered target, spread around the bus.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Shooter 1 must shoot targets 1-4 with 2 hits each, in number sequence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Shooter 2 shoots targets 5-8 with 2 hits each in number sequence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- There is a yellow shirt HVI worth 3 bonus points.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87XnBpIYPmUmrODukT67HbJweG7D7v_UfEdnvneog9ph-nuBjeBMdEb_eev_F5ny1x2CU80klFyRrlw8YcN9PIXK1tzvPCQNJBN91dsqfD8tm8g6xyqXCIdHdy9FEuVMzhdaFS48eb4sMA7VknJ_NvOaTj_PLUZut9XpE82tNjgJB3K_6YmmRxHhAcpc/s3591/IMG_0361.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="3591" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87XnBpIYPmUmrODukT67HbJweG7D7v_UfEdnvneog9ph-nuBjeBMdEb_eev_F5ny1x2CU80klFyRrlw8YcN9PIXK1tzvPCQNJBN91dsqfD8tm8g6xyqXCIdHdy9FEuVMzhdaFS48eb4sMA7VknJ_NvOaTj_PLUZut9XpE82tNjgJB3K_6YmmRxHhAcpc/w400-h163/IMG_0361.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>Results: 4/16 pts </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Before the stage, while we were in the holding area, we surveyed the range and gave formal names to different features, to make the talk-ons easier later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- There were a ton of targets in play... some had numbers, some had symbols, some had faces. Some were closer, some were farther. Lots of chaos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Oh yeah, there were pig noises blaring on a speaker the whole time, making comms a bit more challenging.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The targets' pictures were truly scattered all over the bus, in some tricky places... very clever and fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Once we found the picture labeled #1, both of us needed to see it, since we both needed to find it so that SB could range it and I could find it to shoot it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- SB was trying to talk me onto the first target that she spotted out in the field, when I happened to notice the HVI, which was nearby, so I went for it. I shot 3x at it, and it did go down, but it turned out that it went down because it was "going away", not because I had killed it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We went back on track afterwards, and I hit the first target 2x.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- SB found the next image in the bus, I found it out in the field and talked her on so that she could range it, and I shot it. Nice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We found the third target but ran out of time on the 5 min PAR stage before I could try shooting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- This was such a fun stage, and we felt good leaving, since I thought I had gotten the HVI in addition to hitting 2 targets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dinner</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That was the last daytime stage of the day. We'd be back at night for 2 night stages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Before then, we got a nice dinner at Blue Ocean Seafood Restaurant. It looked like a random place from the side of the highway, but it was huge and packed inside. They had an impressive menu, and the food was good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We then took a little time to plan for the night stages and plan for the next day's stages, so that we wouldn't have to stay up super late after shooting to do the planning. We had enough time afterwards to lay down for about 30 min.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Stage 7: Lights Out</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- From the car, shoot at 2 pistol targets with 2 hits each</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Exit the car, holster, and run to the next bay over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- At each of 3 barrels, shoot whatever movers appear ahead. They need to be vital hits to go down. Holster when you move from one barrel to another.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEr_DacXYNAW_QZFyjBDRhx1ooF13HGxNmmFcMk_KlAGicLOyNCBhCokez0lm_v0ZnkaP_BvzIbaJdLmbR7sATb3fcNx8g0CAqqR4zHZ0d_pxn5iBtFWvU_x6fazcDOYBQ27tXTvb7TJ-48KYlq11AGgAzjvlM8apw3AcR8WyHNW7vaTQwtgWV1PnCck/s4030/IMG_0362.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2585" data-original-width="4030" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEr_DacXYNAW_QZFyjBDRhx1ooF13HGxNmmFcMk_KlAGicLOyNCBhCokez0lm_v0ZnkaP_BvzIbaJdLmbR7sATb3fcNx8g0CAqqR4zHZ0d_pxn5iBtFWvU_x6fazcDOYBQ27tXTvb7TJ-48KYlq11AGgAzjvlM8apw3AcR8WyHNW7vaTQwtgWV1PnCck/w400-h256/IMG_0362.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>Results: 4/16 pts </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- This stage went well for us (and probably for almost every team, since the 2 min PAR time was generous for the course of fire, and the shots weren't crazy hard), but because the score tracking sheets were destroyed in the rain, they threw out the stage from the match later on</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- On the movers, we did have to shoot extra to get the vital hits, but it wasn't too bad. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The robots growled, and it was dark and rainy, so the experience was cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- My red dot was very dim during the first barrel, so I tried to figure that out... maybe auto-brightness failed me... it seems like max brightness is always good and can never hurt. It's never been too bright for me, at least with white light / day time scenarios. It did get better from the second and third positions, so I'm guessing it's an issue with auto-brightness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Stage 6: [REMOVED]</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- This night stage was killed before we even started, because when the first squad was going, the suppressors were glowing hot after much of their squad had mag dumped 30rd pp in 2 min. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- They ended up just letting whoever wanted to, shoot at the movers, who they brought in closer. It was great having free time with the movers. I wish that I had brought more ammo to the night portion to play with, instead of only bringing what I needed for the night stages!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- It would've been fun to do this with my NV stuff, too, oh well.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuv9Jk_NdQX9clNiwkcHfb_OY1hsIcVh-9CUYyUyoWrfaX6iz_yhBdN9qOXYfws8dgMT67VbS7rlPlQMOSMHmo5rIQ71N9nWrmcFIV_Dx-_si-dZsMGLMCHpJP-oXIPbGM_8W72QGoS9rAluwilkhwj1D_BBbY_tgQcohlTmQJBhmACm8_TUz030lYcQ/s4030/IMG_0363.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2719" data-original-width="4030" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuv9Jk_NdQX9clNiwkcHfb_OY1hsIcVh-9CUYyUyoWrfaX6iz_yhBdN9qOXYfws8dgMT67VbS7rlPlQMOSMHmo5rIQ71N9nWrmcFIV_Dx-_si-dZsMGLMCHpJP-oXIPbGM_8W72QGoS9rAluwilkhwj1D_BBbY_tgQcohlTmQJBhmACm8_TUz030lYcQ/w400-h270/IMG_0363.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEp-zx8JhSNFTnkZLWB615DoYCT4Ksj6x5vKYJpInFDCjiaUNdfidDHdeIQNfrUHxVIrHvdcNI9O82CY9v8ulOqW7jZnx4XI5GyvZXoL-wx1zs1mEms7PYbAS8yPoo87mCYPNma7qceEhrb870Psb1KlrtCjxNxRZSpjn4pUQbEYELLxogCC55VFkcawU/s2328/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.08.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="2328" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEp-zx8JhSNFTnkZLWB615DoYCT4Ksj6x5vKYJpInFDCjiaUNdfidDHdeIQNfrUHxVIrHvdcNI9O82CY9v8ulOqW7jZnx4XI5GyvZXoL-wx1zs1mEms7PYbAS8yPoo87mCYPNma7qceEhrb870Psb1KlrtCjxNxRZSpjn4pUQbEYELLxogCC55VFkcawU/w400-h297/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.08.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, Nov 12:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Stage 9: Boat</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- At the top of the hill, shoot the "guard" steel with pistol, then run down the hill and get into the boat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Shoot 5 rifle targets from the boat, across the lake, with 2 hits each, calling your targets beforehand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Return to the bank before the 5 min PAR time ends to bank the points, or else you'll get a zero for the stage.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfbMJgNGiAl04XlsGmfwxCm9KjzGfckLAwafEQHn8H6ngYWyxcaaKqxXG1LpoakRvdjuvy4vxCXyXpMOyvFXJW7NYZBUGZiF4HGwERqeTc-Q4vOeYJM46PwxqBmbzy3kF0Z2sK1WUIL1zatZH8nxNIFn-PTYbzmfa0fZXXcUrghAL1h7cMg3e6cgZ5PA/s3554/IMG_0364.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2835" data-original-width="3554" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfbMJgNGiAl04XlsGmfwxCm9KjzGfckLAwafEQHn8H6ngYWyxcaaKqxXG1LpoakRvdjuvy4vxCXyXpMOyvFXJW7NYZBUGZiF4HGwERqeTc-Q4vOeYJM46PwxqBmbzy3kF0Z2sK1WUIL1zatZH8nxNIFn-PTYbzmfa0fZXXcUrghAL1h7cMg3e6cgZ5PA/w400-h319/IMG_0364.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>Results: 9/11 pts </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- While 2 people could technically shoot and while we brought 2 guns, we only used a single shooter with gas gun for this stage, to minimize extra movements when stability was going to be challenging enough.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I saw some targets, ranged, and talked SB on. I maneuvered the boat to the left and right using the rope overhead, to help her see the targets through the trees. I had to move the boat slowly, since it would eventually over-correct.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- SB used the ambush technique as the boat slowly moved, and crushed her hits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- SB found the next 2 targets and was working on hit #2 on target #4 when our 4 min alarm went off, signaling that we should start getting back to not risk timing out before earning points. She felt really close, though, so she continued to get the last hit before we rushed back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We must've looked hilarious tripping over ourselves trying to get ourselves and our gear out of the boat, and dragging the boat onshore.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- This must have been a hilarious stage to RO.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjM2HFepy1rqZ9xJmmIzrax_7IPA_33Un4WqSEJHI7LJ7n7ZyrmQYhdlVx_3is2id7uygcWYkOnEWH7jYFiI4slNTVBvd_dg6Q4cLlcAVVFbf4uBri2Zcde_wpQxHBTypR3xZ5rnytvXmzTDdUzrfgngmIBLlWcvOncW7Sq5wCiSYFJE4KnKtTQQA3Rg/s1756/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.09.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1756" data-original-width="810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjM2HFepy1rqZ9xJmmIzrax_7IPA_33Un4WqSEJHI7LJ7n7ZyrmQYhdlVx_3is2id7uygcWYkOnEWH7jYFiI4slNTVBvd_dg6Q4cLlcAVVFbf4uBri2Zcde_wpQxHBTypR3xZ5rnytvXmzTDdUzrfgngmIBLlWcvOncW7Sq5wCiSYFJE4KnKtTQQA3Rg/w296-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.09.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BSNYbNBpGjhWXYZKUQSOpJJzCxkjIk2qFbOGyExK1eYldStHUo1Suix-UjNiGbfNkP2X5I14BIFYgezaWQEuDzjvIPl2L3E2xjPGSDqzYOFkTr3q5oopS1XFZT-qXqggk5yx6vuUsfccxfsbnRS2QexqwOHqToq0LQvJQob_h5Uags5J4bnRerft6fQ/s2328/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.09.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="2328" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BSNYbNBpGjhWXYZKUQSOpJJzCxkjIk2qFbOGyExK1eYldStHUo1Suix-UjNiGbfNkP2X5I14BIFYgezaWQEuDzjvIPl2L3E2xjPGSDqzYOFkTr3q5oopS1XFZT-qXqggk5yx6vuUsfccxfsbnRS2QexqwOHqToq0LQvJQob_h5Uags5J4bnRerft6fQ/w400-h297/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.09.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Stage 10: Stacks</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Run to the first position and shoot the plate rack (both shooters can shoot at the same time)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Run to the second position and shoot at the mover rifle target (2 nonvital or 1 vital hit)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Run to the third position and shoot 2 steel 2x each, before shooting an unknown number of estimated 3-5 rifle targets.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrPS86yWbfJYkgxwUfPP27Ug8IjKVggxJOVfavIsIgKbTaTt7kcKmRnNt0k77WpnRGz9m2prUD3AQmRzj1f5sLph-Trk45SLJgj5-Nd_zKflVwVTcdeLNW85BeBqeEsXQNcaZIFfCTt4PoqSrUyBphBwpXzKtKvuB9iZ0oPfyCP7guLfPzmz97OHAOFI/s3024/IMG_0365.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrPS86yWbfJYkgxwUfPP27Ug8IjKVggxJOVfavIsIgKbTaTt7kcKmRnNt0k77WpnRGz9m2prUD3AQmRzj1f5sLph-Trk45SLJgj5-Nd_zKflVwVTcdeLNW85BeBqeEsXQNcaZIFfCTt4PoqSrUyBphBwpXzKtKvuB9iZ0oPfyCP7guLfPzmz97OHAOFI/w350-h400/IMG_0365.heic" width="350" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>Results: 18/18 pts </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I was terrible at pistol. I needed to slow down and control the trigger squeeze and flinch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- SB crushed it on the first mover, which I had ranged at 150yd through the trees in a gap. She's better at movers, so she shot there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- On the third section's pistol shots, I had trouble hitting even the giant steel targets, and started asking for help but eventually got them, as SB set up her rifle position on tripod. The MD was nice enough to let us know in the brief that tripods would be useful. They were necessary, since our shooting position was blocked by a barricade, so you needed some height to see and shoot the targets. Even with the tripod, there was still a lot of vegetation to deal with, so the targets weren't always visible, depending on where they had moved.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The movers were migrating around a particular area, so I chose to laze the middle of where they were congregating, since they seemed close enough to each other... it was about 350, although some were as far as 4XX, and some were as close as 2XX, supposedly. I was trying to use shortcuts, which we don't do enough sometimes to save time. Movers are tall, but it's possible that multiple ranges would've been good to take... a max and a min.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I think most teams ended up clearing this stage, so points-wise, it was a wash.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OrWwDsN4C_sgPiChKpoEfOZWjADei7kZ9gh9ic8znWg-AIdR6aTRvZQtIUl0yk-qqWyr_5b5e-x7Fd_XeF15NxpeAG8mmICd1Nh5Kxv8i9mrhLJwXuoF_udtt8fbFSAYluvVdcfY_IRrj1dZU9Qtz9XwTgVhQBV9moCwupNkVIc_pyZYfZ8uPm5olao/s2160/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.07.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2160" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OrWwDsN4C_sgPiChKpoEfOZWjADei7kZ9gh9ic8znWg-AIdR6aTRvZQtIUl0yk-qqWyr_5b5e-x7Fd_XeF15NxpeAG8mmICd1Nh5Kxv8i9mrhLJwXuoF_udtt8fbFSAYluvVdcfY_IRrj1dZU9Qtz9XwTgVhQBV9moCwupNkVIc_pyZYfZ8uPm5olao/w400-h272/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.07.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Stage 8: Ian</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Run into the forest to the clearing and shoot at 2 pistol targets with 2 hits each</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Go into the "helicopter" (a non-moving one, fortunately) and shoot 1 mover pistol target</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Then, shoot various movers with rifle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- At some point, an S-Vest mover will appear, and you must take him down before he gets a certain distance from you, or else you get get zero points</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-ZjDvg7T1rlCeumAf9NAeBbHzKGivu41wzMK9f6XBrRKTFTO9bxCE41gmbGnfbVyRRmOjYxY0sXv_dWwuatd4EHKtZvxzSvHI4KCapEoTNifuIuqAd-AKxLU_td2oOLYKeRQZNyRwVir6P11K6n2eh-9e51i4Pw91Kxn5DwVXcdBjEFt7bYrVrBy3WE/s4030/IMG_0366.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2625" data-original-width="4030" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-ZjDvg7T1rlCeumAf9NAeBbHzKGivu41wzMK9f6XBrRKTFTO9bxCE41gmbGnfbVyRRmOjYxY0sXv_dWwuatd4EHKtZvxzSvHI4KCapEoTNifuIuqAd-AKxLU_td2oOLYKeRQZNyRwVir6P11K6n2eh-9e51i4Pw91Kxn5DwVXcdBjEFt7bYrVrBy3WE/w400-h260/IMG_0366.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>Results: 14/14 pts </i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We wanted to mitigate the risks of getting a zero, and we had no idea where the S-Vest would come from or how quickly it would be moving and how much time we'd have to down it before it got to us, so we decided that my job would be to solely focus on looking for the S-vest, while SB took on the movers. SB even handled the helicopter pistol shot, so that I could prep my rifle to shoot ASAP.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I saw the "finish line" that the S-Vest would likely be going towards and called it out. SB spotted the S-vest, so I aimed there and hit him in 1 shot, which was quick and awesome. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Afterwards, we both went for the farther movers, and with the gas gun, I was able to get quite a few with sheer volume and speed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHHM6xeXKafUa7LdApapBjRrU7vA8JHSgssvmj5XTxF1_7LFzdeH-keYAVsg1owilN82sBbOksUmurD1CGC6Bwv4BdyQEmATsASsW5w7OMX20dizPWcLBxh96ESKqgdiwM5eW7IknRPq38k-JqaDFk7sO3ogzBd2MGJRgYza_3QlNMinXnZVZQM4eEcQ/s2616/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.08.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2616" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHHM6xeXKafUa7LdApapBjRrU7vA8JHSgssvmj5XTxF1_7LFzdeH-keYAVsg1owilN82sBbOksUmurD1CGC6Bwv4BdyQEmATsASsW5w7OMX20dizPWcLBxh96ESKqgdiwM5eW7IknRPq38k-JqaDFk7sO3ogzBd2MGJRgYza_3QlNMinXnZVZQM4eEcQ/w400-h225/Screenshot%202024-01-01%20at%2012.08.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Overall:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We placed 30/37th, which is better than the third-to-last that we got the previous year in a larger field. We were happy with it, and if the Hostage stage and/or the EMP stage had gone our way, we would've been much higher in the rankings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- It was fun to get to apply more strategy in deciding who shot what this year, instead of having it be a primary-dominant competition</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Our increased experience resulted in better strategy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-26344021697417069622023-12-31T15:55:00.006-05:002023-12-31T15:58:19.509-05:00McDowell Nature Preserve O-Meet Fall 2023<p><b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b></p><p><b><u>Tuesday, Oct 31:</u></b></p><p>45 min Peloton Power Zone Endurance EDM ride with Ben Alldis with no sound since someone was on the bike next to me in the gym, and I didn't have headphones. I covered 12.2 miles at 36 ave resistance and 103 ave output and 89 ave cadence. It wasn't hard like some of the others that I've done. It was recovery-ish.</p><p>Afterwards, I did 7.5 min of arm strengtheners with 2x15# DBs.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Wednesday, Nov 1:</u></b></p><p>I did the APFT to kick off the new class of PATHFINDER. I did 56 pushups (vs 45 for max points for my AG and gender), 85 situps (vs 76), and a 14:53 2-miler (vs 15:54). That was a PR for me on push-ups and a tie PR for me on sit-ups. I've been wanting to do at least 55 pushups in 2 min for years, so it was awesome to see my recent focused training pay off.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OgoYKtc8f0I" width="320" youtube-src-id="OgoYKtc8f0I"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, Nov 2:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Yoga for a Fresh Start with Adriene</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, Nov 3:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Upper Body Prep" in 29:07, followed by "Pull-ups" in 36:55</p><p style="text-align: left;">Coleman's Creek was hosting a night shoot weekend, where the ranges would be open long enough past sunset so that people could practice night shooting. They do it a few times each winter, it seems. I jumped on the opportunity and went out there after work.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">First, I tried out the pistol steel bay, where there is a target-rich environment to play around in. You can't move and shoot there, but you can shoot from behind the line. I did some faster shooting, some plate rack that was very close and therefore not too challenging, a bit of Scott's drill, and some farther, slower shots.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKfb7yXpwiPrxZq4GEa04GdxjC5H1CsRIP73-oHS_RE1cz9whdvSM52lrD4Y92HFPnp_lXTXwYH5oKMU-ap6f3knp0Jw-BbxVABf30hY5uPLT9S4U4E8pPd8usj-VMw7Cf1KYGT3cXkpjS5nWCmnc4GlzZL1sksjSbKgMnGJvIZWmhSNo7WeecY0ii1c/s2326/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.46.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="2326" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKfb7yXpwiPrxZq4GEa04GdxjC5H1CsRIP73-oHS_RE1cz9whdvSM52lrD4Y92HFPnp_lXTXwYH5oKMU-ap6f3knp0Jw-BbxVABf30hY5uPLT9S4U4E8pPd8usj-VMw7Cf1KYGT3cXkpjS5nWCmnc4GlzZL1sksjSbKgMnGJvIZWmhSNo7WeecY0ii1c/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.46.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">After that, I went to a UKD range to shoot some farther rifle targets than what I'm used to with my AR. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my LRF, since I am more used to bringing that when I bring my long range rifle. I estimated distances, though (at 150yd and 200yd) and shot from a tire prop. It wasn't a bad thing to practice shooting at UKD targets, though. Later on, they did add updated range cards for all the bays on their website, which is handy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCaCwEKWsS6ruQsDFfRz12EUUMs0rA5X2owam8dAbAyJZsut0Sn7s_KIb9GiUaRpD0B1_oTxEZ_ER4boKLT1f-1DrehcX6oiKHLCvyDNx6ejyydLjoDNWwC38UgMxC69QCDwuDLS0cGx0ryWUe-PBKEzJ5WuTzWnQ7SQmwv-kv35WwGj-dnpHIYNIZuw/s2634/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.46.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="2634" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCaCwEKWsS6ruQsDFfRz12EUUMs0rA5X2owam8dAbAyJZsut0Sn7s_KIb9GiUaRpD0B1_oTxEZ_ER4boKLT1f-1DrehcX6oiKHLCvyDNx6ejyydLjoDNWwC38UgMxC69QCDwuDLS0cGx0ryWUe-PBKEzJ5WuTzWnQ7SQmwv-kv35WwGj-dnpHIYNIZuw/w400-h223/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.46.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Next, I went to the long range, where I gathered chrono data for my BCM AR15, although I ended up deleting it before making permanent records, unfortunately. It was easy to gather with the Garmin Xero C1, though. </p><p style="text-align: left;">- with 77gr, I got dope for 300 (0) and 400 (0.75). The 400yd later turned into 0.25 for the hold... I wonder if the barrel heated up with the second and third mags.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- I switched to 55gr after running out of 77gr, and got dope and chrono data for it, too. 300yd was 0.5D, and 400 was 0.25U. Surprisingly, I was more consistent with my hits using 55gr instead of 77gr.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Fortunately, there was no wind to worry about, and the DA was 414 with 63*F and 26%RH... I did bring my Kestrel, even though I forgot the LRF.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">At night, I went to a 270* range, where I used NODS the whole time, no white light. </p><p style="text-align: left;">- I had to get the flood vs medium vs high-beam setting right before I could see the rifle targets (at about 50yd) well, since they were unpainted. I almost forgot that those settings existed. Middle worked better than the high-beam, for this distance.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- I did some dueling tree with pistol with the IR light on my gun. I tried to use the Kiji for extra light on target while shooting pistol, but it ended up lighting up the back of my pistol, and it made seeing the target more difficult, not less difficult. The Kiji wasn't strong enough for the rifle shots, either, at 50yd, even after I removed the diffuser. I think it's mainly suited for moving around at night when there's no moonlight.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- I used the PrincetonTec red LED to reload mags, which was nice. I did also have LEDs on my Sordins, which was also helpful since I hadn't brought a separate headlamp. </p><p style="text-align: left;">- I practiced positions with rifle... standing, kneeling, and from the top of a barrel. </p><p style="text-align: left;">- I wasn't able to see IR laser bloom at all on these unpainted rifle targets, so I just had to keep the offset in mind. The laser showed up as a half-moon, and not a circle, which was odd, too.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- I saw the milky way, a weird star cluster, and tons of stars. NODS are so cool.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- It was chilly, but I stayed out for as long as I could manage, to take advantage of the rare opportunity, while balancing the need to go home reasonably early for the next morning's Orienteering meet.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- I did miss more than usual on the pistol dueling tree, even though the targets were plenty large. I suspect that I flinch more than usual under NODS. </p><p style="text-align: left;">- I did have to reset the poppers each time I shot them, but it gave me good practice with walking around and doing things under NODS.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- I also did some steel shooting and moving, and shooting on paper.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Fun night!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>MCDOWELL NATURE PRESERVE O-MEET</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Some ruck club friends decided to give orienteering a try, which is awesome.</p><p style="text-align: left;">A couple decided to share a yellow map, and another waited to long to get a map, so he joined me on the green map. </p><p style="text-align: left;">We met at the same time, and I gave them a quick primer on route planning. We started with the yellow map and made sure they had a good plan and had a grasp of the basics. Yellow maps don't require knowledge of how to use a compass, so we didn't need to cover that. Orienteering maps pre-plot the points, so we didn't need to cover plotting, either. We just went over route planning, or how you want to go from A to B, taking into account terrain, vegetation, handy trails, distance, and landmarks.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjop378wqzrFS7_Du95HHwTirm9hF1pzPyZtTTy9XsDe81dGmUPbejnaOAm3Rdl1VN_5YstdzbwHZ53yKFb_YeopiT-PFzDl6kxM8FwzmxFSveAv54sFcMFrEOiApo9xbZC8yjvRstJPLgxaB_dc4JTcfqt00hxtyVidujl1f5HiVk8Yy33SrVDwsXEe_0/s2048/IMG_8767.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjop378wqzrFS7_Du95HHwTirm9hF1pzPyZtTTy9XsDe81dGmUPbejnaOAm3Rdl1VN_5YstdzbwHZ53yKFb_YeopiT-PFzDl6kxM8FwzmxFSveAv54sFcMFrEOiApo9xbZC8yjvRstJPLgxaB_dc4JTcfqt00hxtyVidujl1f5HiVk8Yy33SrVDwsXEe_0/w480-h640/IMG_8767.JPG" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">We then did the same for the green map, where we measured some bearings and distances that we'd need later. </p><p style="text-align: left;">We set off at the same time, following our corresponding maps. I led the navigation to the first point for my team. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAk5rMRcX2fl0d7mPGrtn5Cu5uqiFO4t44k9jhDALW7wzjQoV4u0id4XV9m-xsQeCug34i_AG6-b-Kofof_ELnMRnUfjpedDa-HFPjytk4MJQnFz0yZmBf3bL7nu5rCne7NIp5QQqJB2D5I-wP2Cgi53ZQVpeV097gm9f_9Q5EcZEHcrbJaUBJgGg4ws/s2336/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.48.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2336" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAk5rMRcX2fl0d7mPGrtn5Cu5uqiFO4t44k9jhDALW7wzjQoV4u0id4XV9m-xsQeCug34i_AG6-b-Kofof_ELnMRnUfjpedDa-HFPjytk4MJQnFz0yZmBf3bL7nu5rCne7NIp5QQqJB2D5I-wP2Cgi53ZQVpeV097gm9f_9Q5EcZEHcrbJaUBJgGg4ws/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.48.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After that, we swapped, so that BP could get some experience. He was having a good time, so I let him keep navigating. Having separate maps per person is the way to go, though, to maximize learning. Without a map, it's just following, and you don't learn much, and you might as well just be rucking on a trail. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWfznki747TujAwgLlquFzkoU2sBFaS0e5EcXVyPS-gNsQn6mYkUa23X2yTxUAtXRMjc3wqK-mS9Gl52zpHepuD_-sT_WtAarRMUkzY5T9tzp8-EritTpVuZEJvzxTDgmT7A7WbH63Z8XbphXMO25Ikc5Bar-vqS5xzg_Nm6_B00DkX9DwdnqPf1kKgc/s2336/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.48.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2336" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWfznki747TujAwgLlquFzkoU2sBFaS0e5EcXVyPS-gNsQn6mYkUa23X2yTxUAtXRMjc3wqK-mS9Gl52zpHepuD_-sT_WtAarRMUkzY5T9tzp8-EritTpVuZEJvzxTDgmT7A7WbH63Z8XbphXMO25Ikc5Bar-vqS5xzg_Nm6_B00DkX9DwdnqPf1kKgc/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.48.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was one point (CP 3) that gave us a lot of difficulty. We ended up being way further than we thought we were, and we overshot where the point was. It's nuts how far off we were. We weren't the only team that had trouble, but man, that ate up a lot of time. I think BP had figured out where we really were, though, so we knew to go back and look.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">CP5 was also tough, as we had travelled a decent distance along a bearing and were looking for an earth wall near our point.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The back half was pretty straightforward, though, with a decent amount of trail to follow. We jogged a lot of that, with me trying very hard to keep up with BP.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgga9TOXckcZHILzVTwPzUgKPJJG_hiGepXLGDpmLyAk3SgOzwvZe3nAri5cBjDvqAw9T-tHdzFc3_LAVptSiV11n9SmbDcON-GtJNerv_vAwJ9GRkyQWaNbQgsVp_3J1erMrMJ2KzFKDa8d4UJqZCNlYmTkrNAp4W6FazMz6igdxq4KayVzpOJvW0DmHU/s2336/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.48.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2336" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgga9TOXckcZHILzVTwPzUgKPJJG_hiGepXLGDpmLyAk3SgOzwvZe3nAri5cBjDvqAw9T-tHdzFc3_LAVptSiV11n9SmbDcON-GtJNerv_vAwJ9GRkyQWaNbQgsVp_3J1erMrMJ2KzFKDa8d4UJqZCNlYmTkrNAp4W6FazMz6igdxq4KayVzpOJvW0DmHU/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.48.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRkNxhKJbHmDJMt7_xTv1EFBakyYZ0h-L5yFgQinL1oveJs-AljXE4mnH65payrhvX5pcRhuE59t83HQTQBmwARJTb0_yVaf-YlmVcQJnsmQBiIRw3OEpdyGboD8yJPO-3o768aPE1IppuhToUvP_AJbzFZgJfwsmP8EWflYXlGkxsfAOU_hhnTXfDC0/s2336/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.48.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2336" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRkNxhKJbHmDJMt7_xTv1EFBakyYZ0h-L5yFgQinL1oveJs-AljXE4mnH65payrhvX5pcRhuE59t83HQTQBmwARJTb0_yVaf-YlmVcQJnsmQBiIRw3OEpdyGboD8yJPO-3o768aPE1IppuhToUvP_AJbzFZgJfwsmP8EWflYXlGkxsfAOU_hhnTXfDC0/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.48.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwvDUnUPBsh3_oMww29jbWY9Qe-VDOjqaXkXofusjiuq7pWXtvEHeiEXO6SLBdQx0xG18pubEkSwsuiC9nRcpfb6Q_wHXEG1mz4mI1EMQ2PI6HYybD392tE5EuVIlR00nM_gsBRgWWUyIHSVO-corEsNNAzj5QDOlurlZNNTJABhBBs-QcHAYjbb5YIA/s2336/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.49.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2336" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwvDUnUPBsh3_oMww29jbWY9Qe-VDOjqaXkXofusjiuq7pWXtvEHeiEXO6SLBdQx0xG18pubEkSwsuiC9nRcpfb6Q_wHXEG1mz4mI1EMQ2PI6HYybD392tE5EuVIlR00nM_gsBRgWWUyIHSVO-corEsNNAzj5QDOlurlZNNTJABhBBs-QcHAYjbb5YIA/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.49.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other team finished the yellow course about 45 min before we finished. They had a good time and are excited to come back and try harder courses. They did stay until we came back, to compare notes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3Lu1mR71MMHxb9cTW-3lSTFiFMHggGPgHLU32AnVmpM2Cw2PIDqDSq9gGcVcMfnpaoqmpSvo_Qr6CHFIfrVWahcCl7qaYD8cqX3GVUp08jvrb1IsaF4Y-OVngl2X0hqkf7_EOkqtIq5gMHN6ttwplS0TF1U8b_z21lqRH87o5wiFWrZXLpLHhg5SM8o/s2048/IMG_8769.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1538" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3Lu1mR71MMHxb9cTW-3lSTFiFMHggGPgHLU32AnVmpM2Cw2PIDqDSq9gGcVcMfnpaoqmpSvo_Qr6CHFIfrVWahcCl7qaYD8cqX3GVUp08jvrb1IsaF4Y-OVngl2X0hqkf7_EOkqtIq5gMHN6ttwplS0TF1U8b_z21lqRH87o5wiFWrZXLpLHhg5SM8o/w480-h640/IMG_8769.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was glad to get to pass along some knowledge, and glad to see how much they liked it. Now, they can go on to teach others and try solo ones and harder ones next time. They all did great and are ready for it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOk_p5uciKtNZ7Cjpu4aLDV-qP3Im4ifTW3OwGtjke-kQKt95vSEbmWPMXdFuzMqDenNyMhY8GuSa0eeTlsJxegJ52YVAuG_7JeSkYgB31M1BRAO5SutlbU-BINTyq6oeAzEWtKDojMBXX4mseCjlOPfiOlcw5hh7rlJCM6b5RCZqbGfj3on-eJ9Ssgs/s2048/IMG_8766.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOk_p5uciKtNZ7Cjpu4aLDV-qP3Im4ifTW3OwGtjke-kQKt95vSEbmWPMXdFuzMqDenNyMhY8GuSa0eeTlsJxegJ52YVAuG_7JeSkYgB31M1BRAO5SutlbU-BINTyq6oeAzEWtKDojMBXX4mseCjlOPfiOlcw5hh7rlJCM6b5RCZqbGfj3on-eJ9Ssgs/w480-h640/IMG_8766.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The green team covered 4.73 miles. I went slick, just carrying water (which I didn't drink) and my nav kit. I do think I'm ready to give the red map a try next time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1goW4ttuUsFoPucD8VQLZugdbRFalfZURGuRRsOAq4DmWoAS_47G2TrsSZKojU7tu4MnYSd4YO0au8q7168ZL3c7PixONSqW2-EF_tqDWldcoN_k_GkzIb8K2gytQ_iQfStztegjAW6BGd5j-eQ6MZGICM8WCfrh1bCpZ6U8RCwXzGjpJkUllUdN6CpY/s1178/IMG_0356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1goW4ttuUsFoPucD8VQLZugdbRFalfZURGuRRsOAq4DmWoAS_47G2TrsSZKojU7tu4MnYSd4YO0au8q7168ZL3c7PixONSqW2-EF_tqDWldcoN_k_GkzIb8K2gytQ_iQfStztegjAW6BGd5j-eQ6MZGICM8WCfrh1bCpZ6U8RCwXzGjpJkUllUdN6CpY/w398-h400/IMG_0356.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxe4Wla7WWvQ5O8T3AwTYjfh6WXGILkqTwDsw3bKSITyUG3S4Wt-aMMm6pCQht2ySLzKrIuOKr0bTuCx8MPi1Db2AkkrnoNRELEOc6XrKEcz_cMz4_EUV5p2iBd7uxNR7Jjt5Q1OzarAjFjL4DSm8nJCbXvBJGAR_aERqaYzp3HQ8pKFcn_tyYjZsdQX4/s4032/IMG_8765.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxe4Wla7WWvQ5O8T3AwTYjfh6WXGILkqTwDsw3bKSITyUG3S4Wt-aMMm6pCQht2ySLzKrIuOKr0bTuCx8MPi1Db2AkkrnoNRELEOc6XrKEcz_cMz4_EUV5p2iBd7uxNR7Jjt5Q1OzarAjFjL4DSm8nJCbXvBJGAR_aERqaYzp3HQ8pKFcn_tyYjZsdQX4/w400-h300/IMG_8765.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Afterwards, I stuck around to get in a 3.5 mile trail hike in 1:25:44, wearing a 30#RPC and Garmont T8's. I tried to cover some areas that we hadn't gone through earlier, to get a better sense of the place for future meets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqXmzMryfv6YFA65urSsRsxZx-whtsf023K4vIf2RlqBFobjuG-dkk0oSCScLQ-QQS4o8C9TWHT_sVJ3FkOv0kE-JSTgr1bmvwsc7LUfkar1rGhkXihfxTK-Zqq99gvcz3ywbpSPqryAp6sc5oKrUtuQ7ScMAC-TGQSmw6cOCt8SynFhwim2VoiXk1uc/s2336/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.49.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2336" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqXmzMryfv6YFA65urSsRsxZx-whtsf023K4vIf2RlqBFobjuG-dkk0oSCScLQ-QQS4o8C9TWHT_sVJ3FkOv0kE-JSTgr1bmvwsc7LUfkar1rGhkXihfxTK-Zqq99gvcz3ywbpSPqryAp6sc5oKrUtuQ7ScMAC-TGQSmw6cOCt8SynFhwim2VoiXk1uc/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%202.49.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHB-CD1skAm1jjHiX9eg44NDrmqqMndeywgfd3kK7F1meElynuuEznWHtwyzKyDhYBvAte231Q3Ehgy2HMcaTUz8qqhi5mtK7knH31ygEwbZY46MQHKHvKZl0GaFd7DbFwHdtcP5Hwh26fsFLzJhgTDj1EVLeaDgfkLpDLcUD1VuNoxgezkJa3QV0HMA8/s4032/IMG_8775.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHB-CD1skAm1jjHiX9eg44NDrmqqMndeywgfd3kK7F1meElynuuEznWHtwyzKyDhYBvAte231Q3Ehgy2HMcaTUz8qqhi5mtK7knH31ygEwbZY46MQHKHvKZl0GaFd7DbFwHdtcP5Hwh26fsFLzJhgTDj1EVLeaDgfkLpDLcUD1VuNoxgezkJa3QV0HMA8/w400-h300/IMG_8775.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did manage to lose my sunglasses when I put them on my head. Maybe I lost it while bushwhacking, or maybe I lost it when I was messing with my hood or hat or something. Something to be more careful about in the future! They were decent ones, too, with much more life still in them. Oh well, a good excuse to try out some new ones.</div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-88003799055402447112023-12-27T13:32:00.004-05:002023-12-27T15:00:30.425-05:002023 PRS Atlantic Coast Regional Finale @ Coleman's Creek + GORUCK Custom Spartan Tough #2<b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b><div><p><b><u>Sunday, Oct 22:</u></b></p><p>Went for a 10.5 mile hike, going from Alligator Back Overlook to Flat Rock Ridge Trailhead in Doughton Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was a one-way trip, since the organizer of the group hike arranged for a shuttle to take us back to the start. 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We had nice views from the mountains in the first half, and we were in the middle of the colorful forest for the second half. We took a lunch break at an old cabin in the middle.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyYVSW4W6X8FxXsM6hccxJwJoWFRvs0vEYVUG0QbOfVYc7WCGG7HRFROu-fVYHcXHXV6VYwZqmnqt7PwQzrom_hhMwjXxjtZs8ahJ4RP6ktpXGrum0ZpNyZQgf7dIzm4MuFI4z8s-H2maIioToq7j6tsGqwVXNVYsb8ZlCpuhU_btszEderFDFPUqPeM/s2744/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%209.51.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2744" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyYVSW4W6X8FxXsM6hccxJwJoWFRvs0vEYVUG0QbOfVYc7WCGG7HRFROu-fVYHcXHXV6VYwZqmnqt7PwQzrom_hhMwjXxjtZs8ahJ4RP6ktpXGrum0ZpNyZQgf7dIzm4MuFI4z8s-H2maIioToq7j6tsGqwVXNVYsb8ZlCpuhU_btszEderFDFPUqPeM/w400-h223/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%209.51.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, Oct 25:</u></b></div><div><br /></div>Before work, I squeezed in 18A "Lower Body Prep" in 25:43, and then I did the HDT "ETSDFQ" 30 min AMRAP using a 30#SB, doing many pushups during the 2 rounds and 2 reps.</div><div><br /></div><div>After work, I hiked 3 miles in 1:15:17, bumping up to 50# of plates in my v3 rucker at Renaissance Park wearing MACV1s. Even 30# does a body good, but I wanted to try the trail with Mammoth weight this time</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Thursday, Oct 26:</u></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Glute and pec PT v1 in 30:03, then HDT 31.3.2 (arms) in 34:51.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Friday, Oct 27:</u></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Glute and pec PT v2 in 24:14, then HDT 23.1.2 (core) in 40:18. It is nice having 2 fairly different variations of PT exercises to alternate between.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>PRS ATLANTIC COAST REGIONAL FINALE</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It sounds cool to say that we shot at the finale, but in reality, anyone is able to sign up for it. Still, it meant getting to compete with some of the best in the country or even the world. I use the word "with" loosely, too, since they were mainly on other squads.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The format was similar to that of the other three PRS matches that I had done, which you'd sort of expect, since they need to somewhat standardize things. Still, the MD can apply some amount of creativity in stage designs and try to test a range of skills.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">SB squadded together and carpooled to the range early in the morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pKs183oNXN-IGmIKB1aEXqBZs_eQb0TBK6x8VbZ48PqNwGF2FutRrCoKrVoJwn7osdhYgcYZpqt6UWQzIaGiyCC-g8tjk2e4169Fv6zRN0h5Si9RUNx8vty8CwbQZjN8NcjVfn1bFHHXTt0l5GLUIYRE0pmxAxgQnTeg7GyHiOTz1hTiY4jGEEiDkhE/s2328/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.11.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2328" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pKs183oNXN-IGmIKB1aEXqBZs_eQb0TBK6x8VbZ48PqNwGF2FutRrCoKrVoJwn7osdhYgcYZpqt6UWQzIaGiyCC-g8tjk2e4169Fv6zRN0h5Si9RUNx8vty8CwbQZjN8NcjVfn1bFHHXTt0l5GLUIYRE0pmxAxgQnTeg7GyHiOTz1hTiY4jGEEiDkhE/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.11.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Zero:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I didn't need to make any adjustments when I zeroed. I used the Garmin Xero C1 for the first time to get chrono data. It was so compact and easy to use, compared to the bulky and finicky Labradar Lite. I chronoed at 2903 with an SD of 1.5 and an ES of 4 for the three rounds. I know we should use more shots to get a bigger sample size, but I have a hard time sending more rounds downrange if the first three look good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At 7:45am, the DA was 27, with 55*F temps and 29.81 Hg for pressure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 2:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- 10 rounds /10 points possible</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Move to the barricade and shoot the left pair of IPSC/Circle at 266yd, followed by the right pair of IPSC/circle at 439yd, with 1rd ea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Switch to a different position on the barricade, and repeat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Switch one more time (allowed to repeat the first positon) and only hit the circles with 1 shot each.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WYIciaDMCq4hrHV6KsOIwx9vUanszivt1Zxj3IRyiUtojCEcpvPAlNGKqJk88SGy0KHR2KJGXx1xVtpT65ZvQtawOG_esFi1pSlNgO_2WIAoowQpLq24FwEp8tBMZSWegm_5XuLUncm8XgVHB5aSi7g7_sgnwdd_KZp0Ff4CQYj-ZjFIuBQLzGLO0Vs/s1404/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%209.53.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="1404" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WYIciaDMCq4hrHV6KsOIwx9vUanszivt1Zxj3IRyiUtojCEcpvPAlNGKqJk88SGy0KHR2KJGXx1xVtpT65ZvQtawOG_esFi1pSlNgO_2WIAoowQpLq24FwEp8tBMZSWegm_5XuLUncm8XgVHB5aSi7g7_sgnwdd_KZp0Ff4CQYj-ZjFIuBQLzGLO0Vs/w400-h306/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%209.53.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results: 6/8 attempts, 83rd/113</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I had good rifle placement for the first pair, and didn't even realize at first I was looking right at the targets, since they looked so camouflaged.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- When switching between target pairs, I adjusted my whole body and gun, since it would be faster than panning over a wide area and hoping to find it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Some people forgot to change dope when switching between pairs, so I was glad that I remembered to follow the shot process</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I ran out of time, but I had no regrets on the visual patience that I used to get the hits that I did make.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1138" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7MpIsspwM8KZEYQrLlhtEhpnlXXD3U2V0kuAOVub25mq44BB9j6jpiabPLk6QGrTCWHk8vZOV-CwjtZvPMSXuU-L51-148htmSFdrigAlB9C7DN0zmJVvzVCn-UHg_Wa_UQQLacGs2JQdI9xuYpwIJ9Z7t-X9Fw1Zxfxc8-mxYP8KspPseJE-Jd1-c8/w400-h380/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%209.59.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Results: 8/10 attempts, 85th/113</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>- The D/A was 783 now, with 66*F and 29.83Hg</div><div>- I'm not sure why I missed the leftmost circle each go-around... I wonder if the range was accurate, and/or if I barely hit the other two. I had used the same dope for all three.</div><div>- It took me a while to find hte third circle target because it was so close to the second, and after experiencing recoil, my field of view got discombobulated.</div><div>- I was super agile for the cone movement, and dropped right back into position.</div><div>- I realized that I had misplaced my iPhone right before this stage, but I didn't let it get to me.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Stage 4:</u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div>- 8 rounds /8 points possible</div><div>- Go to the tank trap and shoot at a 736yd IPSC, and then move to 4 other positions and repeat (from the stump, rock, stump, tire)</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGKN73YskuJ2Zt4_apqRPUHTdNUfxQWNg5lhKxRvvPePkMMnI-jTtFVBJya0p1oCQ00LEBHsKuVHFVXQUYsvTZsX2sy1vX9zITsM0ER3aZjlyQB4jHquK2AGQs7zQuFALXLciGyCIQdZdRIpZZwSOEiIS613p5szbZQj8Abpq-5Y1J64NBIRm4ifpx_A/s1222/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.03.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1222" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGKN73YskuJ2Zt4_apqRPUHTdNUfxQWNg5lhKxRvvPePkMMnI-jTtFVBJya0p1oCQ00LEBHsKuVHFVXQUYsvTZsX2sy1vX9zITsM0ER3aZjlyQB4jHquK2AGQs7zQuFALXLciGyCIQdZdRIpZZwSOEiIS613p5szbZQj8Abpq-5Y1J64NBIRm4ifpx_A/w400-h335/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.03.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b>Results: 7/8 attempts, 25th/113</b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">- This one went really well for me.</div><div style="text-align: left;">- 12x power was enough for this range and target size, and I used 12x pretty much the whole day without any issues</div><div style="text-align: left;">- I checked the wind flag right before my turn, to confirm that it was still going strong. </div><div style="text-align: left;">- I pre-dialed 0.4R of wind, so that I wouldn't forget to hold. 4mph @ 1 o'clock is 0.3R, but others were missing, so I used a little extra. Although afterwards, a spotter told me that I was hitting right shoulder, so 0.3R might've been fine.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 5:</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>- 8 rounds /8 points possible</div><div>- Go to the top of the rock and shoot at circles by the convoy, L->R, at 504, 505, 511, 565 (turned out to be 518, people realize later, which messes up dope for sure!), with 1 shot each</div><div>- Move to the barricade and repeat but going R->L, 1 shot each.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5edqGKud2berQXJZmNvKlWbDUJp6QMyxjAAfUtkr8_Wg2KJFUlxJfJ9TrPJ1caM3M-S4YPrQ2VKNLKOHBR8UNyQmSdjbvUVRKTlbstB-DeTH_eK-WmekwMs7KdygAiQQvawhQEFiFVC_qscO8-6ZyR5_mi81qWoVsjDBY6KzI4OjJMV0p8CkgMw04bgM/s922/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%201.18.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="922" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5edqGKud2berQXJZmNvKlWbDUJp6QMyxjAAfUtkr8_Wg2KJFUlxJfJ9TrPJ1caM3M-S4YPrQ2VKNLKOHBR8UNyQmSdjbvUVRKTlbstB-DeTH_eK-WmekwMs7KdygAiQQvawhQEFiFVC_qscO8-6ZyR5_mi81qWoVsjDBY6KzI4OjJMV0p8CkgMw04bgM/w400-h289/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%201.18.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results: 4/8 attempts, 64th/113</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I used modified prone on the rock, since others had done it successfully. The barricade was wide enough that having bipods down didn't hinder anything.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I held for the farther target but missed... it could've been because of the incorrect stage brief range, though. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I started with 0.3R for 4mph of 3 o'clock wind, but after my miss on the 4th target, I dialed it down to 0.1, but that could've caused a cascade of misses, since I ended up missing targets on the way back, even though I had gotten those hits earlier, all because I thought my wind might've been wrong when it was really the range of the 4th target. I hit the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 8th targets only.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_tlcnhZoXYTMS8YVMGUgaJ5KRMo9yNSebOCrZz5hze0lNUdnY3RHA-zHxBh-l9gIr_KRGYGs1kUDiqsi7d5xF9L65pGKjeGRi0rfchGGKjZbvDzahqOb5ji0fXU2aZpWiX5g8z7wc9ZBjgBsszrTem5VorK6XtAkxybSESilbO3j5O-bITxFeACgAdc/s2628/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.51.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="2628" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_tlcnhZoXYTMS8YVMGUgaJ5KRMo9yNSebOCrZz5hze0lNUdnY3RHA-zHxBh-l9gIr_KRGYGs1kUDiqsi7d5xF9L65pGKjeGRi0rfchGGKjZbvDzahqOb5ji0fXU2aZpWiX5g8z7wc9ZBjgBsszrTem5VorK6XtAkxybSESilbO3j5O-bITxFeACgAdc/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.51.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 6:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- 12 rounds /12 points possible</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Go to the top of the rock and shoot at a 668yd IPSC with 2 rds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Move to the left stump and repeat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Go to the rock again and repeat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Move to the right stump and repeat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Go to the rock again and repeat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Move to either stump and repeat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVJ8BJ_QJaHkvgL4QUtlbtnBZdIEFcucwB-yoQ4CiOzW_FYvyAjvYTKgU9O11edZA9Hbmb9crUxS8Z-kgNOMwhawT_VE_f8MpxHLWM8BcIkMThpmH7cNdtIMV4VrjchOqsZ1J2uIJa58TArbFpqZ0hAIOvOdWJA4jreuh0QaUSceYlo19E1mYLjtTK58/s1088/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.10.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="1088" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVJ8BJ_QJaHkvgL4QUtlbtnBZdIEFcucwB-yoQ4CiOzW_FYvyAjvYTKgU9O11edZA9Hbmb9crUxS8Z-kgNOMwhawT_VE_f8MpxHLWM8BcIkMThpmH7cNdtIMV4VrjchOqsZ1J2uIJa58TArbFpqZ0hAIOvOdWJA4jreuh0QaUSceYlo19E1mYLjtTK58/w400-h179/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.10.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results: 4/10 attempts, 70th/113</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- SB started shooting my gun on this stage, since her zero had gone 5mil haywire</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I had a great start but missed most of the rest of the stage, despite doing the same everything. Looking back after the match was over after I chronoed again, it was probably because the barrel had sped up, especially with the extra rounds going through each stage, typically before it was my turn to shoot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I used a 12 round mag, which is clutch at these matches, where there's always at least one stage where the course of fire uses 12 rounds. I did forget about the last position, though, but I likely would've timed out anyways.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I removed my bipods and went barricade style when I noticed that it got in the way for other people, even when the bipods were in the stowed position. Bipod/bag usage, prop positioning, and wind calls are all some of the benefits of getting to watch others shoot first.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05Z9U6ajOEFycEQJOGqRBM1-o-HWYknz1HDz12Gm5DEkCrYAytaxqFmMY1g_3gM3L3s9k9kDi-DQ1dkvrgQgv53jFwY7OzCjaJa2AUOCkw3daGRUGgJ9yHM9IwF2LV23GHODU-CQeqSDt3ymSvUCdmKmD9GD4YMwGnC7pZdvQXnsCf751MJV3ltORx60/s2628/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.50.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="2628" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05Z9U6ajOEFycEQJOGqRBM1-o-HWYknz1HDz12Gm5DEkCrYAytaxqFmMY1g_3gM3L3s9k9kDi-DQ1dkvrgQgv53jFwY7OzCjaJa2AUOCkw3daGRUGgJ9yHM9IwF2LV23GHODU-CQeqSDt3ymSvUCdmKmD9GD4YMwGnC7pZdvQXnsCf751MJV3ltORx60/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.50.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 7:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- 10 rounds /10 points possible</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Start prone and shoot IPSCs N->F with 2 shots ea @ 727, 756, 872, 928, and 1025yd.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKQP9j3MVIcHC0i8FBanT5hI7uvBfnBEMS5s1LHJIbEBgpMDYKRHXICWXdGyUyS_ucdz6Zeqyv-gwe-YMmNc7ki8r6uPZLyEUonlmaAEM9A8evSSfHSxsDxx2LSZNkOF0NTojP5ViRPsyhTaaBK59MJ-sHHBN4My-PPcJS0Kxaga7BDlOdVhMkpxY3R0/s1582/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.13.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1582" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKQP9j3MVIcHC0i8FBanT5hI7uvBfnBEMS5s1LHJIbEBgpMDYKRHXICWXdGyUyS_ucdz6Zeqyv-gwe-YMmNc7ki8r6uPZLyEUonlmaAEM9A8evSSfHSxsDxx2LSZNkOF0NTojP5ViRPsyhTaaBK59MJ-sHHBN4My-PPcJS0Kxaga7BDlOdVhMkpxY3R0/w400-h214/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.13.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results: 4/10 attempts, 70th/113</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I was able to set up my Garmin Xero to track my velocity as I shot the stage, since we started in prone. My 10 shots averaged 2968fps with an SD of 14 and an ES of 44. I shot 2 people after SB.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I saw one miss high and left on my first shot, and I adjusted to get the second shot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I picked up my gun to re-build positions between the targets, since the were so far apart from each other, and that worked well again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Looking back, I'm surprised that I hit anything with velocity as high as it was compared to what I chronoed at the beginning of the day, and with variability like that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSKfpehSyRUkZxN8QyHphUGVD9Ee3HPXSCHvuJZ118VottgEv2jzKOprSIMlG5MMt_qmPq49DvFKcdSlmsVf7YKxgLCS7LQffsxETVX8yzJ5tJgP6Jiasvl4_w8s3GleEKXLz6HTywCut9nZCHooB8RJWfDR8IbPW1sHkf1kiggLB6tRYFOyId4sEiZU/s2628/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.50.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="2628" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSKfpehSyRUkZxN8QyHphUGVD9Ee3HPXSCHvuJZ118VottgEv2jzKOprSIMlG5MMt_qmPq49DvFKcdSlmsVf7YKxgLCS7LQffsxETVX8yzJ5tJgP6Jiasvl4_w8s3GleEKXLz6HTywCut9nZCHooB8RJWfDR8IbPW1sHkf1kiggLB6tRYFOyId4sEiZU/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.50.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Stage 8:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- 10 rounds /10 points possible</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- NO DIALING</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Move to the roof and shoot circles N-> and then F->N 1rd ea @ 396, 496, 596, 696, and 756yd.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIp2UeBmVfsTDRDBPdxaFcf6QZVI_kDCl-Wqq0mKAWGO5KHcOxA5ufEFdxeOD_TgvXsK8ARXjfvCnD1p_GGBAexlk4_kZM0cLqRo2hEZ_OvhisfpzKD-AByRKT8p2cH0EzPvpcXqWmCrDqMcaQrQVx1vEFvr1QXiqRwx6IxloYiXqqks7G7uCkhsBV6kY/s1150/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.21.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1150" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIp2UeBmVfsTDRDBPdxaFcf6QZVI_kDCl-Wqq0mKAWGO5KHcOxA5ufEFdxeOD_TgvXsK8ARXjfvCnD1p_GGBAexlk4_kZM0cLqRo2hEZ_OvhisfpzKD-AByRKT8p2cH0EzPvpcXqWmCrDqMcaQrQVx1vEFvr1QXiqRwx6IxloYiXqqks7G7uCkhsBV6kY/w400-h319/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.21.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><b>Results: 4/10 attempts, 63th/113</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>- By 1pm, the DA was 1798, with 79*F and 29.68Hg... a decent swing during the day</div><div>- I used 2960 fps as my velocity in the Kestrel, based on data from the Garmin on the previous stage.</div><div>- I saw that the ribbons were pretty still in the covered area when it was my turn, so I only used 0.1R. I only managed to hit the 2 close targets. I'm not sure what happened on the farther ones. I think I held correctly.</div><div>- SB was now shooting my gun and did hit some farther ones, so it's probably not dope.</div><div>- I went fast on the way out, since there was no dialing, and it was a troop line.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFB7dAZSgStzt87FYmCzK7FIIrZZ3PHCRF6WiWbT32_hmvT3A76jqCnBLihvK57rEx_zUfELiqmE-Uqci9QcYCX9Zbt4yTQRg2HhDrMMxKgzkM_b8n_c4sh0OWq9AbpRMltxAd0EPwQ7QtDNUci1NC5Pzvv3SqsK5I6ShSMz7GecbdoZlat8_dpqICONY/s2628/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.52.25%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="2628" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFB7dAZSgStzt87FYmCzK7FIIrZZ3PHCRF6WiWbT32_hmvT3A76jqCnBLihvK57rEx_zUfELiqmE-Uqci9QcYCX9Zbt4yTQRg2HhDrMMxKgzkM_b8n_c4sh0OWq9AbpRMltxAd0EPwQ7QtDNUci1NC5Pzvv3SqsK5I6ShSMz7GecbdoZlat8_dpqICONY/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.52.25%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Stage 9:</u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div>- 10 rounds /10 points possible</div><div>- Go prone and shoot a KYL rack from R->L (large->small) @ 543yd</div><div>- Move to any spot on the barricade prop and repeat</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhSFoDpgaN2XrRvgz4ckr2VWyMmXbyzDL7ZFsan-KMP9DRr8m3DxMDyHGyI7rhoqs9ebzrSDf6Hssu7DThWCqpMK7e-6fEcRFgfOdMLMy-fhKhOjW1HDTkRDnNVpSK5gATI4ZtcNIP09v6CtULUF95K1U3UgRQ5T7aOWlEQjZYLYbA3-6Y8UYriuCHYU/s1206/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2011.05.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1206" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhSFoDpgaN2XrRvgz4ckr2VWyMmXbyzDL7ZFsan-KMP9DRr8m3DxMDyHGyI7rhoqs9ebzrSDf6Hssu7DThWCqpMK7e-6fEcRFgfOdMLMy-fhKhOjW1HDTkRDnNVpSK5gATI4ZtcNIP09v6CtULUF95K1U3UgRQ5T7aOWlEQjZYLYbA3-6Y8UYriuCHYU/w400-h190/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2011.05.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results: 4/9 attempts, 84th/113</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I stuck with 0.1L wind leftover from what SB shot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I rushed and didn't level before one of the smaller KYL circles</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I set the gun down too far forward on the artificial grass, and the bipods were hanging off a little ledge of grass. I kept fighting it instead of fixing it like I should've.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The first round didn't go bang, so I tried running the bolt again but ended up ejecting a live round, which was odd.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I finished shooting early, but didn't have enough time to find and use the ejected round. Some people always use 12 rounders with extra ammo for that reason. The 12 round metal MDT mag doesn't give me tactile confirmation when a round is chambered, the same way the 10-round Magpul mags do, though, so I prefer to shoot Magpul when I can.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I shot based on 2968fps, but who knows what my actual velocity was... frustrating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Some people did a variation of prone on the lowest barricade rung, but it was more involved than going seated, barricade style, so I went seated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiav0iQufSW2sjE0BCOdCHiSnpzJUwwqKe89rS8oI6xscg5jiA2e5PIIYce8nrCKdEl9I1NLWY1Id15sf75TJx26v29JSzd5n7mdrB6_yUwq9O1QXRqOTOg47-dcUno1L6Up-ddQnEhU-fFgNLJaYAgXIjN3Zb0xs86k2WvStvUu8boT51V7K9Xs02R4/s2628/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.52.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="2628" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiav0iQufSW2sjE0BCOdCHiSnpzJUwwqKe89rS8oI6xscg5jiA2e5PIIYce8nrCKdEl9I1NLWY1Id15sf75TJx26v29JSzd5n7mdrB6_yUwq9O1QXRqOTOg47-dcUno1L6Up-ddQnEhU-fFgNLJaYAgXIjN3Zb0xs86k2WvStvUu8boT51V7K9Xs02R4/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.52.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAhtRjCjNBJjngjugu8UsdooRIKH9o253Eko_OMTDQBbrCdMtUIgarfb3-yqMztbKL4SIKr-rVxi08xOYGFBsXl6y4VAUfaoQtbLovqqnoZcW_dkpzBP0gZGbefIJRsIDSt1FupGLq_-FFlIOQ7LDDQG8ys4hImzR_CAsTETiRYRbqHxtIYR65Ybn1jI/s2628/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.53.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="2628" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAhtRjCjNBJjngjugu8UsdooRIKH9o253Eko_OMTDQBbrCdMtUIgarfb3-yqMztbKL4SIKr-rVxi08xOYGFBsXl6y4VAUfaoQtbLovqqnoZcW_dkpzBP0gZGbefIJRsIDSt1FupGLq_-FFlIOQ7LDDQG8ys4hImzR_CAsTETiRYRbqHxtIYR65Ybn1jI/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.53.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 10:</u></b></div><div><br /></div>- 10 rounds /10 points possible</div><div>- From the left spot on the barricade (either high or low), shoot the left circle @ 400yd twice, then the right circle @ 454yd twice.</div><div>- Move to the right position and repeat.</div><div>- Move to the center position and shoot the circle at 613yd with 2 shots.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmPr6B0pxcx-KMUfMcjEjnYX9KLXAb3cIRUKiRPVHyQQK0Z1Ly34qSP2zIKOjjqi9bjJnVE3ncV_SABtPoUaWt9JTEMvs3p6ZkvNDqOojozXUo08yAK1QoxN5lTTbSGJmGRjjGr6A1NX67X3hxocSkRjv0FqOgLDALqV2Y8MbgrfQ8pTHUfA96Q6EY3Q/s1644/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%201.20.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="1644" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmPr6B0pxcx-KMUfMcjEjnYX9KLXAb3cIRUKiRPVHyQQK0Z1Ly34qSP2zIKOjjqi9bjJnVE3ncV_SABtPoUaWt9JTEMvs3p6ZkvNDqOojozXUo08yAK1QoxN5lTTbSGJmGRjjGr6A1NX67X3hxocSkRjv0FqOgLDALqV2Y8MbgrfQ8pTHUfA96Q6EY3Q/w400-h131/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%201.20.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Results: 7/8 attempts, 34th/113</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>- 3-4mph @ 1o'clock meant using 0.1R</div><div>- 1.4 up was high on the 400yd target, so I aimed bottom edge and hit the next three targets, so 1.2-1.15 up was the actual needed</div><div>- I never got to squeeze the trigger on the last two shots</div><div>- I used visual patience and checked my bubble every time. I was slow but got my hits. </div><div>- I was glad to have a good stage again.</div><div>- If I had realized how close I was to timing out, though, I could've tried one more shot because I had just been waiting for wobble to settle</div><div>- We had to swing way to the right to hit targets, which was different</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Stage 1:</u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div>- 8 rounds / 8 points possible</div><div>- PRS tiebreaker stage, but on a different bay and on a new structure this time</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ppUrwXIwzsEV-pi5zX0DscVUPuKFxi2L93gKQxkaotWqimjPbhYAj42RR13EgoSs1MyVdkMCuUr1uqD79WYZ90N2ZVwnjg7j6b0-84KfhdOv5uQ6FLKuPDeHGjUVCpQX8v5G05U46TJl7SNT-l90mRGupXf7yLL-fMRFiKF8x5IegrlYc70xYq1z82c/s1360/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%201.21.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1360" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ppUrwXIwzsEV-pi5zX0DscVUPuKFxi2L93gKQxkaotWqimjPbhYAj42RR13EgoSs1MyVdkMCuUr1uqD79WYZ90N2ZVwnjg7j6b0-84KfhdOv5uQ6FLKuPDeHGjUVCpQX8v5G05U46TJl7SNT-l90mRGupXf7yLL-fMRFiKF8x5IegrlYc70xYq1z82c/w400-h231/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%201.21.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Results: 0/8 attempts, 110th/113</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>- Went first on this stage</div><div>- The barricade was too tall for the higher positions, so the women all used cinderblocks. It's certainly not an ideal position.</div><div>- I went with 1.2 up based on my previous dope needed on the 400yd targets at the other bay, but I shot all around the targets and never made a single hit. </div><div>- I used 0.1L of wind</div><div>- Afterwards, since it was the last stage of the day, they let me figure out what I actually needed to hit, and it was 1.7 up!</div><div>- In hindsight, I should've used the "WTF" rule and then made 1/2 plate changes, but who would've known that it was elevation and not windage that was messing things up.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>OVERALL</u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div>- 75th/113 overall, 60/85 open, 5/7 female</div><div>- I used a Schmedium gitlite gamechanger today, since this range has angles that are significant enough that the pint-sized wouldn't do</div><div>- The velocity changes were disappointing. After the match, we went to the zero range, and my new average velocity for 2 shots was 2993 (3003 and 2981). That's crazy to see it go up 100fps during the day. </div><div>- I feel like I did a lot right, such as checking wind flags even mid-stage, moving the whole gun and my body instead of panning when appropriate, visual patience, good positions the first time setting up (mostly), and efficient movements</div><div>- If I had cleaned the PRS barricade, that would've bumped me up 25 spots in the leaderboard, which is big, so that zero hurt.</div><div>- 12x mag was great</div><div>- I must now check my bipod knob for tightness as part of my shot process, since the Grnd-Pod now gets loose and falls off often</div><div>- It was cool to see 7 total females competing at the event, especially with some doing really well.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDDJMb-57_UUfeRXHStAybrDWuPzgXiZX_gkUG9X3BYx65hlj_bBiBk0jGh0v7Nq6cJO5-HuRwvinwJKOkjEpX8RKit0PTyUts7p9E31w5l3db0bVeqgc3We6oIdSMQ3bF70M5LcgbYr9JMNrVhJ7wHMo3JMycYwOcGi4iPq2DnNN2qlO4Xm6_0yJ26A/s1564/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.54.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1258" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDDJMb-57_UUfeRXHStAybrDWuPzgXiZX_gkUG9X3BYx65hlj_bBiBk0jGh0v7Nq6cJO5-HuRwvinwJKOkjEpX8RKit0PTyUts7p9E31w5l3db0bVeqgc3We6oIdSMQ3bF70M5LcgbYr9JMNrVhJ7wHMo3JMycYwOcGi4iPq2DnNN2qlO4Xm6_0yJ26A/w514-h640/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%2010.54.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="514" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87WpTYdxv1OwkmiAVTwcqWMcMXpxHSvHXunmwEjOOlnfkT8-hTZFcb9ezGzgjmwyNMVGRkE2QrOdVL6G1JKcl67t1vQNJrVBnz-biqja4Y4fN8pb74P14A9X63WRWkO-CWtIHwlH0bPhIDbV-makmJ7b9EGfXH6AnBnb55je7FKxoa1J4x_T9dpUG1_c/s4032/IMG_8721.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87WpTYdxv1OwkmiAVTwcqWMcMXpxHSvHXunmwEjOOlnfkT8-hTZFcb9ezGzgjmwyNMVGRkE2QrOdVL6G1JKcl67t1vQNJrVBnz-biqja4Y4fN8pb74P14A9X63WRWkO-CWtIHwlH0bPhIDbV-makmJ7b9EGfXH6AnBnb55je7FKxoa1J4x_T9dpUG1_c/w480-h640/IMG_8721.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b>GORUCK CUSTOM SPARTAN TOUGH #2 - BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE</b></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>A GRT friend of mine's family is from Greece, so he organized a custom GORUCK event themed around the Spartan Agoge (tough #1) and the Battle of Thermopylae (tough #2). I wasn't able to make the first Tough because it conflicted with the PRS match, but I was able to snag a spot for the second Tough, which was cool.</div><div><br /></div><div>The first Tough had been a rare daytime one, and the second Tough started a few hours later, at 10pm, so after getting back from the PRS match, I showered, ate, and headed back out to the Tough.</div><div><br /></div><div>Of course, I had to wear my Spartan costume, including the shield and sword.</div><div><br /></div><div>During the first Tough, they mimicked agoge training and did many laps around the parking lot of an abandoned arena which was the start point. It was under the sun all day, so people were pretty drained. They also did some relay races.</div><div><br /></div><div>The second tough would be a more traditional one, with movements around the surrounding city. The group was still going strong, even after already doing 12 hours. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6i4E-J-Kq_WoveBpM6s2TljygHJPeyjmyYwW6e9DWaI5hHei2tkHxK3yuFY22_Rsku6oB4UQp_TGTUDrKnyFnAGInaPUDbW5knUs_H79MSSKRSID5tsZ4Ezjjt5BJvaIwm8tU1Gv4dseY3RujlveaJd6TA2-n51Z8iqebfOrBf3wPXxHlHoLgZqdqME/s2232/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%202.08.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="2232" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6i4E-J-Kq_WoveBpM6s2TljygHJPeyjmyYwW6e9DWaI5hHei2tkHxK3yuFY22_Rsku6oB4UQp_TGTUDrKnyFnAGInaPUDbW5knUs_H79MSSKRSID5tsZ4Ezjjt5BJvaIwm8tU1Gv4dseY3RujlveaJd6TA2-n51Z8iqebfOrBf3wPXxHlHoLgZqdqME/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%202.08.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBS2W5lA_iQ8kx0gimpnPO6x4_BaEyDfZ5ruHj2zv6kBlrHMkWM349ZfAH6dR0zjUzwVZtvB9NLq8TNKVyB8j62eHIPN950kNIWcXhgso0sdUak-iG-ms97ZnAXwVblu1ayE3wXta5_tUqc2N5rQOcuDAS8xw0tMsEfNu3f-0yB1EWt85rDf_Tx4_K9g/s2232/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%202.09.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="2232" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBS2W5lA_iQ8kx0gimpnPO6x4_BaEyDfZ5ruHj2zv6kBlrHMkWM349ZfAH6dR0zjUzwVZtvB9NLq8TNKVyB8j62eHIPN950kNIWcXhgso0sdUak-iG-ms97ZnAXwVblu1ayE3wXta5_tUqc2N5rQOcuDAS8xw0tMsEfNu3f-0yB1EWt85rDf_Tx4_K9g/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%202.09.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We did lose one guy not a mile in. Fortunately, it was next to a hotel and very close to the start point. We took time to stop to make sure he'd be ok.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I ended up sharing a 120#SB with another female GRT of similar size and determination, which worked out well. Her friend was on a swap team with us, and he crushed carrying that thing by himself for long stretches at a time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wore my Garmont T8s for the first time at a Tough. They had worked well enough at the SF Basic, and they worked out here, too, over the 13 or so miles that we covered.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The stops weren't at any particular landmarks... just open spaces where we could all sit down and hit the tree line during breaks. We got history lessons at the stops, and decent-length priorities of work time, which was probably good for the Double Toughers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a young girl who took on this event, too, which was awesome. She's only done a few GORUCK events so far, but trained hard and made it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did help more on the cooler at the end, although my grip was surprisingly taxed by then!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarRI5usa77ERwfcjJGOK7PgJS9TgvPhDzPSfTwmZeOA-y2ttCB5e6C_ATNI7jhR5V1rybU1yo96PNTHWBSaQDqNAA8vFa7lQa4WnOh16aEjCbeUOnXctv8SCF-37PfEekHTAY92eNTU9Ej8zfsrtJHSRJEwNHHVXzexFGWjiWe9c2j5WctYrXLekxmDA/s2232/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%202.10.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="2232" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarRI5usa77ERwfcjJGOK7PgJS9TgvPhDzPSfTwmZeOA-y2ttCB5e6C_ATNI7jhR5V1rybU1yo96PNTHWBSaQDqNAA8vFa7lQa4WnOh16aEjCbeUOnXctv8SCF-37PfEekHTAY92eNTU9Ej8zfsrtJHSRJEwNHHVXzexFGWjiWe9c2j5WctYrXLekxmDA/w400-h284/Screenshot%202023-12-27%20at%202.10.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It was nice being able to squeeze in both the PRS match and the Tough!</div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-76933642351067964522023-12-24T19:48:00.005-05:002023-12-26T21:45:47.446-05:002-Man 2-Gun Team Match 2023 @ Clinton House<p><b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b></p><p><b><u>Sunday, Oct 8:</u></b></p><p>Went to Coleman's Creek with SB.</p><p>I zeroed and chronoed both guns (2941 for RPR1 and 2910 for RPR2). I practiced guessing the DA using my belly-meter. The actual DA was 848, with 29.62Hg and 65*F.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0xs8frwD1PHxp2wAqsq6fdLHR9ykRSXlWrk6Twhci_jryPDnXfH7iSCWIE-De1ufsBtCskqG_FVjOXGf6gKk3EeLzE2L9UpIST4edj4MHqlabgrtsvmMrcHTGb1oGuf2XahuWcy0djWqajT-bXNRJGeQCHo94prnxBnpp1LBPPnk1obNZLfwmY7vdzg/s1744/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.51.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0xs8frwD1PHxp2wAqsq6fdLHR9ykRSXlWrk6Twhci_jryPDnXfH7iSCWIE-De1ufsBtCskqG_FVjOXGf6gKk3EeLzE2L9UpIST4edj4MHqlabgrtsvmMrcHTGb1oGuf2XahuWcy0djWqajT-bXNRJGeQCHo94prnxBnpp1LBPPnk1obNZLfwmY7vdzg/w297-h640/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.51.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="297" /></a></p><p>We went to the long range (range 7) to collect dope from 600-1268.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNOaGAuFagN6556V-S0XLMtWAhQtfLlxi3AThvhJ27ln046TJRnE8pG48e9JuY1FakCOYkLoLOGMltrswN_FnlirjsTabc3hAgrNksLNezgXg5Sy_sDxCODfXnDoc5qXmx8Q6WtL2jG-_ZeImjiaxZzXhOQP1YgwUeO7kKGoNW1NDVPbuIP_2ipqO5Fc/s2712/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.50.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2712" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNOaGAuFagN6556V-S0XLMtWAhQtfLlxi3AThvhJ27ln046TJRnE8pG48e9JuY1FakCOYkLoLOGMltrswN_FnlirjsTabc3hAgrNksLNezgXg5Sy_sDxCODfXnDoc5qXmx8Q6WtL2jG-_ZeImjiaxZzXhOQP1YgwUeO7kKGoNW1NDVPbuIP_2ipqO5Fc/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.50.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p>We did some rooftop practice, and shot from a barricade with angles at 300, 400, and 500yd targets.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3Xi6YEjzftsNxypBNlu-XuGC6WbdLya7nnygBfevf2HBfS-4V0TxQqf3yDrIX8H306_L1_EGtp27Dt9E82H7x6U5RPR7hrFcCaR_QXvaCeBbkKRH6dyM29dh8bdmDWt4ECt-iEq13LCZZm-trKVd7w1-mvyMy9KjzRumb-H7ys4BjSy9dWfd_AmD8RE/s2288/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.46.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="2288" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3Xi6YEjzftsNxypBNlu-XuGC6WbdLya7nnygBfevf2HBfS-4V0TxQqf3yDrIX8H306_L1_EGtp27Dt9E82H7x6U5RPR7hrFcCaR_QXvaCeBbkKRH6dyM29dh8bdmDWt4ECt-iEq13LCZZm-trKVd7w1-mvyMy9KjzRumb-H7ys4BjSy9dWfd_AmD8RE/w400-h223/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.46.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We then worked other skills by talking each other on, finding, ranging, and shooting at various targets from a tank trap, the tires, and the pogo stick.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjv2xG7519FYYFdNhf7K-V_55XmFHpzCznCbfdukCcq2DM1tUSIhBPsJS9kvc10wznOEo3ftXk4wLBCYDBauxU5TXSxx-I9-62AyJnthLQEbjP4O4oZ0LPRlcsMYe5szbWrjBkRpBpcLcbh1FTEb1cdIMKAZHza-3ngBTr7uv3HJv9LP2_NllrQX4qKMc/s2178/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.50.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="2178" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjv2xG7519FYYFdNhf7K-V_55XmFHpzCznCbfdukCcq2DM1tUSIhBPsJS9kvc10wznOEo3ftXk4wLBCYDBauxU5TXSxx-I9-62AyJnthLQEbjP4O4oZ0LPRlcsMYe5szbWrjBkRpBpcLcbh1FTEb1cdIMKAZHza-3ngBTr7uv3HJv9LP2_NllrQX4qKMc/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.50.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I decided to go with picatinny 8 on my RPRs, since that worked better for me overall than picatinny 9, despite some shortcomings.</div><p><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p><b><u>Monday, Oct 9:</u></b></p><p>Glute and pec PT v2 in 24:52, then 18A "Upper Push / Chin-up" in 40:22, then "Hanging Abs" in 15:37. Afterwards, I did 4.5 miles in 1:16:29 with a 40#WV in the Altra Torin Plush as a recovery ruck as I played Pokemon Go.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Wednesday, Oct 11:</u></b></p><p>Center - Day 4 - Root & Center - Day 20 - Restore Yoga with Adriene</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Thursday, Oct 12:</u></b></p><p>Glute and pec PT v2 in 21:57, then 18A "Kettlebell" in 39:27, then "Hollow" in 16 min</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Friday, Oct 13:</u></b></p><p>I had originally planned on scheduling a 12 miler for the ruck club, but when I realized that the date of the event would be the 13th, and a Friday the 13th in October for that matter, I couldn't pass up turning it into a 13 miler, which we completed in 4:11:48 including a break in the middle.</p><p>We went along the greenway, which mostly faces the backs of houses, but there was one place that decorated their little portion of the greenway border, which was nice.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfl-D9FfP3mcz10qRrQUo-CIF8grub1TX_OkjoxNK1e6l9NnRS-t-qtlqwPnWh4D-i9Phy4nYHbBKPvyYdJW_jG63758Ak_iyrdfCJlmv-FPGbf6iPr3iOFM1NSWOg9cKachq9QeJxUECwSFR9kpSub3yJ5XfpOfW-jWejx8VcTt5tm4SOQbYzBZ0dT3M/s1656/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.42.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="1656" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfl-D9FfP3mcz10qRrQUo-CIF8grub1TX_OkjoxNK1e6l9NnRS-t-qtlqwPnWh4D-i9Phy4nYHbBKPvyYdJW_jG63758Ak_iyrdfCJlmv-FPGbf6iPr3iOFM1NSWOg9cKachq9QeJxUECwSFR9kpSub3yJ5XfpOfW-jWejx8VcTt5tm4SOQbYzBZ0dT3M/w400-h399/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.42.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphend7PecPBtajvfU718NUFms2VWqgsYGXH0qh5Dxp3BuBEaiCSr4wW5_n88bm8bWWjS4WMSH34nPDqmL0gIj4CLRYEP62CePvH6UoaqA7YLyHXanTj4nmZUc2SABWIHt_5DCaNETbTzUGRibtte0JfxymLk0QmzTgayn2idCY76wQM_HP1zETzIWdOjrQ/s2220/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.42.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="2220" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphend7PecPBtajvfU718NUFms2VWqgsYGXH0qh5Dxp3BuBEaiCSr4wW5_n88bm8bWWjS4WMSH34nPDqmL0gIj4CLRYEP62CePvH6UoaqA7YLyHXanTj4nmZUc2SABWIHt_5DCaNETbTzUGRibtte0JfxymLk0QmzTgayn2idCY76wQM_HP1zETzIWdOjrQ/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.42.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p><b><u>Sunday, Oct 15:</u></b></p><p>Flew to Iowa the previous day...</p><p>2x Tiny Apartment WOD from 1/28/23 in 36:37. Once didn't feel like much, and even twice felt more like a warmup because it was pretty low-key.</p><p>Then, I did a 2 mile treadmill run with a 2 degree incline just to learn how to run again, finishing in 16:20, although it felt harder than it should've.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Monday, Oct 16:</u></b></p><p>Did 5K on a 2 deegree incline treadmill in 25:45, with my belly still digesting creme brulee and imperial stout. I felt it in the last mile. The 71* gym rightuflly felt a bit warm. It was a difficult run again, although I'm not too far off the 5 mile pace of 8 min/mi. I used Ballistic Trainers again.</p><p>Afterwards, I did 20:44 of dumbbell arm strengtheners, and did a 5 min high plank as a finisher.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0tbkIO9CNtXoNGpFr1dCokNbN8T87zDVtjafHArXrr4TpDEmwczWCxkD_eIO4yIvTOvKxl9eOwAQOP7ResjLeGZFrmOCyW7QmYcuPDEBvkBIye_WxLM7BWNT11N6wew2PRF6XB-f_MrMtbJLav49EUDsdMmxDAT3DPJKED0eVrs4i4K0wyWLD0WkRmI/s2338/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.57.25%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2338" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0tbkIO9CNtXoNGpFr1dCokNbN8T87zDVtjafHArXrr4TpDEmwczWCxkD_eIO4yIvTOvKxl9eOwAQOP7ResjLeGZFrmOCyW7QmYcuPDEBvkBIye_WxLM7BWNT11N6wew2PRF6XB-f_MrMtbJLav49EUDsdMmxDAT3DPJKED0eVrs4i4K0wyWLD0WkRmI/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.57.25%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Wednesday, Oct 18:</u></b></p><p>18A "Upper Body Prep" in 35:06, where the stretching felt good, followed by "Push-up" in 46:16.</p><p>Install successful, flew home the next day.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><b><u>Thursday, Oct 19:</u></b></p><p>I joined Cabarrus Ruck Club in celebrating AJ completing 75 hard, with a 2.5 mile ruck in 50:37 with 30# in the rucker v3.</p><p>They do a good job with holiday decorations there!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlLiHXZXAvgjEsZNETA51neRdZz5RCetoRnaCWsDvo9nIQlRuKL1oS8DmRYPQ1TFJY33GyUrcetcTZ-47YKkteDt6f2AB5rW2sYCm8RasKHidP88L4eUdtbtJliotkxmSyT0nKE0QOgsw4lGthum3t8ejRhH3SydvgchGqhWwqGLFho7pFXObsUq4abI/s2338/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.00.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2338" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlLiHXZXAvgjEsZNETA51neRdZz5RCetoRnaCWsDvo9nIQlRuKL1oS8DmRYPQ1TFJY33GyUrcetcTZ-47YKkteDt6f2AB5rW2sYCm8RasKHidP88L4eUdtbtJliotkxmSyT0nKE0QOgsw4lGthum3t8ejRhH3SydvgchGqhWwqGLFho7pFXObsUq4abI/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.00.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge69Z-UXbK-H_YtEDSiUnITKgO5522kLjXHlTKltL9gG33dgALc_khhrfrpU6iZl_6PxL4nS8B20RcGXn7Sn82Cays3itcqYHJrvnLqIurk3zps6bTGOyJch_O7exprMFRsb2TvAJJCyLHewi3yT8siFEUXj79_L5P_uzf_MIBBfgHGnPxiPMzX_RYC1g/s2338/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.00.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2338" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge69Z-UXbK-H_YtEDSiUnITKgO5522kLjXHlTKltL9gG33dgALc_khhrfrpU6iZl_6PxL4nS8B20RcGXn7Sn82Cays3itcqYHJrvnLqIurk3zps6bTGOyJch_O7exprMFRsb2TvAJJCyLHewi3yT8siFEUXj79_L5P_uzf_MIBBfgHGnPxiPMzX_RYC1g/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.00.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFYiKVIVXw3jGTbO_trCXJMpuixS1mTPSbVEAvTf6XQYr6-78O0KcXNaQCef_g08PJfQkASiMV5nt4kFEsc9hV1_7cd61ivhkoALCUmnuhRfzfKFgVd71QGYcAefwvXFSRYXenOkrXZBJmT7mZOoog6drICfZWbzzC9Kia95G0djbvJ_vIuZAKOsFWEM/s2734/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.00.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2734" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFYiKVIVXw3jGTbO_trCXJMpuixS1mTPSbVEAvTf6XQYr6-78O0KcXNaQCef_g08PJfQkASiMV5nt4kFEsc9hV1_7cd61ivhkoALCUmnuhRfzfKFgVd71QGYcAefwvXFSRYXenOkrXZBJmT7mZOoog6drICfZWbzzC9Kia95G0djbvJ_vIuZAKOsFWEM/w400-h223/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.00.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b><u>Friday, Oct 20:</u></b></p><p>HDT 31.5.1 (CORE) because I craved sandbag work today, finishing in 51:03. After that, I did glute and pec PT v2.</p><p>In the evening, I spectated (for an impressive <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/01/gun-run-land-nav-edition-2022.html">third</a> <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/05/ohio.html">time</a>) the HDT Rufus Throwdown. Even though I had an event the next morning, the throwdown was being held near my house, so I stopped by to watch a couple of evolutions. The CLT area has some hard hitters! Although the leaders of the CLT ruck club were not among them this time, as we all happened to be there just to spectate that night. It's always good seeing friends old and new, and to watch people give it everything they've got, though.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wf8WWHI5ATlFRB9bjv08hcRoVLeyixZT6njqn9zPUUrR_h4D30eu_Gazjaoch3vSa4ukH-SOrinBNwYblbZuxdRbNmHClxwD_ze0eL73O7Xidwbmgy0T2AWJm0hqAGl-q23G7TKbXI2xAgeUcGCv_xyuqvOnyFCRmMpRoU86LkXuMdr7T3bkRLTY2Qk/s2340/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.09.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2340" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wf8WWHI5ATlFRB9bjv08hcRoVLeyixZT6njqn9zPUUrR_h4D30eu_Gazjaoch3vSa4ukH-SOrinBNwYblbZuxdRbNmHClxwD_ze0eL73O7Xidwbmgy0T2AWJm0hqAGl-q23G7TKbXI2xAgeUcGCv_xyuqvOnyFCRmMpRoU86LkXuMdr7T3bkRLTY2Qk/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.09.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoANq1wBYdmEVK5ECzlgH6TmF1NFbWQUJm1u74lD6XeDMQKs2Ajq_uC7dbYfWQ9hTBmjo5qm7tnB9z0qyAolrIn-0dUsS7D4asoCorp7a2v4mLcYtdZ0Xcy8cWqzF1T9kFsgQU2c4wjHujuvftdZe7H4O02XiV3hGVyI5Y7qvybLCY0jymGGMG9Ua-znM/s2340/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.10.11%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2340" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoANq1wBYdmEVK5ECzlgH6TmF1NFbWQUJm1u74lD6XeDMQKs2Ajq_uC7dbYfWQ9hTBmjo5qm7tnB9z0qyAolrIn-0dUsS7D4asoCorp7a2v4mLcYtdZ0Xcy8cWqzF1T9kFsgQU2c4wjHujuvftdZe7H4O02XiV3hGVyI5Y7qvybLCY0jymGGMG9Ua-znM/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.10.11%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>2-MAN 2-GUN TEAM MATCH</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">I was excited about the return of this event. I had done it the <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/01/carolina-shooters-group-2-gun-team-match.html">previous year</a> with B.Y. It's nice to be able to just focus on shooting skills sometimes, without added distractions from physical work, especially when shooting skills are the area that needs more work. I signed up with S.B. this time.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The wagon trick came in handy! It's not that it's hard to carry everything. It is nice to have a place to dump stuff, though.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENeYbkrPVeZXa0eJiSNGKCLXxNjGCfp6rvwoyCzRria5PZcusyp_d_KHZyVsfDZBXtfSR2sVQKapDb8RtyNwYIAnw-ZJIBKaTccPjGQTHujguLCd7IwjNBVO5e7oE0aJFFe-2ZhcnB2S4gTZjqt1fR_J8j_rMybaP-fvOTgvyGliYQS6FJmlhsFK1dqw/s2328/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.26.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2328" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENeYbkrPVeZXa0eJiSNGKCLXxNjGCfp6rvwoyCzRria5PZcusyp_d_KHZyVsfDZBXtfSR2sVQKapDb8RtyNwYIAnw-ZJIBKaTccPjGQTHujguLCd7IwjNBVO5e7oE0aJFFe-2ZhcnB2S4gTZjqt1fR_J8j_rMybaP-fvOTgvyGliYQS6FJmlhsFK1dqw/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.26.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><u><b>Stage 2: Operation Oompa Loompa</b></u></p><p style="text-align: left;">- Make 2 hits on each of the 5 cardboard on your side with rifle</p><p style="text-align: left;">- Meet your partner in the middle, then run up to the pistol shooting area, where you need to shoot all the steel and the two spinners.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIO5vYwEJ7KUfGMGzl6_-6RKFsikd0Nq0YlIDJZnQyqZKeAS0wreNW_UrYeYtB2-UTWCtR4mFH_6bP2QnXgVOWXIVj6k2KzMKqfbJUiY-8nYiGMp8MVWFLsiI57BkiM6gFdo0g2-JaCIN3P7V0t7phz7EHz2iiW2EEMN1CaQr7kPNlYAwUa9QJrJBnmq0/s1170/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.21.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1170" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIO5vYwEJ7KUfGMGzl6_-6RKFsikd0Nq0YlIDJZnQyqZKeAS0wreNW_UrYeYtB2-UTWCtR4mFH_6bP2QnXgVOWXIVj6k2KzMKqfbJUiY-8nYiGMp8MVWFLsiI57BkiM6gFdo0g2-JaCIN3P7V0t7phz7EHz2iiW2EEMN1CaQr7kPNlYAwUa9QJrJBnmq0/w400-h338/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.21.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Results: 43/59</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">- We missed the last spinner, and unbeknownst to us, not spinning it costs 30s of penalty time. If we had known that, we may have chosen a strategy other than leaving spinners until the end. </p><p style="text-align: left;">- I did struggle on the spinners, first with getting it moving, and then not accidentally stopping it once it was moving a bit. Even with 147gr ammo, I struggled.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- My red dot on my pistol wasn't bright enough, so I maxed it out afterwards.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- I wore my rifle sling, but it would've been smarter to not wear it, since we had to dump it in a bucket after shooting rifle anyways.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- I was good about only using the minimum needed magnification on my LPVO all day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNvuArV-vFrFCKFL9_0w-k0y3MLN27GBAl1kJNRFNCPh_9sc2UScZIScNW7kxBsxIm-xNbA-wgfKkL8K0jIjZ5hz2afhMxW6tGdeiQOx5xAWPfrAz78bKDOUvgqA2aIkiF6L46e93zLPgs7_J8XLJKOOZHjNqVFJ3qKjNbkTSlUsMp06bqnKEyGQ9gcs/s2328/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.26.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2328" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNvuArV-vFrFCKFL9_0w-k0y3MLN27GBAl1kJNRFNCPh_9sc2UScZIScNW7kxBsxIm-xNbA-wgfKkL8K0jIjZ5hz2afhMxW6tGdeiQOx5xAWPfrAz78bKDOUvgqA2aIkiF6L46e93zLPgs7_J8XLJKOOZHjNqVFJ3qKjNbkTSlUsMp06bqnKEyGQ9gcs/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.26.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlL1XZDHfqiWUrHwSf84W141Q1pl1VdswRQcGGLnUrljwtluBe7cdOXkbGYY3FEJ5pZznmUi-H0BtVu4p90dRJ_2enRVoCTD_JuhffKqgeqRRkL7IfBXMk-duMidLi13kWRJ7-_m55iBuV621U9XLy9UmIglvnulhZJR3ACQDaxICieHbGr7dPr_T5s4/s2702/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.26.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="2702" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlL1XZDHfqiWUrHwSf84W141Q1pl1VdswRQcGGLnUrljwtluBe7cdOXkbGYY3FEJ5pZznmUi-H0BtVu4p90dRJ_2enRVoCTD_JuhffKqgeqRRkL7IfBXMk-duMidLi13kWRJ7-_m55iBuV621U9XLy9UmIglvnulhZJR3ACQDaxICieHbGr7dPr_T5s4/w400-h221/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.26.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><b>Stage 3: I Thought We Were Friends</b></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><b><br /></b></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- This was a new take on a stage from last year, where misses meant that your partner had to do mini laps with some object... in this case, it was a tire that we were allowed to roll, which is a little easier than dumbbells, I think. It was all pistol, with knock-downs and two different types of plate racks (vertical and horizontal). SB went first, and I went second.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_T_tLSAVBbMFeFcHPMfbtl5zNu1P4EpEbgodRSNLqMi1BDXYAyanqToJcg05GoM53x8fG4JfY-WevIZp8w8UkFq4CZw6Kh97Y4ESMc1dXYFDHj_CfXRGEmem9YCH-RnOo1XV3iL5vzOj_-KFyYCH9d5BJ1m8dI2bMzz-nMdyIINcS_bSLWQQlFoWo1U/s1170/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.23.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1170" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_T_tLSAVBbMFeFcHPMfbtl5zNu1P4EpEbgodRSNLqMi1BDXYAyanqToJcg05GoM53x8fG4JfY-WevIZp8w8UkFq4CZw6Kh97Y4ESMc1dXYFDHj_CfXRGEmem9YCH-RnOo1XV3iL5vzOj_-KFyYCH9d5BJ1m8dI2bMzz-nMdyIINcS_bSLWQQlFoWo1U/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.23.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results: 45/59</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Rolling doesn't mess up grip strength like dumbbells do</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I shot well, and only nmissed twice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Holding in compressed ready while waiting for tire penalties was smart... no point in holding your arms straight out the whole time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We used the "Delorian" code word when needed, to get back on track</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I saw many other teams jerking the trigger on "go" when tires were finished rolling</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><u><b><br /></b></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><b>Stage 4: Is this USPSA</b></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Shooter 1 shoots 10 rifle cardboard targets with 2 shots ea</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Tag in shooter 2, who does the same</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Tag in shooter 1, who shoots 10 pistol targets with 2 shots each</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Tag in shooter 2, who does the same</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8y7InnCgG93pfWLjy28NXvm9sD8x8d9-PJj-RpGBa0HcZwcmRkddmgFk-C0Ek-8CwU1lNE8xmfFNV-NTy6fh4li73XBxpagtAZrqE6V8ALKndGe1yO6l4RRiXUfxIXIZk84MomVsI1m06BwKp62vGVph2FXQthF_W1KKzE8DcayUWgCsCuXu7Rdi4bPM/s1042/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.18.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1042" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8y7InnCgG93pfWLjy28NXvm9sD8x8d9-PJj-RpGBa0HcZwcmRkddmgFk-C0Ek-8CwU1lNE8xmfFNV-NTy6fh4li73XBxpagtAZrqE6V8ALKndGe1yO6l4RRiXUfxIXIZk84MomVsI1m06BwKp62vGVph2FXQthF_W1KKzE8DcayUWgCsCuXu7Rdi4bPM/w400-h241/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.18.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results: 44/59</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We finished on time, but did have misses</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- This was my first time doing something so USPSA-ey. There was strategy involved in where you wanted to approach each target, and how you'd keep track of which ones you've hit vs which ones you haven't hit. I saw some people mess that up, since some targets could be accessed from multiple locaitons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- SB had the good idea of doing a pre-emptive mag change when moving from one position to another, instead of waiting until you were empty and just standing there to have to change mags.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- It was also a good idea from SB to start from the middle since we'd be standing there at the beginning. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I went to my LMT with the red dot for faster target acquisition here, and put the dot on max brightness, since speed, not accuracy, was the name of the game with these big targets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeQOuNXFOr_hPwnKZEIGp8PF3AIat7oxnjfvXmHfzEo-bqNzE5lQNEfiDzT2MVRC-ysW8KYUQkHHuf8jKUOmHE50dTK0MCJuZVEtZiwM3Zm4pLSAHTmucb2JPSUbGa07KaklXOksRgma2kPDJ50e0q_0PAcnUZE651Ycn0zZrqEr92IVUIGfLDExTINU/s2324/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.27.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2324" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeQOuNXFOr_hPwnKZEIGp8PF3AIat7oxnjfvXmHfzEo-bqNzE5lQNEfiDzT2MVRC-ysW8KYUQkHHuf8jKUOmHE50dTK0MCJuZVEtZiwM3Zm4pLSAHTmucb2JPSUbGa07KaklXOksRgma2kPDJ50e0q_0PAcnUZE651Ycn0zZrqEr92IVUIGfLDExTINU/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.27.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPD0h7EHTYAHcgKV42PUgVr1OPjVtqbPrIcX4IeHdBXF1Sa4zso5LaBQBOv3a96HSMZtomk6-KaK1OvF1_mLECAFWwGd8_03RQlwBBmeDR-1D9-DRtcXowtzOKMQLCG36bNGowb-ziaON4xprvahwhHTQ894wM6-EO42VTTuG8vNCHAjiqrzsJfQm7Fgs/s2324/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.26.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2324" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPD0h7EHTYAHcgKV42PUgVr1OPjVtqbPrIcX4IeHdBXF1Sa4zso5LaBQBOv3a96HSMZtomk6-KaK1OvF1_mLECAFWwGd8_03RQlwBBmeDR-1D9-DRtcXowtzOKMQLCG36bNGowb-ziaON4xprvahwhHTQ894wM6-EO42VTTuG8vNCHAjiqrzsJfQm7Fgs/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.26.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><b><br /></b></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><b>Stage 5: Connex Conundrum </b></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Shooter 1 and 2 take turns making hits on 8 falling steel with pistol.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Shooter 1 shoots 5 rifle targets from 65-75yd, L->R and back (no need to double-tap)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Shooter 2 repeats but from the opposite direction</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7kP26G6EHvOPjwUkdUDgXIR1NBHpbFmN9Hp7RdygMlnkgvP8HCN_KejetB7sVLQe6fcwgIsHbsfWlr80i-QiWnz2Srt7JL_eGdf98OnECk_Gf9bDF4SBReyIaZ8VwvEkFdXu365mgGq-W5wv-yiEc-oF2uoyFicueMNjJnT7VymZSWJqykrKeEtdGww/s1280/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.15.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1280" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7kP26G6EHvOPjwUkdUDgXIR1NBHpbFmN9Hp7RdygMlnkgvP8HCN_KejetB7sVLQe6fcwgIsHbsfWlr80i-QiWnz2Srt7JL_eGdf98OnECk_Gf9bDF4SBReyIaZ8VwvEkFdXu365mgGq-W5wv-yiEc-oF2uoyFicueMNjJnT7VymZSWJqykrKeEtdGww/w400-h321/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.15.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results: 33/59</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I had to try about 2x/target to hit on rifle. I didn't have enough patience and took shots too quickly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I did ID target reference points ahead of time and used a good magnification level to maintain quick target acquisition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I used the balcony for my pistol shots per SB's personal plan, which worked out well</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- We timed our pistol shots well, paying attention by sight and sound</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOZCSP4Ej3Yp3YYexs86PYsCkbhEimcbKjvlgqDxtCXUjxUZU_r7aHbi0b5WN_WuzO9EUxcr5Tq2_pi0BVhaaz_uj8djB27ZftfamJ2Wo9z7tUDeiwjswaDkNGXhTTqMIY33cPO8yzhOBRbHZ_ffNz4QwtFVvpxB_tqhvMmEiJcnfQ40VGrAJbuahEfo/s2324/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.26.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2324" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOZCSP4Ej3Yp3YYexs86PYsCkbhEimcbKjvlgqDxtCXUjxUZU_r7aHbi0b5WN_WuzO9EUxcr5Tq2_pi0BVhaaz_uj8djB27ZftfamJ2Wo9z7tUDeiwjswaDkNGXhTTqMIY33cPO8yzhOBRbHZ_ffNz4QwtFVvpxB_tqhvMmEiJcnfQ40VGrAJbuahEfo/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.26.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 1: I Hate Head Shots</u></b></div><div><br /></div>- Shooter 1 hits pink and white steel targets (9)<div>- Shooter 2 tags in and shoots orange steel targets (9)</div><div>- Shooter 1 tags in and shoots 10 cardboard IPSC, with 2 shots per body</div><div>- Shooter 2 tags in and shoots 10 cardboard IPSC, with 2 shots per head!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzR7ewXCxge0o-iBMP9ptC-EXhHuzjm5mQizDSLFV793Tr4iH4PVoY0vzMBxhgMLqB41fqrxYyr0HastYXCGNruJyWa7rkT1DpfzdvkOSlPrgiA3kU-rikQkMauvQOESTB63kIArdPXlrcnYxAcGd_esHkQxLIr9tJd1Gnw5PoTFvc9700gTSQnhIXqY/s1248/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.13.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="1248" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzR7ewXCxge0o-iBMP9ptC-EXhHuzjm5mQizDSLFV793Tr4iH4PVoY0vzMBxhgMLqB41fqrxYyr0HastYXCGNruJyWa7rkT1DpfzdvkOSlPrgiA3kU-rikQkMauvQOESTB63kIArdPXlrcnYxAcGd_esHkQxLIr9tJd1Gnw5PoTFvc9700gTSQnhIXqY/w400-h366/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.13.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results: 43/59</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- SB asked if she was allowed to use the table to brace, and that worked well for her. She made almost all of those difficult head shots!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I did pretty well with pistol, with only 2 misses</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I took third rifle shots a few times to be certain that I got them 2x each, in situations where I feel like I went a little faster than I should've.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wPk6E7DXFQlaljkxwbPM1h74OZWUdua2f9iEvHrVkVCW-s1H6BVUe34jfouFZkGzIcPYeHswtM3Nd6OFIO9WUcsUOdRFlrfqiHT3cUrkj3eUIgRU3GtG7C8_FbFP_b9RmY6ny1zVdjeNiGR8xTCZL2SQlvcOJrZAMgVpHNC5wvsOXT17fOxug3eUqCs/s2744/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.27.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2744" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wPk6E7DXFQlaljkxwbPM1h74OZWUdua2f9iEvHrVkVCW-s1H6BVUe34jfouFZkGzIcPYeHswtM3Nd6OFIO9WUcsUOdRFlrfqiHT3cUrkj3eUIgRU3GtG7C8_FbFP_b9RmY6ny1zVdjeNiGR8xTCZL2SQlvcOJrZAMgVpHNC5wvsOXT17fOxug3eUqCs/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%207.27.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b><u>Overall</u></b></div><div>- Our last stage was the only stage where we got to really use strategy to decide who does what and leverage strengths. On the other stages, everyone did the same thing. It's more fun when you get to strategize.</div><div>- We had fun and gained experience.</div><div>- Spinners are hard... too bad it's not easy to find equipment to practice on.</div><div>- Experience pays off, since we were able to employ different tricks that we've learned from other competitions and practice sessions</div><div>- It was nice to have a low-key, low time commitment match.... I remember last year, I was ready to be done by the last stage. There were only 5 stages this time, which felt right. <br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-38172850591990144012023-12-24T18:33:00.001-05:002023-12-24T18:33:39.435-05:00"Take That Hill" Workout for Purple Heart Homes<p><b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b></p><p><b><u>Monday, Sept 25:</u></b></p><p>Center - Day 9 - Corazon & Center - Day 13 - Trust Yoga with Adriene</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Tuesday, Sept 26:</u></b></p><p>Morning at 5am: HDT Sanddoom 20 min AMRAP with 7 rounds and 25 reps with a 40#SB, followed Glute and pec PT v1 in 26:14</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Friday, Sept 29:</u></b></p><p>4.5 miles in Garmont T8s with 50# in the Rucker V3, in 1:01:36. It was the day after the COVID booster, so I slept a lot today and felt better by the evening.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Saturday, Sept 30:</u></b></p><p>Solo trip to Coleman's Creek.</p><p><u>Zero Range:</u></p><p>- Moved my optic from picatinny slot 10 to slot 9 to test it out, since slot 8 had some drawbacks on my other gun when I was shooting kneeling and standing (not prone).</p><p>- Adjusted 0.6R and 0.2U after the move. Moving the optic on the other gun hadn't required any changes, so I was surprised. It took me 13 rounds to re-zero.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>PRS Barricade:</u></p><p>- I did it dry to save ammo while figuring out what worked best for me. </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I realized that I could land with my right knee up, to save a couple of seconds. </li><li>Taking an extra moment to line up the turret also saved me time searching for the target.</li><li>12X power worked great</li><li><br /></li></ul></blockquote><p>- I went live, and missed way more and was way slower than I normally am in competition. Strange.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Rock Seated:</u></p><p>- Better luck with hits here than I did on the PRS barricade, using the same 400yd target, so it must be me and not my gun.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Pogo Stick:</u></p><p>Using my other "good" gun, I ranged targets at 450, 575, 615, and 915, and shot them from 4 different positions on the pogo stick. The only place where dope didn't line up was on the 575, where I needed to go up 0.3 more, even though it was the biggest target of them all.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0UOwvhCAFHU" width="320" youtube-src-id="0UOwvhCAFHU"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><u>Re-check Zero:</u></p><p>I went back to the old gun to re-check zero and see if it was off, which would explain my performance on the PRS barricade. It was 0.2 high and 0.1R, which makes me feel better. So I ended up reversing the change that I had made in the morning. Some people recommend not making adjustments when your zero seems off, since it may fix itself, and that seemed to be the case this time, although an optic re-install is kind of drastic.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Sunday Oct 1:</u></b></p><p>Center - Day 14 - Stretch & Center - Day 3 - Shift Yoga with Adriene. It gave me some much-needed stretching.</p><p><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p><b><u>Monday, Oct 2:</u></b></p><p>Glute and pec PT v2 in 27:19 (it's been a while, but it wasn't too hard... I went back to it because it my glute was really sore yesterday).</p><p>18A "Hanging Abs" in 16:35.</p><p>Then max burpees in 5 min: 85.</p><p>After work, I hiked 3 miles at Renaissance Park in 1:06:37 with MACV1s using a 30# RPC, and it was delightful.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJI2dTySP8gt3x0BflBjxewJM1FoRiXj6IMWjSZ40h8bsoIg9t0Qi5JRs75LAPLmhRrjEmIOxpGKok9Jfms4by_EGdQ8AA07uMFCSz4IFRmV13b-OU5ZrBsXFSap3CvISRjmCkGHyxbYTSDPNBK67lcNYeHZImJVtIIHJ8PXvJKP6dryEDwzQKq-d8Go/s2218/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.16.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="2218" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJI2dTySP8gt3x0BflBjxewJM1FoRiXj6IMWjSZ40h8bsoIg9t0Qi5JRs75LAPLmhRrjEmIOxpGKok9Jfms4by_EGdQ8AA07uMFCSz4IFRmV13b-OU5ZrBsXFSap3CvISRjmCkGHyxbYTSDPNBK67lcNYeHZImJVtIIHJ8PXvJKP6dryEDwzQKq-d8Go/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.16.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Tuesday, Oct 3:</u></b></div><div><br /></div>A second consecutive pre-work session, doing 18A "Upper Body Prep" in 28:53, followed by "Pull-ups" in 31:39 faster than ever but with no PR rep counts and having trouble getting all the way up at times, although I was taking less rest between sets and rebuilding after a little time off.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Wednesday, Oct 4:</u></b><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Went back to the park for an after-work ruck, since it was so delightful on Monday. 4.5 miles in 1:39:32 using MACV2s, wearing a 30#RPC.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, Oct 5:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Center - Day 2 - Listen & Center - Day 16 - Kind Yoga with Adriene</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, Oct 6:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Glute and pec PT v1 in 29:23, then 18A "Lower Push BW" in 32:20, then "Hollow" in 16 min. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Went to Camp North End to ruck with 50# in the v3 rucker for 1:14:20 wearing Garmont T8s. It was a ruck club event, but it ended up being a solo one, which you learn to be OK with... it's part of the job.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMeSXIIRLaP72cTjT2KOD_hRprR3tBwoT-ywydeWAP3dhNR7QKzN33_Putu3DZyzcU-tNsuAsNcfBKjskmqiXOyhWdoE7j7wCKdjeBGAsJEaq16Tg_pBdMo7GSp9VfZj4-OvvQ1IkUJ8ythTXzeTMh5yK-No9GzK_QTzhvSLU0Gh0n_lqLVugXH1XJyM/s2234/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.25.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2234" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMeSXIIRLaP72cTjT2KOD_hRprR3tBwoT-ywydeWAP3dhNR7QKzN33_Putu3DZyzcU-tNsuAsNcfBKjskmqiXOyhWdoE7j7wCKdjeBGAsJEaq16Tg_pBdMo7GSp9VfZj4-OvvQ1IkUJ8ythTXzeTMh5yK-No9GzK_QTzhvSLU0Gh0n_lqLVugXH1XJyM/w400-h294/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.25.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlf6vErrGpPDOwq00mz5OyVoYkKKNKHy4Oakr1TpJuxT-eahdeWqvh3k69b-X_MoZFe03iOSl-WUbyOgdwDaGU4Qdr_xMdFi11O87camvTYIYIh1m-WWsP4z57Y8224pkFgURmy5-DyYbUt7pZ2X6QBWUTsSGtzxlEKpvcPYgmdwbC9hbVJTOcMKXdcU/s2234/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.25.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="2234" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidlf6vErrGpPDOwq00mz5OyVoYkKKNKHy4Oakr1TpJuxT-eahdeWqvh3k69b-X_MoZFe03iOSl-WUbyOgdwDaGU4Qdr_xMdFi11O87camvTYIYIh1m-WWsP4z57Y8224pkFgURmy5-DyYbUt7pZ2X6QBWUTsSGtzxlEKpvcPYgmdwbC9hbVJTOcMKXdcU/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.25.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2MjTI3xBH_lxXWy6MS3FSWMF9Q_nufRIJ5HG5xRve17xW4b86G3Lz6Hu8ZV-Wvp0iQDsDF_Wtzv4EOqfvnxk5jV-_5ZsvMwbZgg7byzwG9gPFat9r95E0yL0rkwuLB0TOU_QbqhJ2lyjWnUK7BjuNOTpw7K3oVN5IOQ3NRoEaDP-fA9ZHbyzNYFYJwZQ/s2234/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.25.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="2234" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2MjTI3xBH_lxXWy6MS3FSWMF9Q_nufRIJ5HG5xRve17xW4b86G3Lz6Hu8ZV-Wvp0iQDsDF_Wtzv4EOqfvnxk5jV-_5ZsvMwbZgg7byzwG9gPFat9r95E0yL0rkwuLB0TOU_QbqhJ2lyjWnUK7BjuNOTpw7K3oVN5IOQ3NRoEaDP-fA9ZHbyzNYFYJwZQ/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.25.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>"TAKE THAT HILL" WORKOUT</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Did the "Take that Hill" workout for 70 min. It was like a mini-Light without rucks, led by Joe Baker. It was well-designed, giving everyone a good dose of exercise and teamwork, in support of Purple Heart Homes.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We started with some warmups...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDgp9cgUnJ2pqoUTCO73nGVUczjTMFYSvP6jrdpwq5a3pylxhJyvXdchaH4EDU2z4eTe0GsTkcmkew05YNiOHS8J93oYnuWrMhoYGrciCWV57kcxv7hZMqA83xeDlfXlFzDNtv2A3MV-JVw7vzMXTX9Iw6xuO1gIe2OoqZTQv0j1zvDiraJNLA6T4GaA/s2502/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.26.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="2502" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDgp9cgUnJ2pqoUTCO73nGVUczjTMFYSvP6jrdpwq5a3pylxhJyvXdchaH4EDU2z4eTe0GsTkcmkew05YNiOHS8J93oYnuWrMhoYGrciCWV57kcxv7hZMqA83xeDlfXlFzDNtv2A3MV-JVw7vzMXTX9Iw6xuO1gIe2OoqZTQv0j1zvDiraJNLA6T4GaA/w400-h265/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.26.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And then carried the "coupons", including a "200#"SB over to a nearby spot where we did a partner workout where we took turns doing PT while the other person ran out and back, until we finished the total required rep count...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0re4zCTXDIz99RXzNrxgoLw6huKi-H8ohpodP7BIady8wMHbEvDROcjBB5tdVh68n_DZ29qSm5Ukxos6uDPmoTM5XAYut9cxEvzc2abQHbBNIej1zkt76bvXJAn68ayYCLTiMb83f6b2b5umpcWHnTyG6T__HhgOmunlDxG_cSkq31sBei0Io_1tVh4/s2502/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.26.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="2502" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0re4zCTXDIz99RXzNrxgoLw6huKi-H8ohpodP7BIady8wMHbEvDROcjBB5tdVh68n_DZ29qSm5Ukxos6uDPmoTM5XAYut9cxEvzc2abQHbBNIej1zkt76bvXJAn68ayYCLTiMb83f6b2b5umpcWHnTyG6T__HhgOmunlDxG_cSkq31sBei0Io_1tVh4/w400-h265/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.26.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And if we finished early, we got to "rest"!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPoUeixN7WPGDQIDSMFFsTSEk0qaldrFlotSWWb30hNCBXWTcQYkeCf3qwSTojVHqmXLxjCRx3plr3cCYNwVS_OEY7Kgx1nvQWXAoNq93Y0kJ4UBVHjWX3noplwjyI2Nm-wR2gEPHwXlvGwxgF6bdfaYKB0QlT1j6AM-_ckwQaVxCbDREi2d_mRuvQZg/s2502/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.26.36%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="2502" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPoUeixN7WPGDQIDSMFFsTSEk0qaldrFlotSWWb30hNCBXWTcQYkeCf3qwSTojVHqmXLxjCRx3plr3cCYNwVS_OEY7Kgx1nvQWXAoNq93Y0kJ4UBVHjWX3noplwjyI2Nm-wR2gEPHwXlvGwxgF6bdfaYKB0QlT1j6AM-_ckwQaVxCbDREi2d_mRuvQZg/w400-h265/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.26.36%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While donkeys watched us...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcOz4X-Hl6mKWeEROI4HlP66AcCwmaDbpWs0RGKdG9udxGu4AUWoTHtyihyphenhyphen-MbAwWC00w36ipzqPzZnTxTZSp8gPVmXbVzDNLK1WA6ndSAANVzRsRkZVfFZONzXDR3h6Da1CXwa3whasZadvQHCYHzn_nW4R5bzS-GIf9eyzZRvc88MsU8WQkbS0l2ME/s2214/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.32.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="2214" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcOz4X-Hl6mKWeEROI4HlP66AcCwmaDbpWs0RGKdG9udxGu4AUWoTHtyihyphenhyphen-MbAwWC00w36ipzqPzZnTxTZSp8gPVmXbVzDNLK1WA6ndSAANVzRsRkZVfFZONzXDR3h6Da1CXwa3whasZadvQHCYHzn_nW4R5bzS-GIf9eyzZRvc88MsU8WQkbS0l2ME/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.32.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We carried the coupons some more, up mulch banks...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EOFq1VlRdOXNuxwFilakspqDrOQEJnk7YxGSCv8_YvWWWAw0Qm8p79f7NLK9pY9lpQ8wuPdEa9HiDNEcXjKqUWGSp1TmBc9Ph_H7nMRVoNY6rlp2KegLxvs0bzS68q-m8s6LFXPBOqngvNt871Y7Mt2TSWZh78r7wWDIPjF6RHhbwVkvkaAH9fphmX8/s2502/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.26.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="2502" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EOFq1VlRdOXNuxwFilakspqDrOQEJnk7YxGSCv8_YvWWWAw0Qm8p79f7NLK9pY9lpQ8wuPdEa9HiDNEcXjKqUWGSp1TmBc9Ph_H7nMRVoNY6rlp2KegLxvs0bzS68q-m8s6LFXPBOqngvNt871Y7Mt2TSWZh78r7wWDIPjF6RHhbwVkvkaAH9fphmX8/w400-h265/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.26.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We stopped by a barn where we did SB carry races as partners around the barn, and then we carried the coupons along a windy route through a forest, before getting back to the start, where we finished with a final mini-workout...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxmthxKEWDrebNiNmGe79l1bJqdaYihyphenhyphen01sprjjjTARB1VUYeND5xybq2uVKsfV0X_xKcKdo-k8-KVu8zm0DyirzPtuKlIvJkO52gyj0lZuHc18oUjpE4GTd6xNRGoVRqiS2g35aNSKoTJ5pFXIiOuH701sRFgl3BHZ0kRhdJcYR1HvtrGtx6e_K_Ay0/s2502/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.26.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="2502" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxmthxKEWDrebNiNmGe79l1bJqdaYihyphenhyphen01sprjjjTARB1VUYeND5xybq2uVKsfV0X_xKcKdo-k8-KVu8zm0DyirzPtuKlIvJkO52gyj0lZuHc18oUjpE4GTd6xNRGoVRqiS2g35aNSKoTJ5pFXIiOuH701sRFgl3BHZ0kRhdJcYR1HvtrGtx6e_K_Ay0/w400-h265/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.26.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And then we got patches!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJdehQJL2wubsW4-yd8D6c23anteJuUoXeLhzLxdD9QgEIqCCHjdUJt79a8NlZ6KDCLVKiyhtoAeGTiv363ygEf4-mDKj6mjoClDLA9q5E97gtQQR5QWmolnY7vwmCQoCBdwkKXjyrmnsNxRmNC0sry4CW1EcXzmnip7BvuOUB4l3imwHsxZq1ZgWFvE/s2502/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.26.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="2502" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJdehQJL2wubsW4-yd8D6c23anteJuUoXeLhzLxdD9QgEIqCCHjdUJt79a8NlZ6KDCLVKiyhtoAeGTiv363ygEf4-mDKj6mjoClDLA9q5E97gtQQR5QWmolnY7vwmCQoCBdwkKXjyrmnsNxRmNC0sry4CW1EcXzmnip7BvuOUB4l3imwHsxZq1ZgWFvE/w400-h265/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.26.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">After the event, since I was up in the area, I went to Lake Norman State Park for a 6.5 mile trail ruck in 2:15:26, wearing MACV2s and 30# in a v3 rucker.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0uoN-3UhwmcNV_CXmJ3vO078NGWwYn7CbfVrBub7xa71eM9fetaWMTjcNkpp4UA-Gl0rjgM4OuMSNLgBhS-gABarDFbssa6CUmo3ug_-WIPLprT8e7iXgFO4idLjWgT0UVyUsT79viT7zmbBh9PZH7iGjodPC8j7aPRTBMxfW5OXNw72jLIsvu31R2-M/s2214/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.32.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="2214" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0uoN-3UhwmcNV_CXmJ3vO078NGWwYn7CbfVrBub7xa71eM9fetaWMTjcNkpp4UA-Gl0rjgM4OuMSNLgBhS-gABarDFbssa6CUmo3ug_-WIPLprT8e7iXgFO4idLjWgT0UVyUsT79viT7zmbBh9PZH7iGjodPC8j7aPRTBMxfW5OXNw72jLIsvu31R2-M/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-12-24%20at%206.32.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p></blockquote></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-57338927685690756942023-11-26T09:04:00.001-05:002023-11-26T09:04:53.074-05:00GORUCK DMR/APR Weekend 2023<p>Time for another road trip!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBc3eIMJK8bo6-2nJZZynlYLBxC8DL-AunFI7uNsIqnasLWZj8yes1_6djqwBTP8cMw-S6Is7Hm2NO-TQedZznmTIQpLtKUqF8TSOAZIysrLiwogS_p4QofXRljtnm4nGTt4OCighr-6NsCRI4co2UsgfCPW-5Sjub14-uxCTA_iYYvR0WfXBz-e1SGQ/s2128/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.12.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="2128" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBc3eIMJK8bo6-2nJZZynlYLBxC8DL-AunFI7uNsIqnasLWZj8yes1_6djqwBTP8cMw-S6Is7Hm2NO-TQedZznmTIQpLtKUqF8TSOAZIysrLiwogS_p4QofXRljtnm4nGTt4OCighr-6NsCRI4co2UsgfCPW-5Sjub14-uxCTA_iYYvR0WfXBz-e1SGQ/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.12.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, September 22:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>DESIGNATED MARKSMAN</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">This was my first time taking GORUCK's DM class. It was geared towards using red dots with potential magnifiers, but it also allowed LPVOs. I use LPVOs for longer distance shooting and have wanted to get better at that, so I used my competition gun.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We started by learning about different zero options, and the pros and cons of different ones. </p><p style="text-align: left;">- a 25yd zero is angled so high that you can shoot farther ranges without having to hold quite as much</p><p style="text-align: left;">- a 100yd zero forces you to hold a lot for close-distances shots</p><p style="text-align: left;">- I'm happy with my choice in 36yd </p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">We collected dope, which I've always wanted to do for my AR but never focused on before. It was on steel, so it's not going to be super precise, but it's a start!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7tXp5ZmX3XCxRMe7zqI2Lgg2FyZLaQeSrMFmmg8EBUEBa7nPNZ55hI7AkOP8QW7dqI-FEOoDVq28AhY1tzwJcAx_izMAIyl1VVUDWbQggiANNrwbj8u9D3rWPcIm0O9c_riLcsr-SMlGwthFsviNLUEYxnxlJ4eCC7rmnh4TrmXE9kovmen7frwtJFA/s464/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.18.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="434" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7tXp5ZmX3XCxRMe7zqI2Lgg2FyZLaQeSrMFmmg8EBUEBa7nPNZ55hI7AkOP8QW7dqI-FEOoDVq28AhY1tzwJcAx_izMAIyl1VVUDWbQggiANNrwbj8u9D3rWPcIm0O9c_riLcsr-SMlGwthFsviNLUEYxnxlJ4eCC7rmnh4TrmXE9kovmen7frwtJFA/w374-h400/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.18.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="374" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">We tried to play battleship at 100yd, but even if the rain hadn't destroyed the paper targets, it would've been extremely difficult for me to hit 1-inch targets at that distance with my AR15.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We shot movers and snaps at 100yd and 200yd. I've done it before with my precision rifle, but not my AR15 before.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJ7nSIVlOxE5rvL50aP_QosXnr3dNv7MLjc4GUqVOiFIIJfwvRi90T_V6kaxPNMYvlP9VX1h6xH4MrEbDZlvb8i82JkLaRNEY1KtEfRRWpcSgMkrm2guMiG4esLdnJ4eUs4kXIWYbhLHrLvjWI-jSSdBFfEo6XT9jAzLJ5o2oMeEnKvjdbl2P1KKqQ2w/s1594/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.20.40%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="1190" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJ7nSIVlOxE5rvL50aP_QosXnr3dNv7MLjc4GUqVOiFIIJfwvRi90T_V6kaxPNMYvlP9VX1h6xH4MrEbDZlvb8i82JkLaRNEY1KtEfRRWpcSgMkrm2guMiG4esLdnJ4eUs4kXIWYbhLHrLvjWI-jSSdBFfEo6XT9jAzLJ5o2oMeEnKvjdbl2P1KKqQ2w/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.20.40%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">I wish I had focused more on comparing the wind flag to what I observed in the vegetation during the weekend.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>ADVANCED PRECISION RIFLE</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">In the evening, we had the classroom portion of the APR class.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hPOEkH4cVwfJqvC1pliWVUQnHHtGonNFg1-pfQeCDqo2NnryPTHyi3t7iRq4ieeByWY9endQmCYrz5xHno62_5V7H5Pgtjd9Y3Kp3Z6zY4P1-BPb1pok77HlR1QLDVVMmbEj_6JRU_GcrAxs4r3v8UuahyNGugrcH9A4PZjLlHcMP65xFqxWGRkx048/s1594/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.20.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="1190" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hPOEkH4cVwfJqvC1pliWVUQnHHtGonNFg1-pfQeCDqo2NnryPTHyi3t7iRq4ieeByWY9endQmCYrz5xHno62_5V7H5Pgtjd9Y3Kp3Z6zY4P1-BPb1pok77HlR1QLDVVMmbEj_6JRU_GcrAxs4r3v8UuahyNGugrcH9A4PZjLlHcMP65xFqxWGRkx048/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.20.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="478" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">A different cadre took the lead this time, and went into a lot more detail and different types of detail than usual. </p><p style="text-align: left;">He used math to demonstrate why follow-through is important even in the short time between when the trigger is squeezed, before the bullet has a chance to exit the barrel. NPA plays a big role, too.</p><p style="text-align: left;">It'll be cool if one day I can look at the environment and just think of certain wind holds in my head.</p><p style="text-align: left;">In the evening, we had a weapons cleaning and lubing party, to make sure our ARs didn't rust from all the rain.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Saturday, September 23:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">I zeroed, and then remembered and decided to act on Kevin's advice of moving my scope closer to my eyes to help with squaring up. I ended up moving up 2 rail positions. I had to rezero after that, although it ended up not needing any changes.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We practiced positional shooting from a skinny and wobbly VTAC, high wall, and low wall, at 200yd and 400yd. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2XMDsd3KXfjw_ziHuNSNoodmi3P2RhbwSuwS0-dnVxsrHCSVi1YKd7KmDzze20Wieb7s07Fgi2dLB2fBr6k-zxsbMm40kfkp5rfqVlpEyzv-r79pNkVAftg67VpTR8-rbzs1SHvqzOVRRCU2K15Vetg4TPmJbCNSHBV9Co99Kga-EEd6DgjlzGffIYU/s2128/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.33.44%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="2128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2XMDsd3KXfjw_ziHuNSNoodmi3P2RhbwSuwS0-dnVxsrHCSVi1YKd7KmDzze20Wieb7s07Fgi2dLB2fBr6k-zxsbMm40kfkp5rfqVlpEyzv-r79pNkVAftg67VpTR8-rbzs1SHvqzOVRRCU2K15Vetg4TPmJbCNSHBV9Co99Kga-EEd6DgjlzGffIYU/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.33.44%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">We practiced longer range pistol shooting. 50yd was ok, but I never hit 75yd. We practiced drawing fast and slow down as you push out and break the shot as you reach full extension. Use a steering wheel grip on your right hand, but crush with your left hand.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We collected dope at 600, 700, and 800yd. There was wind, since a tropical storm was what was causing all the rain. We had about a 6mph wind.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Battleship was tough again, and SB and my team was the unlucky one with a target that fell mid-competition, but we still won handily, both in speed and accuracy.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We did movers at 100 and 200, and snaps at 300 and 400. We did a team eval, and got to practice communicating even to help out our shooter/spotter partner find the target and remember all the steps.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQ10Etz9oHBOInrBW-v0UieWufr_F6Kn1XrW1i7WnYdoTkeCho75NpmfuENI8rG7-WwujLrKlz7PEDVv14SD9jr9arIvfXojnxFRmaAGnR91nJVQRdY72OLADqSSCd5qO7rLbYqNy1VecUBW9Vt3K7PawXojac6hWy880Mw7F2pTY9eNLiPyhtfj5Cz4/s2128/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.32.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="2128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQ10Etz9oHBOInrBW-v0UieWufr_F6Kn1XrW1i7WnYdoTkeCho75NpmfuENI8rG7-WwujLrKlz7PEDVv14SD9jr9arIvfXojnxFRmaAGnR91nJVQRdY72OLADqSSCd5qO7rLbYqNy1VecUBW9Vt3K7PawXojac6hWy880Mw7F2pTY9eNLiPyhtfj5Cz4/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.32.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">At night, I cleaned my RPR2, to continue its break-in and make sure it would survive the rain from the day.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoGFp1MTstvjZ3ol5azy4f9Fx1nDWnL4InmhfEnpEBznTrqvjvpt8A3jBDeVFEQNjjr_OF2eNJZnMJIIko0Adh6-_w0l6wqLoOs96o5JfSVjPTDtYBmTyQe0EZYNnlA2bQSSbU7GuI_-OsBJp-jbxRHQ8JBdpEjOCKgnMt-0Coj3UzWAdbooKki4JdjA/s2128/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.33.16%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="2128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoGFp1MTstvjZ3ol5azy4f9Fx1nDWnL4InmhfEnpEBznTrqvjvpt8A3jBDeVFEQNjjr_OF2eNJZnMJIIko0Adh6-_w0l6wqLoOs96o5JfSVjPTDtYBmTyQe0EZYNnlA2bQSSbU7GuI_-OsBJp-jbxRHQ8JBdpEjOCKgnMt-0Coj3UzWAdbooKki4JdjA/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.33.16%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">We had all-you-can-eat sushi for dinner. Fellow participants wanted to learn all about our training and experience at Mammoth, which was cool.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAdPZUcHjPmsWsXT1cB85_AcF7aASVC7rJ-V-SMA33aEddL5npn5_FYO5t47u9Z_78dy00SUaW95Zl04MHHkbo91-isTSIAkq2hAFt6-zWKNckNnDJOOiuuK8h-dZs1yPbrdJrzbLO0dUBjUY0cGfX-mhBLfZyS_0z4dvix_GuKuXtpj1HaEj8Gaujsg/s2128/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.33.04%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="2128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAdPZUcHjPmsWsXT1cB85_AcF7aASVC7rJ-V-SMA33aEddL5npn5_FYO5t47u9Z_78dy00SUaW95Zl04MHHkbo91-isTSIAkq2hAFt6-zWKNckNnDJOOiuuK8h-dZs1yPbrdJrzbLO0dUBjUY0cGfX-mhBLfZyS_0z4dvix_GuKuXtpj1HaEj8Gaujsg/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.33.04%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, September 24:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">The wind emphasized the benefits of wearing a hat while I shoot. It keeps my hair out of my face.</p><p style="text-align: left;">SB and I practiced shooting off of barricades, creating little courses of fire. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxii-NlUJmzMlQwAtpLXjzIAJDC-iEzpOk-ZF0-JAqBANw2ni3yHfRR-h2CxFGr-9XbiAvmLBRB8q3ZezD2zNGm2oYR4OluqxPZ4MY0E9RY0gWHYzKbRX8L_fxYCBoSEm19Wg13jxx0lOdciXsKY3P3twT_rF3-Pqj0qJbvQ4YHoGO7DglGqINxDkxwA/s1594/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.53.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="1192" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxii-NlUJmzMlQwAtpLXjzIAJDC-iEzpOk-ZF0-JAqBANw2ni3yHfRR-h2CxFGr-9XbiAvmLBRB8q3ZezD2zNGm2oYR4OluqxPZ4MY0E9RY0gWHYzKbRX8L_fxYCBoSEm19Wg13jxx0lOdciXsKY3P3twT_rF3-Pqj0qJbvQ4YHoGO7DglGqINxDkxwA/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.53.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="478" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">I used the pint-sized GC for everything, which worked, since there wasn't any terrain with angles here.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Throughout the day, we played a game called "Crazy Frank" where the cadres would randomly yell "Crazy Frank", and you had 30s (fast seconds) from then on to build and break a shot at your target for the day. These would be good for points towards the weekend overall compeititon.</p><p style="text-align: left;">During the day, we also rotated each pair through a different bay, where we got to range and shoot at UKD targets.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We then got to shoot at Marathon Movers, which is always fun. We took turns shooting at it with our partner, and then we had the eval, where we had to shoot it as it moved from 300->200. It had been moving quickly during practice time (5mph?), but it was moving at an angle during the eval, which made its horizontal travel speed less extreme.</p><p style="text-align: left;">SB and I then tried to run a final drill eval, to give everyone a taste of competition stages. It's more challenging than we expected to design and write a clear stage brief, and deal with constraints of the bay once we're on the ground and seeing where there are vs aren't berms behind the targets that were staged. The participants seemed to really enjoy the challenge, though, and wanted to see more like this in the future, which was good to hear.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We did "Pick Your Poison", where I now had to shoot 4 rounds at a 400yd target in 20s. The speed isn't hard, but I held too much wind. The close part of the bay is somewhat shielded by a side berm. Oh well... next time.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I did earn 10 rounds for the APR patch shoot. I got off 8 shots within the time limit, and made 2 hits. If you make at least 1 hit, you get to keep the shot. Even in the short time hack, I was watching and reacting to the direction of the flag, and making adjustments. I intentionally spread out my shots, too, to increase my chances of making at least one hit, in case I had a bad wind hold.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7SaSscHODANKpk7mEcQXsTJtSV67kL11fHqOquyvu7L1TOO_pduRsxw0WLhJCBaDvNjzstqSmA2xTwe91i8NQoal6eBzacJxW0PVGxhlTpm6tifaL9vykiey6voC8pk0BmwefNuKWfAiYiRnLkrtjgdkk-yW_3rDbAPX-WetR3-RERl9kEX_JR3V25k/s1594/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.53.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="1192" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7SaSscHODANKpk7mEcQXsTJtSV67kL11fHqOquyvu7L1TOO_pduRsxw0WLhJCBaDvNjzstqSmA2xTwe91i8NQoal6eBzacJxW0PVGxhlTpm6tifaL9vykiey6voC8pk0BmwefNuKWfAiYiRnLkrtjgdkk-yW_3rDbAPX-WetR3-RERl9kEX_JR3V25k/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.53.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="478" /></a></p>Full car on the way back!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QiQDH7vfZE-6VmfMAooOAp1ws-dcMKSTT2hv2rJroSAMIbIRieRCmPAKg_IQKEk5qwGeD9udrH6urtjai8G03temPEMSecNhJVNwsH0LM8mAzda6u52qkUe4myvlpGeszfsEFeN2R49Dy5GlVNWS0Rz-Kqk02gpWepCl7-tVZPOdM1fuYnIjpN4m2A4/s2128/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.54.07%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="2128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QiQDH7vfZE-6VmfMAooOAp1ws-dcMKSTT2hv2rJroSAMIbIRieRCmPAKg_IQKEk5qwGeD9udrH6urtjai8G03temPEMSecNhJVNwsH0LM8mAzda6u52qkUe4myvlpGeszfsEFeN2R49Dy5GlVNWS0Rz-Kqk02gpWepCl7-tVZPOdM1fuYnIjpN4m2A4/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.54.07%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-38469804625270591422023-11-25T10:48:00.005-05:002023-11-26T08:11:11.703-05:00September Atlantic Coast Regional PRS Match @ Coleman's Creek<p><b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b></p><p><b><u>Monday, Sept 11:</u></b></p><p>Blackstone with SB. We did some ball and dummy for a warmup, and then Delorian, and cadence drills from Haley Strategic. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LdOz6WGRAsx9G2PVjssN-Fsf4X-a9gK5PU-nUqF51EHdd9kCNUGxppmhB2RzD1mEKaX2fR59sm-S7S-W2gXiiQeU5Summ_xUbplxoPFqMkPVQniqOOR_Fsgqsiz1ncUETCJnj-Lxl5X-_N15kjVhzX8l4RmbfDWxxelNX2_R-ezCHZWChOkWnKn0MnA/s2140/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.43.20%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="2140" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LdOz6WGRAsx9G2PVjssN-Fsf4X-a9gK5PU-nUqF51EHdd9kCNUGxppmhB2RzD1mEKaX2fR59sm-S7S-W2gXiiQeU5Summ_xUbplxoPFqMkPVQniqOOR_Fsgqsiz1ncUETCJnj-Lxl5X-_N15kjVhzX8l4RmbfDWxxelNX2_R-ezCHZWChOkWnKn0MnA/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.43.20%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p>We then did TRex Arms's cadence drill on different sized circles - you pick the speed you feel like you can handle based on the size of the circle. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBEkTloCMFwFcbG_Ts0WOElIeOAb3Ub6WUOy1Cp3PIvuqplqM-0TtdGetbZw9EjselsIYGsJzgdqSOBUXIdYUpU7Cj5zD_wxE2ZMKQwjwxnoLQM_Mp3nmq3-3uHHEPbtj9NUUTza05YD5exTpfHQAr2_CNRYqGOpcRlAK26kb7L4hPsskL_d8NqIwvdo/s1606/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.44.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="1196" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBEkTloCMFwFcbG_Ts0WOElIeOAb3Ub6WUOy1Cp3PIvuqplqM-0TtdGetbZw9EjselsIYGsJzgdqSOBUXIdYUpU7Cj5zD_wxE2ZMKQwjwxnoLQM_Mp3nmq3-3uHHEPbtj9NUUTza05YD5exTpfHQAr2_CNRYqGOpcRlAK26kb7L4hPsskL_d8NqIwvdo/w477-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.44.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="477" /></a></p><p>We did a mini "multiple target" transition drill. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_pQUSIqbF8hPf8ya32DW1tTrIXc2a3OJUGtOoeqO-TtDshxdWP0nlT8mAZ3qO5gc5aanZM7D0nqywp6gPsrl2ZpY51TcPxeM7Zo4X-bvJeoANRsz2vFepFfRSygB8mnvFZD3xgXTIToiH7miQVG5n63uaYB6wwn2YMImJ8oPOF1YSSVwfGHWK_rIzvM/s1606/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.44.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="1196" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_pQUSIqbF8hPf8ya32DW1tTrIXc2a3OJUGtOoeqO-TtDshxdWP0nlT8mAZ3qO5gc5aanZM7D0nqywp6gPsrl2ZpY51TcPxeM7Zo4X-bvJeoANRsz2vFepFfRSygB8mnvFZD3xgXTIToiH7miQVG5n63uaYB6wwn2YMImJ8oPOF1YSSVwfGHWK_rIzvM/w476-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.44.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="476" /></a></p><p>We practiced accuracy with a bottle and can target, </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EuiLXYj7zL_g8TTK1-tdUfXAKxeDu1iF1IyYtJ6VRzmFsxdGdI8xrRiCvOtZRnqB9TzyumN1OC2MYVshKqDJhkgzyMXcP3vHAcE8S1sywcS_3UTZ2fxuqv0uh4J69DePAl4nWCWv6pWa7sMG99-KbMkysJTMwWmEeLP6bnEmWbpwi7p2_20DGnHAwJY/s2140/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.43.41%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="2140" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EuiLXYj7zL_g8TTK1-tdUfXAKxeDu1iF1IyYtJ6VRzmFsxdGdI8xrRiCvOtZRnqB9TzyumN1OC2MYVshKqDJhkgzyMXcP3vHAcE8S1sywcS_3UTZ2fxuqv0uh4J69DePAl4nWCWv6pWa7sMG99-KbMkysJTMwWmEeLP6bnEmWbpwi7p2_20DGnHAwJY/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.43.41%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p>and then we practiced different talk-on techniques while practicing accuracy, using a randomly scattered fly target. These were all lots of fun to play with.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjEXx_hyfboWUmM3e9uUXDGLnLSZWHZVM5ndmhHPJYyofcTxER0RuXxIUeNEptslvvDYy3qK0UF_DGQiKTNd3_WrZHbS-_GM4aNG6OJ-SCj3bkUH9kmpobqfkchvFY0CEopmXGWU_-hdtkSab9nyiyFJ7Au5rlEC5rbZkT8XVc21lqE-0viuw34wNkcA/s1606/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.43.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="1196" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjEXx_hyfboWUmM3e9uUXDGLnLSZWHZVM5ndmhHPJYyofcTxER0RuXxIUeNEptslvvDYy3qK0UF_DGQiKTNd3_WrZHbS-_GM4aNG6OJ-SCj3bkUH9kmpobqfkchvFY0CEopmXGWU_-hdtkSab9nyiyFJ7Au5rlEC5rbZkT8XVc21lqE-0viuw34wNkcA/w476-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.43.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="476" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Main takeaway - Only shoot as fast as your accuracy allows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Tuesday, September 12:</u></b></div><div><br /></div>18A "Upper Body Prep" for 29:57, then "Push-up" in 45:49, then "Hollow" for 16 min.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Wednesday, September 13:</u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div>18A "Lower Body Prep" in 20:18, then "Squats Barbell" in 39:15, then "Dip Abs" in 23:43.</div><div><br /></div><div>Had some amazing food (at least the fries) at Jekyll and Hyde Brewing with my mom.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgJM50ERQq3QRi8WoHo23LP-2lhN3rexMr1TZ025aCZSsuQQ272QbuOldKQsiTsr7arzWWGasYQDZXUftiNLhhnHcy48mrWMxb0Q4Up0QIbwcobdy5U2iEoEN4iZxsRna86fGglJPgfFIpVmF6JU6zjJWPonWqi94Mvz4HeRM4jkVqgrJyoPPnNjtyjM/s1606/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.48.24%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="1196" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgJM50ERQq3QRi8WoHo23LP-2lhN3rexMr1TZ025aCZSsuQQ272QbuOldKQsiTsr7arzWWGasYQDZXUftiNLhhnHcy48mrWMxb0Q4Up0QIbwcobdy5U2iEoEN4iZxsRna86fGglJPgfFIpVmF6JU6zjJWPonWqi94Mvz4HeRM4jkVqgrJyoPPnNjtyjM/w476-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.48.24%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="476" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K_KxlyfPZaojKX0hKX78th2JHlA1DaVEugC7ll-upnB7d_IaQvpK4_Q-xpuQEZ6Trda5PZdNNnVNn-OgitDMYpDbX6SromyUT7rKgR15bN80WxP9TernU_UYr625Yp6mE-_19GiyIpRbrin2qCD0h9Bfjpc3cwDwwqt_MaH7jFV83c1j14benTOmFWs/s2138/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.49.26%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="2138" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K_KxlyfPZaojKX0hKX78th2JHlA1DaVEugC7ll-upnB7d_IaQvpK4_Q-xpuQEZ6Trda5PZdNNnVNn-OgitDMYpDbX6SromyUT7rKgR15bN80WxP9TernU_UYr625Yp6mE-_19GiyIpRbrin2qCD0h9Bfjpc3cwDwwqt_MaH7jFV83c1j14benTOmFWs/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.49.26%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Friday, September 15:</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>5 miles meandering around Camp North End with my parents, wearing Ballistic Trainers and 50# in the v3 Rucker. 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I finally got it on my ninth attempt. Some Kentucky windage was involved, but I got it done. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmkAbtG5X0STNndU0SPfla6vh3IvFwg1edXHLB58FAtk3aYuGSFBgq7E2vJipRjgn_3WgjDGmHMiXzQ7wzFAxurF4dFGTSr8fzzNbqKpQZHxdxloHuCMyB_NdiFYA51pnKlD99VtiF6Mm8DYU3vDoplpcNrLRGjsXqSZYs_YbMDgYJnbQa7oWgNd5CAQ/s2422/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.57.24%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2422" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmkAbtG5X0STNndU0SPfla6vh3IvFwg1edXHLB58FAtk3aYuGSFBgq7E2vJipRjgn_3WgjDGmHMiXzQ7wzFAxurF4dFGTSr8fzzNbqKpQZHxdxloHuCMyB_NdiFYA51pnKlD99VtiF6Mm8DYU3vDoplpcNrLRGjsXqSZYs_YbMDgYJnbQa7oWgNd5CAQ/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%208.57.24%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I did try the March drill as well, but I am nowhere close on speed and accuracy. That one is incredibly tough.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I spent the rest of th eday breaking in my new RPR. I had cleaned it in the morning at 5am before I left, but that was only the beginning. </div><div style="text-align: left;">- Clean #1 at home before I Left</div><div style="text-align: left;">- 3 shots with bore sighting shooting at a rock</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Clean #2</div><div style="text-align: left;">- 3 shots finally getting one on paper</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Clean #3</div><div style="text-align: left;">- 4 shots, getting bullseye and then shooting 3 more with chrono (2959, 2967, 2936) with a 1 inch spread</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Clean #4</div><div style="text-align: left;">- 5 shots with a half-inch spread plus one flier </div><div style="text-align: left;">- Clean #5</div><div style="text-align: left;">- 5 shots with 2921, 2935, 2920, 2954, 2922 velocity</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Cleaned again when I got home.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Each cleaning took about 35 min. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSX7LRMr4QyAEpRT6JKJwfBfA9whEatZPvpMhuyE_s2goH1Zf85qtTtYKckV7VsZV1oByd_eSZvkeSUWG5fEtntB85qoYp4zVBjdHLcP0-shoR6S7P15yzKal7gCrxpIXyvE_M_Crleqg0qSdqydtBgli4S8jtj5-r2kNp7ADKXrrsfJ3tqZH3aHlFTu0/s1596/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.00.12%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1596" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSX7LRMr4QyAEpRT6JKJwfBfA9whEatZPvpMhuyE_s2goH1Zf85qtTtYKckV7VsZV1oByd_eSZvkeSUWG5fEtntB85qoYp4zVBjdHLcP0-shoR6S7P15yzKal7gCrxpIXyvE_M_Crleqg0qSdqydtBgli4S8jtj5-r2kNp7ADKXrrsfJ3tqZH3aHlFTu0/w482-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.00.12%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>ATLANTIC COAST REGIONAL PRS MATCH</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">This was my second PRS match, with my first one being in <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/07/april-regional-prs-match-at-colemans.html">April</a>. I knew better about what to expect this time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 3: </u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Shoot from 4 different spots along the log, and then shoot from the tire on the far right, at an IPSC at 735yd, 2 shots per position.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWD4w2iQ1OT-SBqfM1EWGwIRUaVt-sFLPHt04mrDqu-H7gntxlFwvDFcERpAzcsbXwvjHstGXXYWC7BPV_tJHBOnRL79I2EVQ3bthvwiNY-syPUFMeqYQIipjkuCu4uegrfr6_vI4-KjXzRbvav0nxshe_MY3sEieOmFSoQF4u1yelKSwaT_QcrNRElg/s1744/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.05.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="1744" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWD4w2iQ1OT-SBqfM1EWGwIRUaVt-sFLPHt04mrDqu-H7gntxlFwvDFcERpAzcsbXwvjHstGXXYWC7BPV_tJHBOnRL79I2EVQ3bthvwiNY-syPUFMeqYQIipjkuCu4uegrfr6_vI4-KjXzRbvav0nxshe_MY3sEieOmFSoQF4u1yelKSwaT_QcrNRElg/w400-h148/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.05.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results/Learnings: (4 points / 8 attempted / 10 total)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I started at 12x but zoomed to 22x once I started shooting, and I ended up keeping it there, which made re-acquiring the target difficult in subsequent positions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I sent it without a perfect reticle on target a couple times when rushing it, thinking it would be good enough, but it wasn't. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- There was dirt below, but vegetation around the target itself, which made spotting misses difficult.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgAuJvGclWgokbv5XeKDIb60jqLa75vaxHB1mfHOUNrDGRAMZiJed0bfDOqqhnFdMfmEMrpVC5e_uouNbflhC5gkoTCP4ZUps2HUiSgTYguxbB4DsKX5Vd1cJ_g56-HSIp4I3QhQ_o-g3zWWcjuoPWUUUGi8nc1G2vk5MUm0AwNcCPlKX1uzr0zH2y84/s2134/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.39.45%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="2134" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgAuJvGclWgokbv5XeKDIb60jqLa75vaxHB1mfHOUNrDGRAMZiJed0bfDOqqhnFdMfmEMrpVC5e_uouNbflhC5gkoTCP4ZUps2HUiSgTYguxbB4DsKX5Vd1cJ_g56-HSIp4I3QhQ_o-g3zWWcjuoPWUUUGi8nc1G2vk5MUm0AwNcCPlKX1uzr0zH2y84/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.39.45%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 4:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Shoot at a 667yd IPSC from 5 unique positions on the triangle barricade, with 2 shots per position.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVh9GNCX0T15AMBTBvHEnpjR7CDXb-4ZezuVd1n8_48A32LQ5KkG4R8yt9xwoiOJjTuu5iOBzmdQuh_SL8LT-FCCnpkTBM7_YPqPr86s6YVst-Zl-SLh3BAhHrc_0JSWQXlb3zh3ZYKFZN7i0eZQNahfja1hb0v5kszVcXGk9zd9h920QY5lGj3i_1bWU/s2144/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.06.06%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="2144" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVh9GNCX0T15AMBTBvHEnpjR7CDXb-4ZezuVd1n8_48A32LQ5KkG4R8yt9xwoiOJjTuu5iOBzmdQuh_SL8LT-FCCnpkTBM7_YPqPr86s6YVst-Zl-SLh3BAhHrc_0JSWQXlb3zh3ZYKFZN7i0eZQNahfja1hb0v5kszVcXGk9zd9h920QY5lGj3i_1bWU/w400-h155/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.06.06%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I started prone, thinking it would be the most stable, but because we were shooting downwards from an elevated area, the pint-sized gamechanger didn't give me enough height unless I made pacman tall. I had one bipod leg on and one off, too, which wasn't good good, either.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Both bipod legs were on from the second position, which in theory would be more stable, but it made the rear bag height issue even worse. I fought the position for so long.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I timed out before getting to any non-prone position. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Being zoomed in from the first position also made re-acquiring the sight difficult. I should've zoomed out first.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 5:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- From each of 4 stumps of varying height, shoot 1 ea at a 500yd IPSC and a 557yd IPSC.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoGaWBCC32vVXYHBmpJk6wrtLg0DRgW6-LCos9tfF5BkUtvOf5gSglzgNJDHQYDOuwqU-3FEZzGEWy5TMf1w9mLC59tCn48z3q9tDGYUl_n8vY0nd_moprFeC7pXz4NlavQGL9uGoc8-_0m5ZlCiQq42azNb08z0xyis4-x2LKgYUBHE7ijOICK4MC-0/s2144/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.06.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="2144" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoGaWBCC32vVXYHBmpJk6wrtLg0DRgW6-LCos9tfF5BkUtvOf5gSglzgNJDHQYDOuwqU-3FEZzGEWy5TMf1w9mLC59tCn48z3q9tDGYUl_n8vY0nd_moprFeC7pXz4NlavQGL9uGoc8-_0m5ZlCiQq42azNb08z0xyis4-x2LKgYUBHE7ijOICK4MC-0/w400-h155/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.06.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results/Learnings: (6 points /6 attempted/ 10 total)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- After running out of bag height on the previous stage, I brought both sized bags this time, but the pint-sized ended up being fine for this one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I struggled with the shortest stump because I had left the bipod legs down, thinking they wouldn't get in the way, but the stump was low enough that it hit a random board that was in front of the stumps. It canted my bag, but on the bright side, I did take the time to re-adjust the cant to make the shot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Magnification was a challenge again, and my default, I kept laying the gun pointed below the target before finding it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vwgZ2ce5egI" width="320" youtube-src-id="vwgZ2ce5egI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 6:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- NO DIALING!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- From the bench, shoot left to right with 1 round eadch on a 758yd IPSC, 868yd IPSC, 735yd IPSC.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Repeat, but with 2 shots each instead of 1 shot each.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZaf5C3LIPF-0KK8N5E2Di4Q9kJXexOFjDt3EhFxxgE3nPki-EEH8tbyagDc9QzOCWf0Vgt9uHqQy8JQHOHfsi_fSSlOyisL_0pZ6ovauc4UPLioTZaaRu5bmLKVukQu5utSrRGdS71pAcD0G7xVJganKSIS86yrsyD9G9et7A4og8O-I4rnsoRrSyQ8/s2016/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.06.37%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="2016" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZaf5C3LIPF-0KK8N5E2Di4Q9kJXexOFjDt3EhFxxgE3nPki-EEH8tbyagDc9QzOCWf0Vgt9uHqQy8JQHOHfsi_fSSlOyisL_0pZ6ovauc4UPLioTZaaRu5bmLKVukQu5utSrRGdS71pAcD0G7xVJganKSIS86yrsyD9G9et7A4og8O-I4rnsoRrSyQ8/w400-h130/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.06.37%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results/Learnings: (0 points /4 attempted/ 9 total)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I had originally planned on using one wind hold, but the wind direction switched to 9 o'clock right before my turn, and I forgot to dial that updated wind beforehand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- It had started raining slightly, too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I misjudged the bipod height that I needed, starting forward 45 degrees. I switched to normal wide, but what I really needed was normal in. You're shooting over a valley here, I guess.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- <b><i>WOMP WOMP</i></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMma6rq4CYNb_n0loi_r_X40wh2ViDD6Ug3RZySDCmvMqGEw_OcpzKfYiSbGRp6adGQGomSicbfv5eqk-4gUCQMkgH5PnYm8oYP5mqYpBHKqPovAGjZxZkBQ5ujjTcvejooSDe5RfkFRWBVbKdV2_lR7hjw0xW6o41GILaQtVMqMVK-Gy7Man4aIg49I/s1124/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.06.58%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1124" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMma6rq4CYNb_n0loi_r_X40wh2ViDD6Ug3RZySDCmvMqGEw_OcpzKfYiSbGRp6adGQGomSicbfv5eqk-4gUCQMkgH5PnYm8oYP5mqYpBHKqPovAGjZxZkBQ5ujjTcvejooSDe5RfkFRWBVbKdV2_lR7hjw0xW6o41GILaQtVMqMVK-Gy7Man4aIg49I/s320/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.06.58%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6m_H1YSYDSDPaFcHzfF29AuJxBfPIyqcAl0ejQl7W4rLhTt-FEpeeF71253wbR5o6sdq91eSrDFiCFdgXc_LcSpS9Ado68LWvRf0EUYBEoOmn3IAaQMRh0-lwqsPB_q9wfvMMKAwtskvEjxFvasdVHESWxfdoMDSiSnalmYdJn06iWCAK_YKnF0oO0U/s2134/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.40.00%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="2134" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6m_H1YSYDSDPaFcHzfF29AuJxBfPIyqcAl0ejQl7W4rLhTt-FEpeeF71253wbR5o6sdq91eSrDFiCFdgXc_LcSpS9Ado68LWvRf0EUYBEoOmn3IAaQMRh0-lwqsPB_q9wfvMMKAwtskvEjxFvasdVHESWxfdoMDSiSnalmYdJn06iWCAK_YKnF0oO0U/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.40.00%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 7:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Start prone, with 3 shooters down at a time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Shoot at 876, 930, 960, 1029, 1124, and 1260yd targets, 2 shots on each.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2gCFWygCS2RFrS5CfShHxeI3HlDqhBObFGsfzX3vEWbzXzxoTO0Du9rUTdHoT1fCbkfW9-Bg68M7qdOLHMmvFEc8A-jM9QXv55hUxK5Ap9i61s8NloeWEuEkMncRHqs5QFRCEkpoTkmSKIKQnZEsaQ1j12uSzMEWD27FJ8Rc09-pAS9aSnekNsJW06Q/s1796/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.07.18%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="1796" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2gCFWygCS2RFrS5CfShHxeI3HlDqhBObFGsfzX3vEWbzXzxoTO0Du9rUTdHoT1fCbkfW9-Bg68M7qdOLHMmvFEc8A-jM9QXv55hUxK5Ap9i61s8NloeWEuEkMncRHqs5QFRCEkpoTkmSKIKQnZEsaQ1j12uSzMEWD27FJ8Rc09-pAS9aSnekNsJW06Q/w400-h296/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.07.18%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results/Learnings: (9 points /12 attempted/ 12 total)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I started with 0.4L dialed, which worked at first, and then I missed left, so I adjusted subsequently, which worked. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Wide normal bipod legs, and the pint sized position normally worked. If I shoot here regularly, I should make note of the ideal bipod and rear bag configurations for different bays.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Rain was minimal when I shot, fortunately.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- <b><i>REDEMPTION!</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i>+ Magical moment: 3 women on the firing line at once, when we happened to be 2, 3, and 4th to go.</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFq2Bjp01W8QsnVIZJq-Vs1A2t1POaKfsAGKcjvQyVOiA2I5cdgVyiOtTJp9hZGXc5OkiynPemlmOHCEr0KshCGdKFmb9eMFsaGjOimPgFOmRtezkN_5zt5qkeYg8jEi7IdcrcXZ_IDTXjpLDWi3KlgTpdGL7-I9mAH0OPaeUIlymvahVIA81pZVlTd8/s2462/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.41.58%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="2462" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFq2Bjp01W8QsnVIZJq-Vs1A2t1POaKfsAGKcjvQyVOiA2I5cdgVyiOtTJp9hZGXc5OkiynPemlmOHCEr0KshCGdKFmb9eMFsaGjOimPgFOmRtezkN_5zt5qkeYg8jEi7IdcrcXZ_IDTXjpLDWi3KlgTpdGL7-I9mAH0OPaeUIlymvahVIA81pZVlTd8/w400-h259/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.41.58%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 8:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Move to the top of the tank trap and shoot 2 shots each, near to far, at a 542yd and a 734yd target.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Move to the top of the barrel and repeat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Go prone and repeat, but only with 1 shot per target.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicg7sS_mz6UX7KC_kfyGwcklcMywuWrxQbjq0UJXYEVKEGdgtsNsqE0qZeODfgiykASl8xVOkVq5_s_ZefXiroxfU48FYXwE6et2OEFxG1jEUhHJoI45jOHgaOwnIq2wu4qg0fgAagiWRaZTN3KAkV6LJhpqgFZ2nVYr2QELpmJWW9H6Rdcb5yOOsKmuI/s2062/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.07.36%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="2062" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicg7sS_mz6UX7KC_kfyGwcklcMywuWrxQbjq0UJXYEVKEGdgtsNsqE0qZeODfgiykASl8xVOkVq5_s_ZefXiroxfU48FYXwE6et2OEFxG1jEUhHJoI45jOHgaOwnIq2wu4qg0fgAagiWRaZTN3KAkV6LJhpqgFZ2nVYr2QELpmJWW9H6Rdcb5yOOsKmuI/w400-h223/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.07.36%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results/Learnings: (3 points /8 attempted/ 10 total)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I forgot to update my magnification before the stage, since I had been preoccupied by prepping my phone for a video recording.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I shot the wrong target on the second target from the tank trap, because there were similar-looking ones out in the middle of the hillside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I interpreted the instructions as saying we had to use an arm of the tank trap, but apparently, the middle is also considered the "top". I would've used the middle if I knew that I could.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- After the stage, I noticed that there was fog moving left in the distance. That's a nice indicator of wind direction and speed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- <b><i>Messy</i></b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvXBpoJV1dQ8Q98WQmw5UpuxLNU9engdSMoQfsv1c8NJnb4IQ81_164QEaH5QnEgCPRgnh73kT11SKgUzlw_z2LRgXEKv0dXqaTvaUBOaFtacPG60ChIZqIKoGk0snVUDra81IGK7Y6zN2at_kFst6yYyOj5h2tMVySwSzO9GgDzSQHd-1HWfFQfjygg/s2134/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.40.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="2134" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvXBpoJV1dQ8Q98WQmw5UpuxLNU9engdSMoQfsv1c8NJnb4IQ81_164QEaH5QnEgCPRgnh73kT11SKgUzlw_z2LRgXEKv0dXqaTvaUBOaFtacPG60ChIZqIKoGk0snVUDra81IGK7Y6zN2at_kFst6yYyOj5h2tMVySwSzO9GgDzSQHd-1HWfFQfjygg/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.40.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 9:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- PRS Skills stage on a target at 400yd... shoot from 4 positions.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh556jMvUHtiHqYHKsqjm9tvr1ukmLi9mjz-Q1r4ueyl0-EJxY8yhWTnCnNikUP4Rzgip-wEd2PJzRcrvrNpYqhZ4j6PloJJU5F9W4ByrCQY2netSqIMyXhhrdQ6ZRCkfBxEk3jpB4N8I1YrmGgK1Yxz4TNi4Qy93bfGydcQAjjNfRL7T3JhUOQpZB8umE/s2062/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.07.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="2062" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh556jMvUHtiHqYHKsqjm9tvr1ukmLi9mjz-Q1r4ueyl0-EJxY8yhWTnCnNikUP4Rzgip-wEd2PJzRcrvrNpYqhZ4j6PloJJU5F9W4ByrCQY2netSqIMyXhhrdQ6ZRCkfBxEk3jpB4N8I1YrmGgK1Yxz4TNi4Qy93bfGydcQAjjNfRL7T3JhUOQpZB8umE/w400-h223/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.07.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3J_c8xqtC0s" width="320" youtube-src-id="3J_c8xqtC0s"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results/Learnings: (6 points /7 attempted/ 8 total)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The Coletac rain cover was helpful because it was pouring, and we were no longer in a covered bay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I didn't rush my shots. I took the time to level my bubble.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I had trouble finding the target a couple of times with high magnification.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I had to tiptoe on the left but not on the right. They did try to build up the height of the ground a little bit, but it's still not enough.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The pint-sized gamechanger was ok... barricade style makes the size matter a little less when it comes to elevation differences.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Interestingly, I did double-kneeling sitting on butt for the left, and right leg up kneeling on the right.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJ2EjiQIdUkiThFLmkvPxblYhe5Fo0k_kkIBy7LCxL_T0oJszSinfRoQ1MN1HzYUXCOov55Utz7UE7yZnzboCD3cu0nVFnEIFyHWXwSvU6DOohIfQvHewmFN02Q6nrK5aTa1xyU6re7yMfyNAvj7Oq4Qu-c3kqiabHQ-dYhRB1SJdYBSgiqG56Y6zZzk/s2134/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.40.16%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="2134" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJ2EjiQIdUkiThFLmkvPxblYhe5Fo0k_kkIBy7LCxL_T0oJszSinfRoQ1MN1HzYUXCOov55Utz7UE7yZnzboCD3cu0nVFnEIFyHWXwSvU6DOohIfQvHewmFN02Q6nrK5aTa1xyU6re7yMfyNAvj7Oq4Qu-c3kqiabHQ-dYhRB1SJdYBSgiqG56Y6zZzk/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.40.16%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jh0C-FGcnr7nZQNgyJV9ab-LyyLr6UD0aoXRKqfVr9khq5y7FNhoN5uBD4qluSFxqaJ855bnPqh4Kmz3P6kBgr8Yl4q3xHkqXaQ8hv0ev5aaPupwpyIXtKrdSV62TO0_xtKKoSwUe77I-kWJtGlIQ2j0LdHNvQYgF6wZ6UBnUUrjTKXA20CcgDXhj4A/s2076/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.41.42%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="2076" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jh0C-FGcnr7nZQNgyJV9ab-LyyLr6UD0aoXRKqfVr9khq5y7FNhoN5uBD4qluSFxqaJ855bnPqh4Kmz3P6kBgr8Yl4q3xHkqXaQ8hv0ev5aaPupwpyIXtKrdSV62TO0_xtKKoSwUe77I-kWJtGlIQ2j0LdHNvQYgF6wZ6UBnUUrjTKXA20CcgDXhj4A/w400-h225/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.41.42%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 10:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Move to the cattlegate and shoot at a 460yd circle, 2x. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Repeat from the middle tires, far tires, middle tires, and back at the cattle gate.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxGLoGfc3mp6ek_YX2dEpnCt3k_u10GfWA8w6HH81d-TGoTyzzgusZDRQaT1_MaRSpq5BrQjVgVmQekoLdA6vZoBtmjTe_uRL6eDojECm-tlPG0bMiQUK5QhBVfgmDoRRQuBwCWPoBNUpUIumkCLGf-HmyuziqrqwjXbJy-P7xi4_aqOmfkNgYIzuWJc/s2062/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.08.12%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="2062" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxGLoGfc3mp6ek_YX2dEpnCt3k_u10GfWA8w6HH81d-TGoTyzzgusZDRQaT1_MaRSpq5BrQjVgVmQekoLdA6vZoBtmjTe_uRL6eDojECm-tlPG0bMiQUK5QhBVfgmDoRRQuBwCWPoBNUpUIumkCLGf-HmyuziqrqwjXbJy-P7xi4_aqOmfkNgYIzuWJc/w400-h194/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.08.12%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results/Learnings: (2 points /6-7 attempted/ 10 total)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I considered bringing out my tripod for tripod rear, but someone before me shot from the top ok, and she was of similar enough height, so I skipped the tripod, since barricade style would be quicker.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I got misses on shots that felt perfect, so I suspect that my RPR barrel was <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/03/guardian-long-range-team-match-2022.html">blowing up my bullets again</a>. I wish that I had brought my cleaning supplies. It seems like it would be a pain to do in the field, but it's not actually that bad. I did it so many times the previous day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7a2sB3pW8VL58fuk0sdxdvZ49xypfM_7fmqSufpxMoNzsxd5oANnhsnQms3lCDQUtXVrW3V_A-AcixGhyphenhyphenZbvtVaOkR4W5I1RpO_oeyDiK2ot5gBZg5mOpaD3JHcEeiVbIGtUCutVfrxgRkYt9K69zU8NOm6m9cyy4mAo9_uHjBXb9MV20NGnRxYBDeY/s2076/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.41.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="2076" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7a2sB3pW8VL58fuk0sdxdvZ49xypfM_7fmqSufpxMoNzsxd5oANnhsnQms3lCDQUtXVrW3V_A-AcixGhyphenhyphenZbvtVaOkR4W5I1RpO_oeyDiK2ot5gBZg5mOpaD3JHcEeiVbIGtUCutVfrxgRkYt9K69zU8NOm6m9cyy4mAo9_uHjBXb9MV20NGnRxYBDeY/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.41.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 1:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Move to the barricade and shoot 1 shot each, near to far, at 450yd and 445yd targets. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Repeat from 3 other positions afterwards.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NX7hy1k31sMsMmbYGUTRF6pyHbhTd9IPsfWWye1xjfCENpZ-xW11G9NClbk2gGdwjDl5gAFxCydlHdz7OKap0rr7PgctjUPmHAZTfNLyeD4me57cQYoSJZBFJDS70X9jxOOU-35F8adlsc9pUNeCLwrYjJQU9CATTj2QM6PNJ5xtZ0zj-YeQvNbKrvA/s1880/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.08.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NX7hy1k31sMsMmbYGUTRF6pyHbhTd9IPsfWWye1xjfCENpZ-xW11G9NClbk2gGdwjDl5gAFxCydlHdz7OKap0rr7PgctjUPmHAZTfNLyeD4me57cQYoSJZBFJDS70X9jxOOU-35F8adlsc9pUNeCLwrYjJQU9CATTj2QM6PNJ5xtZ0zj-YeQvNbKrvA/w400-h213/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.08.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AY3e8P384t8" width="320" youtube-src-id="AY3e8P384t8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results/Learnings: (4 points /8 attempted/ 8 total)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I wasn't sure what caused my misses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I struggled a little bit with target finding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- When I saw the wind pick up a little bit, I increased my wind dial before the stage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEk60kzY9Js5JmU-JWRDC2swRIjQYNna8eydAqorGiA8JwQhM2c6IcvDJr3iV6L2niMBlGNKalq_AhQ_d84LAcbOEeUygcjYzG1n4W1-v5-hfvh5JNjKn-iRnblPCeKIkg5HnI22lRofDrdmC9LKZsSRrx1_UOXecgPaAyzRt-Z8m0KvmD6ddgxm0-OB0/s1592/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.41.05%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 2:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Go prone and shoot at 3 circles at 405, 406, and 397yd</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Go to tank trap (anywhere) and repeat, with 2 rounds per target.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFydF2rKSCQq5JkyJfhG7ozWnUCLEQ67OYyCmVbT2y4WynZq9Rnwx9zbRY7I38fhUc4luN3prrVL3DbE-G3tPiNk2SptoDfYv3EfXopInmpBHCBus80y5v7gXQdg8ghNJaJ9sdJfSnuPwojsecFTrsuM8aC8bJcSxg47j65dKx2jOWgPpmS0xYzHAva0/s1880/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.08.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1880" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFydF2rKSCQq5JkyJfhG7ozWnUCLEQ67OYyCmVbT2y4WynZq9Rnwx9zbRY7I38fhUc4luN3prrVL3DbE-G3tPiNk2SptoDfYv3EfXopInmpBHCBus80y5v7gXQdg8ghNJaJ9sdJfSnuPwojsecFTrsuM8aC8bJcSxg47j65dKx2jOWgPpmS0xYzHAva0/w400-h288/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%209.08.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I'm glad that I took the timet o pan left to double-check, since there was another target to the left.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I zoomed out and back in to re-acquire targets more quickly after moving to the tank trap.... finally learning from the past stages' mistakes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Once I was on one, though, panning was easy, since they were all at the same distance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>- FINALLY, A CLEAN STAGE!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIJNf52barqEcGVRZqSNl6LdQeCct-7FupaqXQo7YNTJlcvHqi2dyKKyjMvxMxygXRCLQbCr1aanHcmt_t0vNW9-Z9FTCOrK8y6DjOr2kX3x8uEaqkRJ1nE_52Ls6UFdKHCkJp8rYyWXjnn2h5ejJyEsD2UXTe_b8Qh8dx5Sj04E3kHvWXKuMkW8vUFQ/s2076/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.41.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="2076" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIJNf52barqEcGVRZqSNl6LdQeCct-7FupaqXQo7YNTJlcvHqi2dyKKyjMvxMxygXRCLQbCr1aanHcmt_t0vNW9-Z9FTCOrK8y6DjOr2kX3x8uEaqkRJ1nE_52Ls6UFdKHCkJp8rYyWXjnn2h5ejJyEsD2UXTe_b8Qh8dx5Sj04E3kHvWXKuMkW8vUFQ/w400-h225/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.41.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Overall:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- 44/84 overall</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- 2/5 ladies</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Zoom out and back in after switching positions, to find targets more easily.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Figure out optimal bipod leg heights and gamechanger needs for different bays </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Dialing wind instead of trying to remember to hold worked well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Try moving the scope closer to my eyes on the picatinny, to help with squaring up, per Kevin's suggestion</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXVIkwx80CD4V6GJc1eRaA2-BLPcKzGbViRjBc9gkLIA_8E7DUjU9kc-Ng13tERKpmSr5GpJrT13AiT5ucNGGqpO-bU4z9MMS52d6FiXNO_clePE1snBZWogKHIBWyFRoyMtgDsYIVobiBm__MPCchv5PxM-W6eHpSSeFFnJo-D6bcAEdJCX5cnR65vk/s1592/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.40.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="1134" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXVIkwx80CD4V6GJc1eRaA2-BLPcKzGbViRjBc9gkLIA_8E7DUjU9kc-Ng13tERKpmSr5GpJrT13AiT5ucNGGqpO-bU4z9MMS52d6FiXNO_clePE1snBZWogKHIBWyFRoyMtgDsYIVobiBm__MPCchv5PxM-W6eHpSSeFFnJo-D6bcAEdJCX5cnR65vk/w456-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.40.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBMDALA0KhmH1UKitDVXv-Qg4S2hDsHV1V8cmR-xyncAuuLm4jCP0ZpEQHZ6Enevv2F4NIPrmUj7N6UnzcR58D9oNSGPqbgaA_42Ie5RPNxXX0MKO0H_1fXPYCFBVoT3LfKIrPY2ufs_tH0JMpvkowEnA6zTL502J8IdSxwJC3cdWzSRrYCpF2K0Pzpk/s1592/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.40.55%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="1134" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBMDALA0KhmH1UKitDVXv-Qg4S2hDsHV1V8cmR-xyncAuuLm4jCP0ZpEQHZ6Enevv2F4NIPrmUj7N6UnzcR58D9oNSGPqbgaA_42Ie5RPNxXX0MKO0H_1fXPYCFBVoT3LfKIrPY2ufs_tH0JMpvkowEnA6zTL502J8IdSxwJC3cdWzSRrYCpF2K0Pzpk/w456-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-25%20at%2010.40.55%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, September 18:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">6 mile ruck with 50# in the v3 rucker in 1:27:34, wearing Garmont T8s, playing Pokemon. I feel like I Haven't worked out in a while, so my body was craving it!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7K6tnKVaFqvB1eYhYiGnwhKmN7XA9F_JYW0b15jXoPOC5SHjC10XKbl-Pu-kbU7biJgo7HOSwOCbjsM6jUQb3Rcp7ZoEAQC603eByODtx8okEAhiKlE3e2_dy6BdLpkyKMFcgQfUNyYTlngZcYJ6LxwCn_bSIUIDzY2_O_83BZkzfy9RJzrPZ_McdR8/s2046/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.10.42%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="2046" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7K6tnKVaFqvB1eYhYiGnwhKmN7XA9F_JYW0b15jXoPOC5SHjC10XKbl-Pu-kbU7biJgo7HOSwOCbjsM6jUQb3Rcp7ZoEAQC603eByODtx8okEAhiKlE3e2_dy6BdLpkyKMFcgQfUNyYTlngZcYJ6LxwCn_bSIUIDzY2_O_83BZkzfy9RJzrPZ_McdR8/w400-h311/Screenshot%202023-11-26%20at%208.10.42%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-28529495690521524942023-11-23T09:30:00.003-05:002023-11-23T09:30:38.306-05:00The Proving Grounds @ Sawmill 2023<p><b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b></p><p><b><u>Sunday, September 3:</u></b></p><p>Uptown recovery ruck while hitting a bunch of Pokegyms using 50# in the v3 rucker, wearing the Salomon XA Comps due to all the sidewalk I'd encounter. My goal was to maximize the number of items I could get, and restock my supply of Pokeballs. I covered 5 miles in 1:43:32.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5EHsjUG6jSRBefvTDJxDihPnHFsuThexiyzSF9cQ8gouL397TdHwPVAczwA5k7aa4OKrx7IpIEKKBhYpZ6yOqaOK8dcnFpii1jM-ihvUf7hzasBHsqouavOSsPQBs54Fo-Zg1RlUojffDhHkjypuWtZ_Aop_NzKgYkkZwi7a17JM4XvceLT9aWOKJm8/s2130/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%207.59.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="2130" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5EHsjUG6jSRBefvTDJxDihPnHFsuThexiyzSF9cQ8gouL397TdHwPVAczwA5k7aa4OKrx7IpIEKKBhYpZ6yOqaOK8dcnFpii1jM-ihvUf7hzasBHsqouavOSsPQBs54Fo-Zg1RlUojffDhHkjypuWtZ_Aop_NzKgYkkZwi7a17JM4XvceLT9aWOKJm8/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%207.59.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, September 4:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Lower Body Prep" in 20:25, then interval run with 4x (0.25 mi @ 7mph, 0.5 mi @ 9mph) for 21:33 in the Adios Boost on a 2 degree treadmill at the gym, which was a little warm.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, September 6:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Glute and Pec PT v2 for 30:15, then 18A "Kettlebell" in 35:47 (big cardio effect) before work.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, September 7:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Plank Series" in 21:25, "Hanging Abs" in 16:48, Glute and pec PT v1 in 25:54.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>THE PROVING GROUNDS @ SAWMILL</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">I've done TPG events multiple times before, but this was my first time being able to make it to one of their Sawmill events. They do change up venues, which is awesome, because having different bays, props, and capabilities from each venue keeps things fresh, and I'm all about that. They do such a good job of designing fun and creative stages at this event series, too.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 3: Oh Baby</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">- Start by lying on a cot with all your gear staged by the bed.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- On the buzzer, get out of bed, put on your gear, grab the sand baby (~40#), and exit your connex room.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- Go to the second floor, where you shoot pistol at 4 targets from the left window, and again from the right window. Unload show clear.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- From the second window, shoot at 7 rifle targets left to right, starting from the blue car. It was the same targets as the ones from the Tactical Sniper series. </p><p style="text-align: left;">- Go to the third window and shoot at a silver car and 2 big targets by the bus. Unload show clear.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- Go downstairs and return the baby to the connex.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- Go around the corner and shoot at the popper to finish.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVX4xv3vrhQ8fa9qMAfu6Za2URmAhG_cX6DQcaIZONZRoRfTEKs4BDiRDD-vXkAgcyLMQVomq3YcdeQs2FAK_UfigGrRpL_U7x8ju3p-7R1EUqC0n916ynegQSedF__6MTue6XkIpy9R_tEj_kYM5pbMV8RDqlp1nt0SOcqUe1bYYPjUOu2rAy3luHkQ/s1120/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.06.24%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1120" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVX4xv3vrhQ8fa9qMAfu6Za2URmAhG_cX6DQcaIZONZRoRfTEKs4BDiRDD-vXkAgcyLMQVomq3YcdeQs2FAK_UfigGrRpL_U7x8ju3p-7R1EUqC0n916ynegQSedF__6MTue6XkIpy9R_tEj_kYM5pbMV8RDqlp1nt0SOcqUe1bYYPjUOu2rAy3luHkQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.06.24%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Learnings/Results:</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">- I missed about 6 pistol shots, surprisingly. Nothing felt obviously wrong.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- Gear management was the name of the game here. I tried to hang on to all my mags, although I could've left it. My armboard fell off at one point, and I had to pick it back up. There was also the rifle and sandbag to deal with.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- I missed a lot on the small rifle target before finally hitting.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- I shouldered the sandbag when carrying it upstairs, but I should've spent the time to shoulder it for all the moderately long movements, instead of farmers carrying it for one of them. It's so much faster.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- 4x power worked fine.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- I set my watch for the timer for the 7 min par time stage, but never checked it.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- Pistol mag retrieval from my belt beneath the plate carrier was difficult. It would be easier to pull it from the plate carrier itself next time. Putaway was also a challenge. </p><p style="text-align: left;">- Earbuds make gear management a bit easier. </p><p style="text-align: left;">- A dump pouch might've helped me with faster mag dumps.</p><p style="text-align: left;">- Overall, it was a good stage for me, though!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xLVC7sT7NYWN0G0B6i-43hsGKlD4EBcYvjcYoRO25s_GxoCzPQTKuR-pgNsUTB7o0yZb_BiTq4JiwnsPRxwg6jfAiUJTiluZUDK2TsbmJ1ZBbslWL5Eidu2hhC9SaVYSb9gqGvyZHE-WFf9H0UMiAvN96LwN-rTeqOJixE1d3qCtwnLFI043Nj3442E/s1602/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.13.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="1596" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xLVC7sT7NYWN0G0B6i-43hsGKlD4EBcYvjcYoRO25s_GxoCzPQTKuR-pgNsUTB7o0yZb_BiTq4JiwnsPRxwg6jfAiUJTiluZUDK2TsbmJ1ZBbslWL5Eidu2hhC9SaVYSb9gqGvyZHE-WFf9H0UMiAvN96LwN-rTeqOJixE1d3qCtwnLFI043Nj3442E/w399-h400/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.13.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsS0MQZwTHnb_H3NNZ8XLFr9mrnhyphenhyphen2qhyphenhyphen7lEZojtJjqeHGNh-N19s-4DBtm8msS-PlZ-g892kOshOx0rlw-8T7R866-KKkeeSZmG5SwV4IF9IbvU5jjr8iRCF-NDqcnp6oqe917K6m3vWaoS3eD9xs5x78yFD-zm66wroMqE3boP9L2nH4J0t-jpo-MsM/s2128/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.13.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="2128" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsS0MQZwTHnb_H3NNZ8XLFr9mrnhyphenhyphen2qhyphenhyphen7lEZojtJjqeHGNh-N19s-4DBtm8msS-PlZ-g892kOshOx0rlw-8T7R866-KKkeeSZmG5SwV4IF9IbvU5jjr8iRCF-NDqcnp6oqe917K6m3vWaoS3eD9xs5x78yFD-zm66wroMqE3boP9L2nH4J0t-jpo-MsM/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.13.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 4: Long Way Around:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Exit the car with mags in but with nothing chambered. Grab the scuba tank from the back of the pickup.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Go along the path, hitting 2 shots per cardboard pistol target, some partially covered by no-shoots. You were allowed to get really close to the targets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Put the tank down on a torso and then run up the hill to the long range bay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Move to the prop and shoot at 10x 200yd targets (No restrictions on position).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Move to the sandbag and shoot prone at 8 targets @ 400yd</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Run back and return the tank to the truck, then shoot at a last popper to end the time.</div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInso_hpfmLj92dsjKy7FBbm2DFf16QWAXgt1slM55W8cC-fwYfekSR_Y79kIMyCsNs0QbxNOF75sAjliRDB_snffbdO5pKh7CgxNQJVmvtXSWe1mGN9erfEQkwweCCMNfb2LGCC8L5GmfYvi190JQ58NsfQ05AM6AeoKD1F5tee5awswm4WZafThiVQ0/s1350/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.06.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1084" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInso_hpfmLj92dsjKy7FBbm2DFf16QWAXgt1slM55W8cC-fwYfekSR_Y79kIMyCsNs0QbxNOF75sAjliRDB_snffbdO5pKh7CgxNQJVmvtXSWe1mGN9erfEQkwweCCMNfb2LGCC8L5GmfYvi190JQ58NsfQ05AM6AeoKD1F5tee5awswm4WZafThiVQ0/w514-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.06.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Learnings/Results:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- One guy who went before me noted that it's better to have an even number of rounds in your first pistol mag, since we had to double-tap each target, and the number of targets meant that we were sure to run out. Super smart!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- The wires from the scuba pack got all tangled up on my pistol when I tried to take the pack off. I should've calmly taken my time to fix it, instead of fumbling fast as much as I did. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- It took me many tries on the 400yd target to get the right hold. I should've taken the time to check my dope before shooting. I needed a full 1.5 mil, but I was under-holding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- It was good that I took the time to wear both straps on the scuba pack on the way out, especially while I was shooting, but I should've taken the time to put on both straps instead of just 1 on the way back, too. It was a long way to run, still.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I don't even remember if I shot the pistol targets along the right side of the path one-handed or two-handed. Based on the pictures, I went one-handed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I used 46 rounds of rifle, although 20 rounds would've done it if I hadn't missed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I used 77gr 5.56 for the farther targets. I brought 3 rifle mags but didn't touch the third. The pre-emptive mag change that I did when switching from the 200yd to 400yd target position was smart, though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVB6j_GZRIsDGh0dVqty7-UmHAKI-9VknPu2bBmsxvodf5zDeARV4NoR3w-MphuYT77mPDsYz2ACTOueJxYSFL6eU6exI80twBIAXIRgWXuG67Ee0H8x42k0HFZsB_MTUhU2y8MQDJUrU1TzX0zn4E06ysWa6jbT78v_NHWFjMrxvoyAxeMoh0kanBYQ/s1736/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.49.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="1144" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVB6j_GZRIsDGh0dVqty7-UmHAKI-9VknPu2bBmsxvodf5zDeARV4NoR3w-MphuYT77mPDsYz2ACTOueJxYSFL6eU6exI80twBIAXIRgWXuG67Ee0H8x42k0HFZsB_MTUhU2y8MQDJUrU1TzX0zn4E06ysWa6jbT78v_NHWFjMrxvoyAxeMoh0kanBYQ/w422-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.49.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Run to the high rock, and shoot at 10 targets at 100yd. Put the rifle on the table on safe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Grab a different Atlas stone on each round trip, with each trip's distance getting further. After each pistol trip, go back and do the rifle series again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- For the first trip, shoot 2 pistol rounds on a giant silhouette.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- For the second trip, hit the 6 plate rack, then 3 big targets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- For the third trip, hit the small popper, a dueling tree, and a silhouette.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Go back and do the rifle engagement again at the end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYDDFekkslMAXLwCRQ7bQYup6WEBFqIhUKhrMSHQiDZ5SALQDG49Hq5QjaR0LW7w1Zqscnr4jkRVw8OAink0JGH2kGD14KTKN_cuzx_Q2Vssa3h6-XjOvrb2LA7b39cbh_89ZUGsydSwRIys90qPztW0wQwfBDT0vlNPLy4w5tkrun8DT__ppovfwJYI/s1198/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.07.06%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="1198" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYDDFekkslMAXLwCRQ7bQYup6WEBFqIhUKhrMSHQiDZ5SALQDG49Hq5QjaR0LW7w1Zqscnr4jkRVw8OAink0JGH2kGD14KTKN_cuzx_Q2Vssa3h6-XjOvrb2LA7b39cbh_89ZUGsydSwRIys90qPztW0wQwfBDT0vlNPLy4w5tkrun8DT__ppovfwJYI/w400-h148/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.07.06%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Learnings/Results:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I fought the 9th rifle target for a while, even though it was th esame size as the others. It was odd. I eventually skipped it and took the penalty, since a "miss" was worth 30s, anyways.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I wanted to be able to carry all the same weights as the men. The Atlas stones were tough, and I did time out before doing the last series of rifle shots. I gave it what I had, though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- My pistol wasn't as good as usual, especially by the third trip when I was gassed from all the balls. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- During rifle, I tried to pan the upper part of my body instead of taking the time to adjust my base. I should know better.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I could've taken a 60s penalty for "failure to do work" with the balls, but that didn't seem to be in the spirit of the match to skip it completely like that, although it would've been equal in time impact, but I wouldn't have been gassed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- It's not easy to always remember to chamber a round when you have to start unchambered! Each match and sometimes each stage has different starting condition rules.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Normally, lower positions are more stable, but I felt much more stable from the high rock position for rifle. 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text-align: left;">- Repeat from prone through a hole in a low wall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Abandon the rifle on safe and do the O-course with a balance beam, over then under the sternum checkers, barbed wire, go through the window, over the RR tie wall, cargo net, and tyrollean traverse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Go back to the three shooting positions but do them with pistol this time, on closer pistol targets, going L->R, 2x from each position.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdekZ-G2kGvIO470pGB35qLCbI0UBK2EYACUFDO1fl2JRlGeTqiobA-ZcqJShCyCzanZX7MRJJqC5haux6OqeH1wmJdTjqWiOrvjuZKdm2vL_TWO8xfWpPQC-FDxhvH-rqOB0O91t9VgfEsuGZ6qwW6vQUM4zooNZ5vFPQE4aFNbQ_5i8VpqqArsp7xGc/s1198/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.07.26%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="1198" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdekZ-G2kGvIO470pGB35qLCbI0UBK2EYACUFDO1fl2JRlGeTqiobA-ZcqJShCyCzanZX7MRJJqC5haux6OqeH1wmJdTjqWiOrvjuZKdm2vL_TWO8xfWpPQC-FDxhvH-rqOB0O91t9VgfEsuGZ6qwW6vQUM4zooNZ5vFPQE4aFNbQ_5i8VpqqArsp7xGc/s320/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.07.26%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><b>Results/Learnings:</b><div>- I had to fight with the #4 standing rifle target, oddly, even though it was the same distance as the others.</div><div>- I ended up using exactly 30 rifle rounds, but I did have a spare mag in case I needed it.</div><div>- I went through 3 pistol mags plus 2 rounds. I should've taken more time on my shots to be more accurate, but I tried to push the pace a bit too hard vs my capabilities.</div><div>- My pistol mags stayed in, even when I went inverted on the cargo net on the O-course. </div><div>- The obstacles weren't too bad, so it didn't impact my HR much.</div><div>- My right glute had gotten a bit strained from the Atlas stones in the previous stage, but it was OK during this stage.</div><div>- It was nice resting my left elbow on my plate carrier while shooting standing, like I saw someone else doing. 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Clear, go to the front of the bus, and drag Rescue Randy (they did scale this one part, so that the womens' division didn't have to drag as far)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Shoot some close rifle targets from inside the short connex.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Run all the way to the red truck overlooking the cliff, get into the truck bed, and shoot 2 close targets and 2 far targets (the far right one is small)... I did decide to skip that one after struggling enough with the bigger far target. It would've taken 30+ seconds anyways.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxzlzP1dMRdkz6MRsFpg7DfQhpUFfVySqIvfd3ykCgjX9knEtU71r0z_7A2dw07vhfLPzJutkWKsHssfij7PhQTEXQIEKa_g1QsNv06qyAUzIx_P2x36l6kqWA0jamaL91p_GqNRV4J-zr-1iyjLN4rWy-BMzXGqWKmpq8APQWQinD1Nninp7zCa2JZs/s1132/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.07.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1132" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxzlzP1dMRdkz6MRsFpg7DfQhpUFfVySqIvfd3ykCgjX9knEtU71r0z_7A2dw07vhfLPzJutkWKsHssfij7PhQTEXQIEKa_g1QsNv06qyAUzIx_P2x36l6kqWA0jamaL91p_GqNRV4J-zr-1iyjLN4rWy-BMzXGqWKmpq8APQWQinD1Nninp7zCa2JZs/s320/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%208.07.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Results/Learnings:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- After shooting the 100yd rifle targets with 55gr, I did a mag change on the run to a fresh one with 77gr, which I thought was a good plan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- I was looking into the sun for the far rifle targets, which made it harder.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6yZHB-wW4EnoFSUMI04091mk70XwnT5WTE5zOJeCVORHn4yxgvm4rCubTi_vpvXepTbrnhCgSdK7hJJ0IS2Iw8sVX7Z8yeCW3aGOau7OxGjZQshQrcF2vwKbPRQ38EYWJLlQ-R49sky0_myB1_JiLY7YFn4eMBrm7nCCD5odQ52a1TaZEVO8HEVkpqg/s1736/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%209.12.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="1154" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6yZHB-wW4EnoFSUMI04091mk70XwnT5WTE5zOJeCVORHn4yxgvm4rCubTi_vpvXepTbrnhCgSdK7hJJ0IS2Iw8sVX7Z8yeCW3aGOau7OxGjZQshQrcF2vwKbPRQ38EYWJLlQ-R49sky0_myB1_JiLY7YFn4eMBrm7nCCD5odQ52a1TaZEVO8HEVkpqg/w426-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%209.12.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>OVERALL</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- 29th out of 56 overall, first and only woman. Not bad, even with the bad stage 5.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Key takeaways: take the extra time to properly check dope, don heavy items properly, adjust positions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- Need to back off on speed enough to actually make all my hits. 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It's a series that I've never shot before, so I wanted to check it out. They did sponsor one of the stages at my very first TPG and at a later one... they have some challenging rifle courses of fire!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o7K6mU0SYsD_d5q9gG10WkTwMuIL5l9IdgpmeTBbwPbut7K2Ag7TM0ghcaLym6A1Mou_wsu36LRv9d8dIARjfaUgsDH8VwBZNSTbZL9CpzUz8uPwxlggtDF8c0gSMR05cU33KVnsy2Aq4JO4oAetffMZyZ89n1M965kCn0R550H2Li6NTPbmc7ye9rE/s2132/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%209.19.40%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="2132" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o7K6mU0SYsD_d5q9gG10WkTwMuIL5l9IdgpmeTBbwPbut7K2Ag7TM0ghcaLym6A1Mou_wsu36LRv9d8dIARjfaUgsDH8VwBZNSTbZL9CpzUz8uPwxlggtDF8c0gSMR05cU33KVnsy2Aq4JO4oAetffMZyZ89n1M965kCn0R550H2Li6NTPbmc7ye9rE/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%209.19.40%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also collected range candy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNuFZtJOURhjKrric_Rnjfalkk84CG8Usa2cSqD2MpEfILCQQTV8yu1hNKmWM0NDr5yLZl82XPB9DWeNzEomNDCMO__tKj9oWbKZS3zDEk0v8v0hdFf0fH9I3foMWvCIolrHrfaW75__oA_xC4qjt5139QU15ofl-wKP3iIjdJtl-gXlrIBTngfhq1iI/s1604/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%209.23.44%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="1604" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNuFZtJOURhjKrric_Rnjfalkk84CG8Usa2cSqD2MpEfILCQQTV8yu1hNKmWM0NDr5yLZl82XPB9DWeNzEomNDCMO__tKj9oWbKZS3zDEk0v8v0hdFf0fH9I3foMWvCIolrHrfaW75__oA_xC4qjt5139QU15ofl-wKP3iIjdJtl-gXlrIBTngfhq1iI/w400-h400/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%209.23.44%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I went to my friend's range afterwards. For GORUCK Shooter, this was makeup month for drills, so I <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/07/carolina-klubb-o-meet-kings-mountain.html">retried the April 2023 drill</a>, this time in the daytime.<p></p></div><div><br /></div><div>I did pass this time! Getting the course of fire right and getting the timer to pick up my moving and shooting shots made some for some extra attempts. Heart rate wasn't a big issue this time, though. It was cloudy every now and then, and I drank cold water and wore a sun hoodie.</div><div><br /></div><div>The May 2023 drill reshoot wasn't quite as successful. I tried about 30x and was doing my "sprints" very slowly by the end. I estimate that I ran about 3300m. I used about 21 sheets of targets, too. </div><div><br /></div><div>I did kind of pass once, if grease marks count, but I accidentally deleted that video when trying to free up space on my phone. Very disappointing to realize. But maybe it's better in the long run that I try again later and pass with 100% certainty, anyways.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WpASZ2ZnD56ByfpS2GVSv3WePn8MaV153kJmHdOdrSbT0SCDzHQQ5tAXni7tA8S5A0N2NDLNyM74kGuHL4AyspNDpXpfEBXq3sD1vg8Kal_xWki0F4Ka-uMxixrfPzhlx_t4pdD4fao05UXI9e6ZzhALa5e9v2e06pw0GhEztxTmoLoE0_9kiI4teUs/s1604/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%209.24.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="1194" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WpASZ2ZnD56ByfpS2GVSv3WePn8MaV153kJmHdOdrSbT0SCDzHQQ5tAXni7tA8S5A0N2NDLNyM74kGuHL4AyspNDpXpfEBXq3sD1vg8Kal_xWki0F4Ka-uMxixrfPzhlx_t4pdD4fao05UXI9e6ZzhALa5e9v2e06pw0GhEztxTmoLoE0_9kiI4teUs/w476-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%209.24.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="476" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUgBGBeLFzPlMfTRXAZMHnHMdtke5tgfBGdfWA0i9E80MDkBmiTyEwY2pGbM3NaMgdtNgOH5jwlRywaROoSRcwM9Zv3XatcQTqWQoz3Bb2xTHEWKc4OkOYG7JFh-t9XL3Q1oD0uXrSfEkuK2ItvM7oSEvbU2y0Lj7CReFEbrnsHstQ1Twy-vUjipUbHQ/s1604/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%209.24.07%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="1194" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUgBGBeLFzPlMfTRXAZMHnHMdtke5tgfBGdfWA0i9E80MDkBmiTyEwY2pGbM3NaMgdtNgOH5jwlRywaROoSRcwM9Zv3XatcQTqWQoz3Bb2xTHEWKc4OkOYG7JFh-t9XL3Q1oD0uXrSfEkuK2ItvM7oSEvbU2y0Lj7CReFEbrnsHstQ1Twy-vUjipUbHQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-11-23%20at%209.24.07%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="238" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-42650883327281752152023-11-22T17:49:00.003-05:002023-11-22T17:49:18.941-05:00The Search for Big Mack 2023 Rogaine by TanZ<p><b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b></p><p><b><u>Sunday, Aug 27:</u></b></p><p>Glute and pec PT v2 in 32:22, 18A "Lower Body Prep" in 27:43, "Lower Push BW" in 47 min. My glute was sore today, including during workouts, maybe from the ruck a couple days ago. The backs of my shoulders were sore, too.</p><p><b><u>Monday, Aug 28:</u></b></p><p>Center - Day 11 - Rinse & Day 12 - Unwind Yoga with Adriene. Used the TENS unit on the glute today, too. </p><p><b><u>Tuesday, Aug 29:</u></b></p><p>2 min of HRPU: 45</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c72IUWYbIaU" width="320" youtube-src-id="c72IUWYbIaU"></iframe></div><p>1 min of Pull-ups: 12</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vNQ_P5OpM9o" width="320" youtube-src-id="vNQ_P5OpM9o"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>Dinner, and then glute and pec PT v2 in 28:40, then 18A "Deadlift / KB" in 50:30, then "Hollow" in 16 min.</p><p><b><u>Thursday, Aug 31:</u></b></p><p>Center - Day 1 - Show Up & Day 10 - Energy Yoga with Adriene. Been low-energy and hungrier this week.</p><p><b><u>Friday, Sep 1:</u></b></p><p>Glute and pec PT v2 in 25:49, and v1 in 28:20, then 18A "Upper PUsh / Chin-up" in 44:25.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SEARCH FOR BIG MACK 10-HOUR ROGAINE</b></p><p>This was my second time doing a Rogaine, with my first being one that I happened to find in town during a business trip to <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/05/ohio.html">Ohio</a> in February.</p><p>Unlike the traditional orienteering events that I normally do, which have a list of mandatory checkpoints to find in a specific sequence, rogaines involve more strategy because you can find as many or as few points as you want within the time limit, and different checkpoints can be worth different numbers of points, so there's a lot more strategy involved. I think I enjoy the strategy aspect a lot, since the mind comes into play, and can help offset any physical advantages that others may have, or give you an upper hand in addition to any physical advantages you may have.</p><p>Mark Lattanzi, founder of TanZ Navigation, literally wrote the book on map and compass navigation ("Squiggly Lines"). He hosts one or two events each year, of which the "Winter Wildcat Rogaine" has been the premier one more recently. That one is a weekend-long event with two 10-hour rogaines. That seems like a lot to dive into after only being used to doing only 3-hour time capped ones one per month, so SB and I were excited to learn about this more manageable single-day 10-hour event called "The Search for Big Mack". </p><p>We decided to do it as a team of two, since it is a longer event, so it's good from a safety and a sharing-the-nav-load perspective. </p><p><br /></p><p>We left town on Friday so that we could check in the day before and get our maps and start planning, which meant that I got to see my doggie friend.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLg6L9O8wjZz0Gpx6bpzOA8sJkPB4ecKA7Sg0WSAd2-EorC5hayjGuldRVfGheftfu0viK_7i3a0EbFSP7Ru8s4-xszJNQ5ehNEbceAoDySTCyQnlSqfi1-NBjY2L6f7npYdPp2zFjWBgcwYMgoZTJoYXqU6KaBvb3TX5sG2MCroye9sQgrsCDX7A2Wc/s2136/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%204.05.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="2136" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLg6L9O8wjZz0Gpx6bpzOA8sJkPB4ecKA7Sg0WSAd2-EorC5hayjGuldRVfGheftfu0viK_7i3a0EbFSP7Ru8s4-xszJNQ5ehNEbceAoDySTCyQnlSqfi1-NBjY2L6f7npYdPp2zFjWBgcwYMgoZTJoYXqU6KaBvb3TX5sG2MCroye9sQgrsCDX7A2Wc/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%204.05.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">We picked up our maps at the Lake Powhatan Boy Scout Camp dining hall, which was adorned with the world's largest CP flag.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="2138" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyY8N2tHNucoOGMCCa6niXpzSVbfOOKU0A9dUNIVHAOs6diEvECN2M_rBG09PbilUosK8w3ci9q0oq1DLsSb_qDl1Qv73BGAZi9SvgzxGVuIZ3FQfiUXpAhD3fmETmmYHJnc0gC5wA_tEpzl6N33qsfmdgbvBr5qg-18ZXgMnlzlUy9TG-1bRFx9RnnaE/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%204.50.10%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">You could do the O-course whenever, and we decided to take it on first thing. With the O-course, you do have to hit the points in succession, or else you get a penalty that made it far less worth it. Almost everyone did the O-course first, it seemed.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cGCJL-RL9bC-tzASsgB7FfE214oymlJG9ZQTbiczPcZ3zkt8DzLy8L7obqoU2YgsUiycOmoUAJo-fSpzE-IyjMA4SjaYtaUxttkSsaAadu6lYQjh_ziFw0SiHD9Weo62MKRf4YOKDDkOJy1scJUySI6q6TrKic4EG-LQqQHKL2rxXSYrtkOdgJHrJSQ/s2122/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.36.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="2122" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cGCJL-RL9bC-tzASsgB7FfE214oymlJG9ZQTbiczPcZ3zkt8DzLy8L7obqoU2YgsUiycOmoUAJo-fSpzE-IyjMA4SjaYtaUxttkSsaAadu6lYQjh_ziFw0SiHD9Weo62MKRf4YOKDDkOJy1scJUySI6q6TrKic4EG-LQqQHKL2rxXSYrtkOdgJHrJSQ/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.36.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p>There was a very tricky point early on, that left a lot of teams searching for a while. What we were seeing path-wise on the ground didn't quite line up with what we would've expected based on the map. That ate up a good bit of time. </p><p>We got back on track and were eventually rolling again, though. We crossed a dam, which was fun, and then we climbed straight uphill. We followed terrain contours well for the next couple. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCoVN55u291W-OO02JQNNwIZakFZ27H4b72ZdyXpdzZt7GmDxnoTCDn4-VTTrYJeoTj7p1P_r0-eBgiuhYTzdw7HFQPmkK1f4Qm7YRVNQHkBj6mX0Cld1uAzjT-wXOCbVjtIT7Sw-1A1KEUUQb7AJ2UmbP37IUPxKGL_jiZwhM14xlQj4TFnRt_dSgNQ/s2516/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%204.50.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="2516" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCoVN55u291W-OO02JQNNwIZakFZ27H4b72ZdyXpdzZt7GmDxnoTCDn4-VTTrYJeoTj7p1P_r0-eBgiuhYTzdw7HFQPmkK1f4Qm7YRVNQHkBj6mX0Cld1uAzjT-wXOCbVjtIT7Sw-1A1KEUUQb7AJ2UmbP37IUPxKGL_jiZwhM14xlQj4TFnRt_dSgNQ/w400-h225/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%204.50.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTgswKfrRKVgfhXcw9HMWyDKYWIru-UX1113ky_Uc73O7zpxH92p3q5hkwf9OLoBeK4ETtgL8bUKfLM9HLCEbrSQIaErH3SCE4r8h93NymfEfgWHzeZ64TXDH12o0_AAIwteAqZKZjgram5jugsHu7Sr8pMAkOpkufQi7VuA8rjzTC8tPei2HtEKWkMI/s2134/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.01.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1598" data-original-width="2134" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTgswKfrRKVgfhXcw9HMWyDKYWIru-UX1113ky_Uc73O7zpxH92p3q5hkwf9OLoBeK4ETtgL8bUKfLM9HLCEbrSQIaErH3SCE4r8h93NymfEfgWHzeZ64TXDH12o0_AAIwteAqZKZjgram5jugsHu7Sr8pMAkOpkufQi7VuA8rjzTC8tPei2HtEKWkMI/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.01.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p>We got thrown off by one random road in real life that wasn't really anything, which was a good lesson in measuring as many intermediate distances as possible during route planning, since we would've realized that it was nothing because it had come way too soon to be anything on the map. SB figured out where we really were, and we continued on. We were able to stop by HQ to refit on water and use the restroom since it was somewhat on the way, which was convenient.</p><p>We followed trails for sure paths, identified the rootstock landmark that indicated when we should leave the path and follow a bearing, ran into another team that had gotten lost trying to follow a bearing for a long way instead of taking a sure path and then cutting out later. We found our next point and made our way back to the next point and then home base. </p><p>At home base, we turned in our punch card for the O-course and got our next passport. They had snacks, which were a welcome sight.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzzs6l1C8PEdXCMPnxgHtGfsJ3Ks8480jes74XfvJy54V9Yhj5C7OJi0Nl5UuFqB2VDalRklpV7ZxHb9KjB_wy4Z6FAfe11zHBakOIBaco6UGagQ4PW7h76-MeFNs3fUNneamwqqgHdniMY8HSzTa99uKFCzMpEI8LpKbetgi6zFbLConGv5BAI4P0Gs/s1592/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.36.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="1198" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzzs6l1C8PEdXCMPnxgHtGfsJ3Ks8480jes74XfvJy54V9Yhj5C7OJi0Nl5UuFqB2VDalRklpV7ZxHb9KjB_wy4Z6FAfe11zHBakOIBaco6UGagQ4PW7h76-MeFNs3fUNneamwqqgHdniMY8HSzTa99uKFCzMpEI8LpKbetgi6zFbLConGv5BAI4P0Gs/w482-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.36.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="482" /></a></p><p>Now that the O-Course was done, it was time to set off on the big course, where we had much more flexibility on where we wanted to go.</p><p>Our first point on the big map had us go along a river. We spent way too long trying to avoid getting our feet wet... we, of all people. It would've been faster to go all in from the start, because we got wet eventually, anyways, and just took way longer to get there. I do like how camouflaged I am!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3X83HWoyWK0cZIhNIZtob8TqPzQ028kT3S2KgwuH4Jqsg-5DyiGNdxIv115yZeN2BsXmpNAeYL6vI2-PJ5uhkpP_XWCMZTl54Q6gAj5p5TE3pveNznFYT9b1_0bc-nIsErQF8liazCtTTfrsnx-OghUNU2Znkc2eBfKV7fy8qBM59Q9no5l0ST2QXWIQ/s2420/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.05.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="2420" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3X83HWoyWK0cZIhNIZtob8TqPzQ028kT3S2KgwuH4Jqsg-5DyiGNdxIv115yZeN2BsXmpNAeYL6vI2-PJ5uhkpP_XWCMZTl54Q6gAj5p5TE3pveNznFYT9b1_0bc-nIsErQF8liazCtTTfrsnx-OghUNU2Znkc2eBfKV7fy8qBM59Q9no5l0ST2QXWIQ/w400-h189/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.05.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">SB found a nice shortcut to get us up to the path, and we took another nice terrain feature down to the point. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="2132" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJJXfDncMIlrVlL0RqFWqo23aI12t8tmPjcN-HFRhi7fMNbNZedrIQvIlotti_5oVgQW_Tr3V35k-wamlMemVIX6tHVhtDqdDrAM45s_5zy_sy27IkmUJRUQRVDa6VLWajkGaEbaSrwHnFnyNnje9ejs6fbPPpUr5hLveqJMCvTgBaOxZggZYa9otFg0/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.09.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">We got another point hidden in a watery area.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vcudFuYr0eThWWc7XKDbTLX1NCAOCR54fGf1WJLwivQ54ZPej66tJtpz9fU5gBjE3My9rBet3cGIG27XrZv5K-ohclI2bKGbQLG8CHFlk0apnWGqMRiq87QhHeAsjlFJAjVINlASqD6ImXd5oXh2D0e5Fiowiq7ox70H21nCWFco-08S39HqV2HKug8/s2132/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.11.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="2132" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vcudFuYr0eThWWc7XKDbTLX1NCAOCR54fGf1WJLwivQ54ZPej66tJtpz9fU5gBjE3My9rBet3cGIG27XrZv5K-ohclI2bKGbQLG8CHFlk0apnWGqMRiq87QhHeAsjlFJAjVINlASqD6ImXd5oXh2D0e5Fiowiq7ox70H21nCWFco-08S39HqV2HKug8/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.11.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">And then we went on a long walk on a trail called "Shelby's Dream" to get a point slightly off the trail, and then we hiked way up a mountain to get our next point.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBnMQRzB8Iu7u8PT6dhSRTMbPuCX58dIi8bXQZTHm9bwICMZcLbwTTznYOx-UQDQUFQR498GmnZYsNVt9EvuFu3qLRhw6wpWEjMR9CBVVRJAHn5XDsKYQ2cdkliPYIBILcNkh46Xso7QWAefpAVH4InJPi6H6rRYklEAkDGBs6qsIyWxt7D_dDd2CZ2Q/s2132/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.11.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="2132" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBnMQRzB8Iu7u8PT6dhSRTMbPuCX58dIi8bXQZTHm9bwICMZcLbwTTznYOx-UQDQUFQR498GmnZYsNVt9EvuFu3qLRhw6wpWEjMR9CBVVRJAHn5XDsKYQ2cdkliPYIBILcNkh46Xso7QWAefpAVH4InJPi6H6rRYklEAkDGBs6qsIyWxt7D_dDd2CZ2Q/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.11.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">We could've considered going a bit further and off the mountain to get another point, but there didn't seem to be super clear landmarks, and it involved going down and back up many contour lines, so we decided to skip it. Our legs were already pretty tired from going up the mountain!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYAr4IGFaUQXr6DMCo-QsltXfJebbiyVh-ejkVpHiKA43yJoa4G1w5l0-3GFX8wp-GDzZ1fbFau5E9Q0u5zIab1LK1hNAkaVkwJx5vbCR816C_mYT-glwIGA_VTiPRKUi3M5LD2dzT9BZ7PeueeIvUjFkBiDOdg0qa3y8ghoN8FgSLstvue2E1j3qiUU/s2358/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.16.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="2358" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYAr4IGFaUQXr6DMCo-QsltXfJebbiyVh-ejkVpHiKA43yJoa4G1w5l0-3GFX8wp-GDzZ1fbFau5E9Q0u5zIab1LK1hNAkaVkwJx5vbCR816C_mYT-glwIGA_VTiPRKUi3M5LD2dzT9BZ7PeueeIvUjFkBiDOdg0qa3y8ghoN8FgSLstvue2E1j3qiUU/w400-h271/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.16.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">We did go for one by a "small waterfall"... small indeed, but very cool. I used the direction of the waterway on the map (north-south) to figure out which fork of the waterway to follow to get to the point.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhH0SvoXo1Oai-qBGumEkwubzeeuqNFlQudsaRj5E-f8FCtUVebRMSa7th3EaO5AduM2F6qKZ3sUBg_Vm5Ai7hyphenhyphencn6QgcH14DXl78zUVs_FWyvbOuk9s6Bydgnf7S75zwEzQLA6_GAc7oZQtsd9CDcBrVoracTtkg0LFqwYZL2bQG8xYYv2aifigRgeYk/s1602/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.15.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="1196" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhH0SvoXo1Oai-qBGumEkwubzeeuqNFlQudsaRj5E-f8FCtUVebRMSa7th3EaO5AduM2F6qKZ3sUBg_Vm5Ai7hyphenhyphencn6QgcH14DXl78zUVs_FWyvbOuk9s6Bydgnf7S75zwEzQLA6_GAc7oZQtsd9CDcBrVoracTtkg0LFqwYZL2bQG8xYYv2aifigRgeYk/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.15.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">We went back down the mountain, finding some natural hiking sticks to help us, and we walked through some cool-looking trails to hit our attack point for the next CP... we resisted the urge to do sensual orienteering and just guess where we should turn into the forest randomly.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7W-zFyczHA2923uYN9WVp7iVmff-uzdcYJCK85xeLv8uJEyN9jeInZhNP9cYddGgcqLll9ZmDS3OvaWeSqI0O-BkBfCqOy1o8tvLJXx7qNF9f08CVwJgEIXxCu4lkcFP8ck3KphO0m8M42uA4NaIX20cmHapeRgjgTk7BNj3opU0KFQFupDMbjm9bXm0/s1568/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.18.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="1528" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7W-zFyczHA2923uYN9WVp7iVmff-uzdcYJCK85xeLv8uJEyN9jeInZhNP9cYddGgcqLll9ZmDS3OvaWeSqI0O-BkBfCqOy1o8tvLJXx7qNF9f08CVwJgEIXxCu4lkcFP8ck3KphO0m8M42uA4NaIX20cmHapeRgjgTk7BNj3opU0KFQFupDMbjm9bXm0/w390-h400/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.18.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="390" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG64O9uhsjP47-hWv4_K3lPjvi4U-oz2Ofa7Ilz6lrjpSj3ayRymGkZXKzd3grPxpyJP2UfY0eomBabtMaea9ArVFiDQr3hKZgz2BY69DaJMRPffXA9Ju6S1vloqWr9RfE1_D68anL7-j2h-jz_lac8TCHFBxrKk4B7G3Bl0rFcUh3rCP5Ux5CztpLzSs/s2410/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.20.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="2410" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG64O9uhsjP47-hWv4_K3lPjvi4U-oz2Ofa7Ilz6lrjpSj3ayRymGkZXKzd3grPxpyJP2UfY0eomBabtMaea9ArVFiDQr3hKZgz2BY69DaJMRPffXA9Ju6S1vloqWr9RfE1_D68anL7-j2h-jz_lac8TCHFBxrKk4B7G3Bl0rFcUh3rCP5Ux5CztpLzSs/w400-h189/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.20.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8eaI2WvIDPt-7Uz79hP054pAOM3jbwOGfnAGB-MfjsaPwfzgExbpMwe_KABzfPOy7xmr5RgN85tQcMk8IzS4F2K-92YJifb2qBlZ6BvIR-TiuLZduMLpDLzYKiK_Kk0_eS0lLFFFxkLpFTi5IJWmiVyJR7EbNEFUOSKMaLufwgsyKQiKbFywNvlJ8hg/s1594/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.20.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8eaI2WvIDPt-7Uz79hP054pAOM3jbwOGfnAGB-MfjsaPwfzgExbpMwe_KABzfPOy7xmr5RgN85tQcMk8IzS4F2K-92YJifb2qBlZ6BvIR-TiuLZduMLpDLzYKiK_Kk0_eS0lLFFFxkLpFTi5IJWmiVyJR7EbNEFUOSKMaLufwgsyKQiKbFywNvlJ8hg/w302-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.20.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="302" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">My phone in my sweat-dampened pockets kept going into lockout mode because it kept thinking that I was trying to incorrectly type my password. It would lock me out for longer amounts of time each time. I had to rely on SB to take pictures for the whole second half of the event.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We decided to go up the mountain for a 9-pointer. The "trail" seemed to be more of a re-entrant that had blazes marked on it. Pace counting and paying attention to terrain features got us to the surprising "marsh"atop the mountain, though.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GlZDjcFmITeLGLz4bhj2eCCG7ZpSjwMkPR2gX-dSBrrvcqW4zWOi9l7VozKqGVi0CpUKdZSluz1R8H8ZlbHZaWjMoBFtDcpAAP0b7AL2NvgQljqmIqL-tgcXIhFUlhflaPIOreuAt9qRlb_eEa9DCVBkf9G9oSHek6_KT3n2rcOgjroUyGjXJWs2YWs/s2422/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.29.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="2422" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GlZDjcFmITeLGLz4bhj2eCCG7ZpSjwMkPR2gX-dSBrrvcqW4zWOi9l7VozKqGVi0CpUKdZSluz1R8H8ZlbHZaWjMoBFtDcpAAP0b7AL2NvgQljqmIqL-tgcXIhFUlhflaPIOreuAt9qRlb_eEa9DCVBkf9G9oSHek6_KT3n2rcOgjroUyGjXJWs2YWs/w400-h190/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.29.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3zTwo5M_EtUpiaNBhAwOOs73ymw5yudD2ZoHnEy3r0kMWIcIHu2N9ob-qY1P_9sypNwqUpJjkf2bdtCq8krYOhgnrbKXkWfK0TE0ci68ggUIeJSpD3aRQQZFspqI3kHhqT9T-AXJFBoOXUKTFFsvgpE30ZxRgBcNEWySDQRnYuyWuHsb6eVGtOuxjKw/s2422/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.30.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="2422" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3zTwo5M_EtUpiaNBhAwOOs73ymw5yudD2ZoHnEy3r0kMWIcIHu2N9ob-qY1P_9sypNwqUpJjkf2bdtCq8krYOhgnrbKXkWfK0TE0ci68ggUIeJSpD3aRQQZFspqI3kHhqT9T-AXJFBoOXUKTFFsvgpE30ZxRgBcNEWySDQRnYuyWuHsb6eVGtOuxjKw/w400-h190/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.30.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbgD-TCUcA2K0aOVDsVxjJ3mOec8HZFUfj0GyoS4rjvE8lFiii_JF_VvbX4kX7OPmHWW-Q_KJm2dQh13zlow2hX-t06qD0LJ-8X7hQli0keUTLRVSour-qL4LlUyHKpHRvjxJKJ5O9nr4K34MaKFmof1p8x7YyPCsvojkepdBDDdSQLJ0-99ZCW05q1w/s1486/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.23.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="1486" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbgD-TCUcA2K0aOVDsVxjJ3mOec8HZFUfj0GyoS4rjvE8lFiii_JF_VvbX4kX7OPmHWW-Q_KJm2dQh13zlow2hX-t06qD0LJ-8X7hQli0keUTLRVSour-qL4LlUyHKpHRvjxJKJ5O9nr4K34MaKFmof1p8x7YyPCsvojkepdBDDdSQLJ0-99ZCW05q1w/s320/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.23.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">I was excited to get to search for the one in the "waterfall to pool"... I dove downhill into some thick stuff. It was really dark in there because of all of the tree coverage. Once down there, I saw a dried up body of water, which was odd, because I was expecting a full-on waterfall. I stopped and listened, though, and followed my ears to the sound of moving water and found the point. I realized that I had to find my way back, and now, there was nothing to listen to, to know which way to go. Fortunately, my general sense of direction was enough to get me back to the path, but it was a little sketch for a little while in there.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The next point was pretty straightforward, based on pace counts and terrain features, although knowing where to turn in blew one random guy's mind. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">We had finished the general loop that we had planned, but we still had time, so we decided to go for point 84, which was supposedly slippery. It wasn't that bad, but we did turn in way later than we should've. It was odd, and I still can't explain it. I thought we had pace counted the spot properly. Anyways, I estimated which direction our error was more likely in, found a reentrant with a boulder... not the one we needed, but something close, and we saw a guy and found the point. </p><p style="text-align: left;">We went onwards, and tried to find the next point where two creeks intersected, but never saw that spot. We kept going, found a place to cross, and then found a path to take us back to the creek intersection that we had originally tried to find. That took longer than it should've and was pretty confusing, too. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpm8nrzsGkhnRp2bn1fxzDTyH9lXgwX_FD-JgVHoJOLVsCaZs39-m10H3phrExwUHwsSkXBt_o7SGXSoHh-oL9-rf4twvCnh7SevvwSC6Vh0mlmPBxnG0lML38yWpFky3M8iC3kVLCTcv_XzBNorgs-eRFH8hc1EaZkFTk6fK9OThmDgJmpxPWEc0PRQ/s1464/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.40.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="1216" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpm8nrzsGkhnRp2bn1fxzDTyH9lXgwX_FD-JgVHoJOLVsCaZs39-m10H3phrExwUHwsSkXBt_o7SGXSoHh-oL9-rf4twvCnh7SevvwSC6Vh0mlmPBxnG0lML38yWpFky3M8iC3kVLCTcv_XzBNorgs-eRFH8hc1EaZkFTk6fK9OThmDgJmpxPWEc0PRQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.40.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="266" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">It was tempting to go one point further, but we knew that the penalty for being late was severe, so we decided to head back and bank what we had. It was a good move, because a surprising number of teams came back late, which is a big deal. You can't get too greedy or over-confident. The number of teams that were late show how easy it is to fall into the trap.</p><p style="text-align: left;">After the event, we changed clothes (SB took the time to shower). There were awards, and we were thrilled to get second for the female division, which included solos as well as teams. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_YdaUJyQgTgW76kLIgoePqFWnXqycj6V0M6GmMdepPLxh7rM_uLBM-tQpnVCwiXqKlnhmkLlFbpKGRh2qI-adzOCG7of1vC7L5BscyW00ubIiIydBHUkf9XGDyaBYiPyfHRTNGfZv3yH2W44bYUpkwrQaCQ2N7mD-pRNlXK9vB90K9idtZFytW42Y18/s1592/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.36.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="1194" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_YdaUJyQgTgW76kLIgoePqFWnXqycj6V0M6GmMdepPLxh7rM_uLBM-tQpnVCwiXqKlnhmkLlFbpKGRh2qI-adzOCG7of1vC7L5BscyW00ubIiIydBHUkf9XGDyaBYiPyfHRTNGfZv3yH2W44bYUpkwrQaCQ2N7mD-pRNlXK9vB90K9idtZFytW42Y18/w300-h400/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.36.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMiYt90j8Xuj9px5XDmTRUN2AevXQxv9pKiqzblwqV0H6wrYyej0hvhgVpWI4bPtr-yUCwNVOchgZ3PI0N1uO3FhPyY-64trSzhTrJzYa6cXcBprVXvxBhaq05SpKb_eVDSB_m80ybpt6r2PdEHmiD4ERUYu2t4BLXBAd8Hn-ZishuICD4qj29n75RRo/s2542/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.37.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="2542" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMiYt90j8Xuj9px5XDmTRUN2AevXQxv9pKiqzblwqV0H6wrYyej0hvhgVpWI4bPtr-yUCwNVOchgZ3PI0N1uO3FhPyY-64trSzhTrJzYa6cXcBprVXvxBhaq05SpKb_eVDSB_m80ybpt6r2PdEHmiD4ERUYu2t4BLXBAd8Hn-ZishuICD4qj29n75RRo/w400-h179/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.37.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They had an impressive spread of food (with interestingly named chili) and beer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGamwfkLyDZyol8eLobyA6CyrWXsnOxLc4dks65T1vzaxnM0TFYt_hGU_dM_x0ruq-zihIFFUnf2cXm0J_hW0vWK5wgpHy6vpK1iekRsA4M_ugLwxlhRCxxexg_tgqHryWiC89P1X3nfM7uKTpXprDHWdtFDL_P8JaaSpD0htfARQkR2yXGIKcMT3s5k/s2064/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.43.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="2064" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGamwfkLyDZyol8eLobyA6CyrWXsnOxLc4dks65T1vzaxnM0TFYt_hGU_dM_x0ruq-zihIFFUnf2cXm0J_hW0vWK5wgpHy6vpK1iekRsA4M_ugLwxlhRCxxexg_tgqHryWiC89P1X3nfM7uKTpXprDHWdtFDL_P8JaaSpD0htfARQkR2yXGIKcMT3s5k/w400-h306/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.43.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had such a good time that we signed up for the Winter Wildcat a few days later! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a good understanding of our capabilities and planned well. We executed well, and made reasonable on-the-fly decisions, like going for extra points when we knew we had time. We worked well together, as usual, and had so much fun. We pretty much never stopped for a break and were going the whole time, which was pretty incredible, too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In all, we covered nearly 18 miles! What's crazy is that we covered only about half the course.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOHo-oFuEsxsqtw1WurEZzsUBC4DL60ZIvD1P4w7Xfe4tVAMqeM_WG9fty7xZeGjIdXYwu3V9AXQXMkBTthiTfQURPE17xf1fsMmh3hNQIs3jvGxI2zAfswo0PiwTpq69lQfGXXjvTaQjL3SdxLBB7IgRFXJySmzzgp2pLniX04sr7cGJlgJkGg8-Bqk/s1594/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.45.36%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOHo-oFuEsxsqtw1WurEZzsUBC4DL60ZIvD1P4w7Xfe4tVAMqeM_WG9fty7xZeGjIdXYwu3V9AXQXMkBTthiTfQURPE17xf1fsMmh3hNQIs3jvGxI2zAfswo0PiwTpq69lQfGXXjvTaQjL3SdxLBB7IgRFXJySmzzgp2pLniX04sr7cGJlgJkGg8-Bqk/w296-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.45.36%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqUK8H0PheYnLyGIKI8AL0GKx75ILWWKpJ2PFraJDEI4S9TeCNCCKUeWf03IWoFg9br9ADPCol3Q7BsmgU-UZjqmzXwwar7jDR842ljXkU1cwPFSDWb3vcSM5om1xEXwM0HiegXcdOYTIlxWFWigVn3Amhh8AUbdDZ7YlBirEj67cpwnwiuCCgSeuQBA/s1594/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.45.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqUK8H0PheYnLyGIKI8AL0GKx75ILWWKpJ2PFraJDEI4S9TeCNCCKUeWf03IWoFg9br9ADPCol3Q7BsmgU-UZjqmzXwwar7jDR842ljXkU1cwPFSDWb3vcSM5om1xEXwM0HiegXcdOYTIlxWFWigVn3Amhh8AUbdDZ7YlBirEj67cpwnwiuCCgSeuQBA/w296-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-22%20at%205.45.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-91008826471072379472023-11-04T23:00:00.004-04:002023-11-04T23:00:47.889-04:00Tactical Sniper Series by TPG @ Sawmill<p><b>TRAINING LEAD-UP<br /><br /></b></p><p><b><u>Sunday, Aug 20:</u></b></p><p>Glute and pec PT for 28:36, 5 mile run around neighborhood in GORUCK Rough Runners in 44:26 (8:53/mi) nose breathing, 18A "Hollow" in 15:53.</p><p><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p><b><u>Tuesday, Aug 22:</u></b></p><p>18A "Upper Body Prep" in 30:09, "Push-up" in 59:43, "Plank Series" in 22:43</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Wednesday, Aug 23:</u></b></p><p>Visited the PT for a second set of glute and pec exercises.</p><p>Trip to Blackstone. Tried the cerakoted Glock again, had better luck with 147gr for avoiding malfunctions. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Thursday, Aug 24:</u></b></p><p>Glute and pec PT V2 in 29:54, 18A "Dip Abs" in 20:45, 4x500m row in 2:10, 2:06, 2:05, 2:04 at resistance 7 with jelly legs by the end.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>TACTICAL SNIPER SERIES @ SAWMILL</b></p><p>This would be my first long range comp since Mammoth. It was made to be doable by gas gunners with tactical division weapons, so the targets weren't super far away and weren't super small. It would be a good way to get back into it.</p><p>What's cool about doing this event was that it was SB and my<a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/03/psa-leadstar-arms-sniper-series-event-4.html"> first ever long comp one year ago</a>, which is crazy to think about. We took videos of our stages, and looking back at them, it's soooo funny to see the kinds of newbie mistakes we used to make. I had very little clue. It's crazy how far we've come in a year.</p><p>There would be 6 stages with 105s par time. Similar to last time, there would be pistol with ranges from 7-75yd, and rifle 800yd and in. Pistol targets not hit would cost 10s and rifle targets not hit would cost 30s in the time plus match.</p><p>My goals going into the match was to hold when I could, to practice speed.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Stage 3: Blue is Not Your Color</u></b></p><p>- Shoot 5 pistol poppers with 1 hit ea, and do this 2x. Clear and dump.</p><p>- Go prone on the sandbags without using bipods, and shoot 10 targets N->F, with 3 @ 200yd, 3 @ 400yd, 3 @ 600yd, and 1 @ 630yd.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNyUg7PQEB16dcoMfXQS47dkbE3Vvs7cnxxmrr1uEuZpVf4WaNOFuXMAShJBqv9QDT0HSsvYYuERMCSlaai4FMMrBJ0UxPJBbu3m6smS3DtD1IjMz1R8BnJ1RV1VFHS-L-YWBodMS0okKUwddm36hE4dZR6AkS_2y5fgUi339ET2nO7zigzAD5Z8UEb4/s1062/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%209.43.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1062" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNyUg7PQEB16dcoMfXQS47dkbE3Vvs7cnxxmrr1uEuZpVf4WaNOFuXMAShJBqv9QDT0HSsvYYuERMCSlaai4FMMrBJ0UxPJBbu3m6smS3DtD1IjMz1R8BnJ1RV1VFHS-L-YWBodMS0okKUwddm36hE4dZR6AkS_2y5fgUi339ET2nO7zigzAD5Z8UEb4/w400-h340/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%209.43.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><u>Results:</u></p><p>- I was off by one set of targets on my dialing, but the targets were big enough that I still hit the firs tcouple set of targets. Eventually, I realized what had happened. </p><p>- The stage still went pretty well, despite the mental error.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAsSOaF8KtDmXcKDvohaSIQNjFL1lbUywZbRvJUvR070qcC-0XgnM6byoWgtnbEVzaBeDQf9LaCcUNeBzEAKY9xWUfycsnbMP3ktH_EX7f7B-tsXWml5we_ut0hWvRzuP9oNsJz914-PatnxPH-0_1MByCT7gXKBnSane6QUDMsg5OMPRudyZ5DhVnek/s2616/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.28.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2616" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAsSOaF8KtDmXcKDvohaSIQNjFL1lbUywZbRvJUvR070qcC-0XgnM6byoWgtnbEVzaBeDQf9LaCcUNeBzEAKY9xWUfycsnbMP3ktH_EX7f7B-tsXWml5we_ut0hWvRzuP9oNsJz914-PatnxPH-0_1MByCT7gXKBnSane6QUDMsg5OMPRudyZ5DhVnek/w400-h266/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.28.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>103s</p><p>2/4 division, 66%.</p><p>37/61 overall, 41%.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Stage 4: Tower Power</u></b></p><p>From the third floor of the connex structure...</p><p>- Shoot 4 white big but angled pistol targets with 1 hit ea, 2x. Clear and dump.</p><p>- Shoot from the window with your rifle at 8 targets, going L->R, 1 hit ea, on targets at 195yd, 90yd, 175yd, 200yd, 145yd, 120yd, 150yd, 92yd.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeoGLd1NX7RAyuxGreyN4Myaxt4YI91NYSZ_HKlVal1rxUOTkxy0sHsaVzYIjSGkUnNN08B6uPHERHIidzUDc9h9riFt3qv74uJ1F94TYdYrQTXo0tfHj-kC5mMd_JdiXNM-uZvxnE3FDxiAoO-OwCVVBSIiREBw0O-9_juPwiRYmsylHeFBWU5ijr1o/s1360/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%209.49.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1360" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeoGLd1NX7RAyuxGreyN4Myaxt4YI91NYSZ_HKlVal1rxUOTkxy0sHsaVzYIjSGkUnNN08B6uPHERHIidzUDc9h9riFt3qv74uJ1F94TYdYrQTXo0tfHj-kC5mMd_JdiXNM-uZvxnE3FDxiAoO-OwCVVBSIiREBw0O-9_juPwiRYmsylHeFBWU5ijr1o/w400-h283/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%209.49.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><u>Results:</u></p><p>I had to shoot a few times at the smaller circle pistol target because I rushed it too much. </p><p>I hadn't figured out the landmark for the first rifle target ahead of time, so I had to find them all and figure out which one was leftmost on the clock, which wasted time.</p><p>Low magnification made switching from target to target easy.</p><p>I dialed 0.1 and held center, which worked fine on rifle - no misses.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6rtYX20VMsHacsJdhvCNEr5zG4e9sgJO8HTM0a1Sfho_r8qKehOW8fvx73vuu5I0m8cLXLESrqmYfcjjAx5j97SBJzvF5fquj_dbjmrZp-HKfQsKwYbr7d0KOVCl6t6zmwBbxn_5IeMfR_bs0E7T6MU6wE8npD0gG1vXyVePZ1gEigQZAJo_fMthFBk/s2328/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.37.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2328" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6rtYX20VMsHacsJdhvCNEr5zG4e9sgJO8HTM0a1Sfho_r8qKehOW8fvx73vuu5I0m8cLXLESrqmYfcjjAx5j97SBJzvF5fquj_dbjmrZp-HKfQsKwYbr7d0KOVCl6t6zmwBbxn_5IeMfR_bs0E7T6MU6wE8npD0gG1vXyVePZ1gEigQZAJo_fMthFBk/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.37.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwwPGAFTyklNKjYED-IFhjv1Gk0oRJkvIl8_NX9Z2CetDa_BM75nsI8tiqezI96cuC0ibq9EtWBJ5OVsPzzYoms2VbKISva0GtL5Fj1zuoF57PEuU-YQZDKEziznVPvlvdCNGWUkh4DhNkWqZnUMOKVYunwoOmbvpQQ4vLpdlYIskqADu8itib3onx_Q/s2612/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.45.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2612" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwwPGAFTyklNKjYED-IFhjv1Gk0oRJkvIl8_NX9Z2CetDa_BM75nsI8tiqezI96cuC0ibq9EtWBJ5OVsPzzYoms2VbKISva0GtL5Fj1zuoF57PEuU-YQZDKEziznVPvlvdCNGWUkh4DhNkWqZnUMOKVYunwoOmbvpQQ4vLpdlYIskqADu8itib3onx_Q/w400-h225/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.45.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>93s</p><p>2/4 Division, 55%</p><p>49/61 Overall, 39%</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Stage 5: Positional Punisher</u></b></p><p>- Shoot 2 square targets with rifle at 350yd with 1 hit ea, from 1) tire stack, 2) tank trap, 3) saw horse, 4) back to tank trap, 5) back to tire stack. Unload and show clear.</p><p>- Use pistol to shoot at 2 targets with 1 hit ea from the same 5 positions.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMTC9lvSbfKc1mZgl6_1RysRKUsFpU3PcNyoXFaqLyZ16LjGCLFh-a853Ef3EO3TMAgrcDpBhBKs_wXPlo9obSMEDp1OWv82OLHGBly59ESf48JHKOTRN7NHz1FznavnSlA86dRfTY7RedupOdlQ12fUU23VguXalH3PTJhIOHSo1aDoMslqbWdwjKB4/s1148/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%209.57.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1148" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMTC9lvSbfKc1mZgl6_1RysRKUsFpU3PcNyoXFaqLyZ16LjGCLFh-a853Ef3EO3TMAgrcDpBhBKs_wXPlo9obSMEDp1OWv82OLHGBly59ESf48JHKOTRN7NHz1FznavnSlA86dRfTY7RedupOdlQ12fUU23VguXalH3PTJhIOHSo1aDoMslqbWdwjKB4/w400-h288/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%209.57.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><u>Results:</u></p><p>- The stages aren't blind at this match, and you can watch others shoot it. The guy before me was able to make the center of the tank trap work even with the wooden beams' angles, so I used the same position. I missed on the tank trap and saw horse. </p><p>- My pistol trigger wasn't squeezing for some reason. Maybe my finger wasn't in enough? Strange, because it has never happend before. I had cleaned it 200 rounds ago, which should've been fine. That, plus not moving fast enough on rifle, even though I thought I had been moving pretty well, made me miss 8 pistol targets. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBMoBN9ShRu1igrareHtFKhCQ32fZHDsyLoRCk1kmw8MxXoahDJ7dee4tymS4CYF1sol3PMxs9bm86LBEaGKwtnnoMQtCqIsYznaAvyp5WlaxQykZqBUc1mWMCGv2Go_1ST84T4OYO27pW0rkdsnEe5CENSkHNxNd5qhbgwnMxAwy8hSzb86h223KsDc/s2612/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.42.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2612" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBMoBN9ShRu1igrareHtFKhCQ32fZHDsyLoRCk1kmw8MxXoahDJ7dee4tymS4CYF1sol3PMxs9bm86LBEaGKwtnnoMQtCqIsYznaAvyp5WlaxQykZqBUc1mWMCGv2Go_1ST84T4OYO27pW0rkdsnEe5CENSkHNxNd5qhbgwnMxAwy8hSzb86h223KsDc/w400-h225/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.42.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQA0xPHXXm9e4YJ9Rxojb0fPMSZSRVOGBctmA4qGWM5hvcylrHMoci5aonOpRL3OvDqUreKq1lDNRvyuj3zsI7wfykTyKE9aQmumhw8D7_K_6uCn_duL0TvGTlRhqaD5GC0T69jdt3z8CwqxNnixQOsjEHH32N4CXIAf71sptbr2bBZxTSo4K8fTSUlY4/s2328/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.38.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2328" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQA0xPHXXm9e4YJ9Rxojb0fPMSZSRVOGBctmA4qGWM5hvcylrHMoci5aonOpRL3OvDqUreKq1lDNRvyuj3zsI7wfykTyKE9aQmumhw8D7_K_6uCn_duL0TvGTlRhqaD5GC0T69jdt3z8CwqxNnixQOsjEHH32N4CXIAf71sptbr2bBZxTSo4K8fTSUlY4/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.38.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Time out</p><p>2/4 Division, 45%</p><p>42/61 Overall, 33%</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Stage 6: Pile Up</u></b></p><p>- From the driver's seat, exit the car and shoot at 5 pistol targets N->F 1 hit ea, 2x.</p><p>- Use rifle to shoot at 5 targets, N->F, 2x, on targets at 129yd, 218yd, 220yd, 250yd.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqPYsR8PoGTYj0UazlWLhIdNSXKjFV9khYTB_XwJvbmofQL8-BDlGRIF9KehPU0eXhKjgMChTaP64SKCteAv5SXC1dGp_PW2kbIa1v2O1v3o1zPLuHEe_QKAosS1-HyeajTFyu_66N0tPVHv-hfWudCUUDF0a7KphosrdsETzJTXrw8aArfFEAkZ-wf4/s1290/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.00.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1290" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqPYsR8PoGTYj0UazlWLhIdNSXKjFV9khYTB_XwJvbmofQL8-BDlGRIF9KehPU0eXhKjgMChTaP64SKCteAv5SXC1dGp_PW2kbIa1v2O1v3o1zPLuHEe_QKAosS1-HyeajTFyu_66N0tPVHv-hfWudCUUDF0a7KphosrdsETzJTXrw8aArfFEAkZ-wf4/w400-h293/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.00.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><u>Results:</u></p><p>- My Hornady bullets started disintegrating downrange before hitting the targets, from the 5th target onwards. I didn't hear a ping but was confident it was a perfect shot. When I wasn't getting impacts even on the close target, I figured out what was going on.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWulAmlrQTQ47WIITyJYBXPcvaG56gCSz2-wPV50W_9LvkoVsusyzoCksj2VGGcTufeJSUgIsARqFF6tEeik-FYGgwDd8QcMrDHz2xJocu0jtJaBeItypU2-CnvUNEW-pP_4FQs4ZYPWLAclZI_A-RmrLopSH8yW8Cxu4yE_LNl0i2ECcqBCXOAUpFng/s2324/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.56.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2324" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWulAmlrQTQ47WIITyJYBXPcvaG56gCSz2-wPV50W_9LvkoVsusyzoCksj2VGGcTufeJSUgIsARqFF6tEeik-FYGgwDd8QcMrDHz2xJocu0jtJaBeItypU2-CnvUNEW-pP_4FQs4ZYPWLAclZI_A-RmrLopSH8yW8Cxu4yE_LNl0i2ECcqBCXOAUpFng/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.56.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Time out</p><p>4/4 Division, 54%</p><p>50/61 Overall, 28%</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Stage 1: Get Your Rocks Off</u></b></p><p>With my barrel issues, I switched to using SB's RPR for the rest of the match.</p><p>- Shoot from teh tall right rock at 5 targets L->R, 1 hit ea at 100yd, then place rifle on the left rock.</p><p>- Use pistol to shoot at 3 targets L->R, 1 hit ea, 3x.</p><p>- Go to the left rock to shoot rifle at 5 right rifle targets 1 hit ea, L->R.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2FSjHHBQGIXSv412q1RTwEInZMbk2QzxQeajnfWm_50ozxnvMFU9-gQWWxuQJBpZXKm7aBwv-36TVzZyzlq1iRS40PJnmGXoeDd4555g8en5DHSqautxw2Yn3ftDwi7QHQf2xhcn9SmIRIuDAifMIhMhX9ullWwkWFD_rtu3F1cUaS-eVtfhhtCa39Y/s1410/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.07.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1410" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2FSjHHBQGIXSv412q1RTwEInZMbk2QzxQeajnfWm_50ozxnvMFU9-gQWWxuQJBpZXKm7aBwv-36TVzZyzlq1iRS40PJnmGXoeDd4555g8en5DHSqautxw2Yn3ftDwi7QHQf2xhcn9SmIRIuDAifMIhMhX9ullWwkWFD_rtu3F1cUaS-eVtfhhtCa39Y/w400-h191/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.07.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><u>Results</u><u>:</u></p><p>- I remembered to check zero and parallax beforehand, but didn't check magnification. The scope was still zoomed in from the stage before, plus the optical focus on SB's gun is different from what I needed, so it was a bit blurry. That made target acquisition hard. I got wrong sequence at one point. It was very messy. I didn't fix the magnification until I moved to the second rifle position. Maybe I should've adjusted from the start, as soon as I realized it was going to be an issue.</p><p>- I pushed the pace on pistol and wasn't terrible from that perspective but missed a few times. I talked to SW afterwards and learned that I should only go as fast as I can without missing, though, so I pushed the pace too hard. </p><p>- Modified prone on the rock was messy with only one bipod leg touching the rock because the rock was slanted. </p><p>- I timed out with one shot left. I would've made it had I not shot the wrong sequence. I was very frustrated by the magnification mistake. I should be grateful that I had a working gun to shoot, though.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd0P8keU7KMGlZ7uBFiD7ajmNiiZV8faY2fj3fzBguw79eY-834UNzuzguCm3lZs_reHKbHeCjIWSbsVW_fOFOq1Sy0dVw0ZBWIkmL6x0Bj_X3mfzz0B9yubVpZlgDpXpHZeMODkIUmpxjMAjMg_jWpGTiKXeaqx20eiwBL8u_7g6dATAgLWcXIgeIYs0/s2614/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.58.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="2614" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd0P8keU7KMGlZ7uBFiD7ajmNiiZV8faY2fj3fzBguw79eY-834UNzuzguCm3lZs_reHKbHeCjIWSbsVW_fOFOq1Sy0dVw0ZBWIkmL6x0Bj_X3mfzz0B9yubVpZlgDpXpHZeMODkIUmpxjMAjMg_jWpGTiKXeaqx20eiwBL8u_7g6dATAgLWcXIgeIYs0/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.58.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Time out</p><p>4/4 Division, 37%.</p><p>54/61 Overall, 25%</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Stage 2: Pink Zombie</u></b></p><p>- Shoot rifle from the barricade at 5 targets from L->R at 200yd.</p><p>- Switch barricade positions and shoot 1 target at 340yd.</p><p>- Switch positions and shoot 4 targets from L->R at 400yd. Unload show clear.</p><p>- Use pistol to shoot L&R targets back and forth, six times.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lgYOjD1gHTseXrtR_IdfdBjCnsfCXmG5LZ58MeF1lIRxCe9uiGk00vVDVgx5qwDfqsjFjiZD_U38hJfPgLF3xokDBN29aLr-1rRYoXhBSDTK7p1v9Th0px_Yqdja1rnw4AT5QnLxaJ9QvoEBuYDb_nFaXTkawFzPjQuZfkfmtJX6b7vQvwelIng4TqQ/s1036/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.27.10%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1036" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lgYOjD1gHTseXrtR_IdfdBjCnsfCXmG5LZ58MeF1lIRxCe9uiGk00vVDVgx5qwDfqsjFjiZD_U38hJfPgLF3xokDBN29aLr-1rRYoXhBSDTK7p1v9Th0px_Yqdja1rnw4AT5QnLxaJ9QvoEBuYDb_nFaXTkawFzPjQuZfkfmtJX6b7vQvwelIng4TqQ/w400-h393/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.27.10%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><u>Results:</u></p><p>- I did well, with no misses and good magnification this time. </p><p>- I didn't have room on the picatinny for my dope card, but I put the card on the barricade itself to refer to.</p><p>- My kneeling position was not ideal... no skeletal stability.</p><p>- I did really well on pistol, even with the skinny zombie target.</p><p>- This was good redemption after the previous stage.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-3HaLSWEYUX3WGN0e1zMGRuSxPf3T2scVNJlgv2p8VEPAJSMnHTuoX15Zo9JqBW3v3vFeG35tN07rGU_8mFtxliYnvtCLKx6gOLL_KaAnRzFXcxCidoN17SjZigdQk1SGqARCPbA6LvjKMJBwxeLmBRevM_IYVUSiXjNnCyzF32ba4nlk7-IvJBGfT4/s2616/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.35.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2616" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-3HaLSWEYUX3WGN0e1zMGRuSxPf3T2scVNJlgv2p8VEPAJSMnHTuoX15Zo9JqBW3v3vFeG35tN07rGU_8mFtxliYnvtCLKx6gOLL_KaAnRzFXcxCidoN17SjZigdQk1SGqARCPbA6LvjKMJBwxeLmBRevM_IYVUSiXjNnCyzF32ba4nlk7-IvJBGfT4/w400-h231/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%2010.35.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>89s</p><p>2/4 Division, 55%</p><p>43/61 Overall, 45%</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Overall</b></p><p>51/61 Overall</p><p>2/4 Bolt</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Learnings:</u></p><p>- 7-10x magnification was perfect for this</p><p>- I'm happy with how I run my bolt.</p><p>- My gun goes dirty after 35rds, causing bullets to blow up. I had cleaned it beforehand.</p><p>- It was good to try holding.</p><p>- Next time, I want to try the pint sized GC instead of the Schmedium, to see if it helps me square up better.</p><p>- I need to not kneel so weird... may need to try double kneeling.</p><p>- Pushed pistol speed a little too much</p><p>- Better than a year ago, but still haven't mastered pre-stage checklists, taking the time to fix things from the start, good positions.</p>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-57627018956096868362023-11-04T19:48:00.006-04:002023-11-04T19:48:56.595-04:00GORUCK Mind/Might GVL 2023<p><b><u>Friday, Aug 18:</u></b></p><p><b>NIGHT FIRE PISTOL</b></p><p>I didn't participate in the Friday Basic Pistol and Pistol - Night Fire class, but I watched and hung out for Night Fire.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJhg9pa_jfbnO8-rlf62vm2D-p1cjLXNEws-zLviqIL1N40CAIl19a0NQMDN_cUsmhJKP0h8-3W5q0YWaHqQ3Gfu_NebENs8jrZ937sCtgD4JsHh3vZtLE0T2T8Mf7lKBXvTpL7N_MkN1Hrzk6vkYzT0l13-il4d4CWecFwEk2HCOFH9U1dFYpU4cLx-M/s2320/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.02.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJhg9pa_jfbnO8-rlf62vm2D-p1cjLXNEws-zLviqIL1N40CAIl19a0NQMDN_cUsmhJKP0h8-3W5q0YWaHqQ3Gfu_NebENs8jrZ937sCtgD4JsHh3vZtLE0T2T8Mf7lKBXvTpL7N_MkN1Hrzk6vkYzT0l13-il4d4CWecFwEk2HCOFH9U1dFYpU4cLx-M/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.02.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoB56x6n8iqFO39w64ivNujaePJEwMWPc50s3jI0QX707E2DfQiTFDRmY6TAPCrVFjlI2DamP45rzmRRRaPbPnNDLmMq_OVml-ECSpSuO3PEeBPN9zOJhV_eo8CCLvAMFUOcw-w9BucY3rvyDykvkmi0FRgG3NiMM4vBBOFT9M9y_4JyDy4QObfMv8Vrc/s2320/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.02.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoB56x6n8iqFO39w64ivNujaePJEwMWPc50s3jI0QX707E2DfQiTFDRmY6TAPCrVFjlI2DamP45rzmRRRaPbPnNDLmMq_OVml-ECSpSuO3PEeBPN9zOJhV_eo8CCLvAMFUOcw-w9BucY3rvyDykvkmi0FRgG3NiMM4vBBOFT9M9y_4JyDy4QObfMv8Vrc/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.02.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p>My favorite part was watching them do their culminating exercise through my AGM Taipan thermal monocular. I didn't want to take out the NODS since it's more involved, and I didn't want white light to mess it up. It was pretty neat, although it's designed more for far-away viewing than close-up viewing, which makes sense if you're hunting, I guess. You'd rather have standard magnification be >1.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehXnkR_j52q8Vi09LMKTTddznTJhn44yGxeWZsK3F6mIKR4so1fblZtLjlA8wsfdOwOt1t4IgTILMjIOtHxFuQXtiWANRN5c5_qVnbe2AYDEA2SpeLqrCHDLaHZcrEVDtmPGVDbgV8A4xYhvwYc_oVz4N3F1ho27hnRqdfa7k7KOHIdVVV3RVrOdinXs/s2178/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.03.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2178" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehXnkR_j52q8Vi09LMKTTddznTJhn44yGxeWZsK3F6mIKR4so1fblZtLjlA8wsfdOwOt1t4IgTILMjIOtHxFuQXtiWANRN5c5_qVnbe2AYDEA2SpeLqrCHDLaHZcrEVDtmPGVDbgV8A4xYhvwYc_oVz4N3F1ho27hnRqdfa7k7KOHIdVVV3RVrOdinXs/w400-h320/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.03.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29ZohXOik-akjBT2tIUn9VbF4I7Qm24rA5QnDpfO-QJAQ5Nxt3ncK6ZM_eZs_04BGEbGdaj9htkbxzyxBAKCzSoDTBTMotB4yf4KfSCwdWBRHO8Xv42FM_37NYiQpW6ZeqgcrAV_-IDJn2ekGeDCqfwPI6-kwflFOWg-jFV-LSrx1hPUR0iydq5T9KFo/s2178/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.03.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2178" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29ZohXOik-akjBT2tIUn9VbF4I7Qm24rA5QnDpfO-QJAQ5Nxt3ncK6ZM_eZs_04BGEbGdaj9htkbxzyxBAKCzSoDTBTMotB4yf4KfSCwdWBRHO8Xv42FM_37NYiQpW6ZeqgcrAV_-IDJn2ekGeDCqfwPI6-kwflFOWg-jFV-LSrx1hPUR0iydq5T9KFo/w400-h320/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.03.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMz77UIm9UxPJIvE8sAMtU19SP6KbiTSgugAU3Ww9RlgmpYcx2aYb5hbfjAvB5aTDVFPhB19KbFuL2PrF5AKP5zHkiyp8wCG2Ojmw6waDh4qPQfnotg_amSR3FrSaV6D3RIG-I4r12Xpv2h2LywoF1z9eRFt0qH5qYsYui9oOBK8768XXi8WBezcmqidQ/s2178/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.03.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2178" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMz77UIm9UxPJIvE8sAMtU19SP6KbiTSgugAU3Ww9RlgmpYcx2aYb5hbfjAvB5aTDVFPhB19KbFuL2PrF5AKP5zHkiyp8wCG2Ojmw6waDh4qPQfnotg_amSR3FrSaV6D3RIG-I4r12Xpv2h2LywoF1z9eRFt0qH5qYsYui9oOBK8768XXi8WBezcmqidQ/w400-h320/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.03.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The device allows you to take pictures, too, which is cool. I took the class photo, where it definitely doesn't matter if you're smiling or blinking.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4swc9pm6rKLX2vs-fOJMTuYIB1npna8_O6gP1rgHLIe6G7zEODyQHo1kmLiQjt-gd4BwHFM2S53GQpqLIR_DliSXCL-H4WbXSUvmebPraYd8WhT8snMTKCW8L3T-hennmDCCOXmTjBqONhzM7k6HzZPaJiRQuPj9h9vifx7k_fG6OpzkVSXdfYjsz94/s2178/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.03.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2178" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4swc9pm6rKLX2vs-fOJMTuYIB1npna8_O6gP1rgHLIe6G7zEODyQHo1kmLiQjt-gd4BwHFM2S53GQpqLIR_DliSXCL-H4WbXSUvmebPraYd8WhT8snMTKCW8L3T-hennmDCCOXmTjBqONhzM7k6HzZPaJiRQuPj9h9vifx7k_fG6OpzkVSXdfYjsz94/w400-h320/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.03.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Saturday, Aug 19:</u></b></p><p><b>SUT - Day</b></p><p>Team Tactics for this class was more SUT-oriented than usual, based on the land that we had to work with.</p><p>We began with some classroom time, where we learned a bunch of acronyms and lists like:</p><p>- Principles of Patrolling </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Planning</li><li>Recon</li><li>Security</li><li>Control</li><li>Common Sense</li></ul><p></p><p>- MET-TC (factors that can influence how you approach a situation)</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Mission</li><li>Enemy</li><li>Terrain</li><li>Troops</li><li>Time</li><li>Civillians</li></ul><p></p><p>- OAKOC (how to think about terrain)</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Observation/Fields of Fire</li><li>Avenues of Approach</li><li>Key Terrain</li><li>Obstacles</li><li>Cover & Concealment</li></ul><p></p><p>- GOTWA (5-pt contingency plan)</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Going where</li><li>Others with</li><li>Time</li><li>What if</li><li>Actions in case of contact</li></ul><p></p><p>- SLLS</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Stop</li><li>Look</li><li>Listen</li><li>Smell</li></ul><p></p><p>- Troop Leading Procedures</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Receive Mission</li><li>Issue Warning Order</li><li>Make Tentative Plan</li><li>Initiate Movement</li><li>Conduct Recon</li><li>Complete Plan</li><li>Issue Operations Order</li><li>Supervise & Refine</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>We learned movement formations, like</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Wedge</li><li>Line</li><li>Column/file</li><li>Diamond</li><li>Modified Wedge</li></ul><div><br /></div></div><div>We did individual movement techniques in the field, and then practiced the SUT movement formations.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiyk6B-VqTZH0nEIGZcA8CNXK3KqedXbtNsRNMK4pIAXLBE7vdjHtWKZyeKOg-iq5Gds1140w46MJXRb0Sbv6hHyW6sKbDyn_seoJBTtxo7_AvgF4_RfCZ5OXk7JLL0gGMZBPeFYqJsWK2MLjIkgGhYNU9g6ATOGwfX_FGaFNo-lcZM1WKo3XkHXCFFg/s2318/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.15.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2318" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiyk6B-VqTZH0nEIGZcA8CNXK3KqedXbtNsRNMK4pIAXLBE7vdjHtWKZyeKOg-iq5Gds1140w46MJXRb0Sbv6hHyW6sKbDyn_seoJBTtxo7_AvgF4_RfCZ5OXk7JLL0gGMZBPeFYqJsWK2MLjIkgGhYNU9g6ATOGwfX_FGaFNo-lcZM1WKo3XkHXCFFg/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.15.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Mission 1: Recon</u></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We were issued gear, organized into teams, and then planned our first mission to do recon offsite. We caravaned over there, ran into some dudes and dealt with them, had a team hold security while another went in to do recon. There was contact for both squads, and then the first mission was endexed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3aguJInIXouV9ndqTd86IFH9g9iJ_n0n6txFWkm2eEwURlvtwU0f9hEHZui1HLS7YPCqYYMAQQtVYGC8qAWxREVapw-wzf7SgK4aiNVjQr0XDu6_wg0pjNV-pjM4-RNRUxPT0d6Wzcaizl20JtQSKhqr33ZQKdTGaGTGI2BLW9dAfp0kkHO6GMn0FRE/s2318/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.18.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2318" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3aguJInIXouV9ndqTd86IFH9g9iJ_n0n6txFWkm2eEwURlvtwU0f9hEHZui1HLS7YPCqYYMAQQtVYGC8qAWxREVapw-wzf7SgK4aiNVjQr0XDu6_wg0pjNV-pjM4-RNRUxPT0d6Wzcaizl20JtQSKhqr33ZQKdTGaGTGI2BLW9dAfp0kkHO6GMn0FRE/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.18.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcjq07vvHDNT98_ap5n-LZtSjj2dvt3leA9GcQ0DG95_7ksUYgbb2m4Aonx0xQvSOxXQpAHG-B7bQusnlIrbTgA-_TuFvcan3DcR1a3ZxXKonlTjIa2ZawDEK8eG981sZicZQZgHX4n-YKxWNy0iO4gsj0JF67UOzBj9qtWAVifM9Tu1sfFhRKdbGDSg/s1740/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.19.10%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcjq07vvHDNT98_ap5n-LZtSjj2dvt3leA9GcQ0DG95_7ksUYgbb2m4Aonx0xQvSOxXQpAHG-B7bQusnlIrbTgA-_TuFvcan3DcR1a3ZxXKonlTjIa2ZawDEK8eG981sZicZQZgHX4n-YKxWNy0iO4gsj0JF67UOzBj9qtWAVifM9Tu1sfFhRKdbGDSg/w480-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.19.10%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Main Learnings:</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Do "Budweisers" periodically to make sure that everyone still has all key gear.</div><div style="text-align: left;">- How to properly search someone</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYEgpbDaTWxM70lDVcdq2jcbsQaLE53sDuEAOrIfvj5erKtrQzPcTnV7qNwKYjPJC5nPOvAT5yLC-qAye6QDLh-09wJYmTPNrws6HpJclMjWrh1bXpGVRuFPLtz7OainDrg14xxEzIScX9rWLcWOcqHTFAiewp0A-NFCoxcmiaGoOoG3eqRS5dcxi7lA/s2322/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.23.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2322" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYEgpbDaTWxM70lDVcdq2jcbsQaLE53sDuEAOrIfvj5erKtrQzPcTnV7qNwKYjPJC5nPOvAT5yLC-qAye6QDLh-09wJYmTPNrws6HpJclMjWrh1bXpGVRuFPLtz7OainDrg14xxEzIScX9rWLcWOcqHTFAiewp0A-NFCoxcmiaGoOoG3eqRS5dcxi7lA/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.23.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Mission 2: Ambush<br /></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: left;">Next, we had to plan an ambush. It was pretty disastrous, with not being in the right spot, not knowing where we were vs where we were supposed to be, having some elements get compromised, having a radio get dropped and found by the enemy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4BQcoK2Ss9gcXIuPMRzI2atstKt3WXPYm4V938lTN64uzbU8nSvBA6d4Qr36Kua-zVUJFl9Pbrdor4TH-Vm80Z0WAnuHF9petJb7Re3vSYw0zLqo_KbontW2DCsGhImVOqaiXMvTt85OiJFrfAeKT-f3T8SdStjXpspuZqhbub-70-25GPEi6UffGxA/s1740/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.23.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1298" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4BQcoK2Ss9gcXIuPMRzI2atstKt3WXPYm4V938lTN64uzbU8nSvBA6d4Qr36Kua-zVUJFl9Pbrdor4TH-Vm80Z0WAnuHF9petJb7Re3vSYw0zLqo_KbontW2DCsGhImVOqaiXMvTt85OiJFrfAeKT-f3T8SdStjXpspuZqhbub-70-25GPEi6UffGxA/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.23.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="478" /></a></div><p><br /></p><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>SUT - Night Fire</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Mission 3: CQB 1</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: left;">We got to use some vacant buildings to do CQB. The team that had started on security was still on security, after 3 missions, which was getting old and which needed to be changed. The team that went inside ran into unexpected obstacles inside the building.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSnyXc-C2XBoJnBgXh60C14nUrAi-w6uOBV4T26ERfn6d88C4jlY3zNIaeHX5kI-Tt1Qrpl-8rwj7hhQlbSYCJ8v_PaUyrCXiqZJ26MV-iOVIm9EM61C7lfsE6VjVgjz2RNHr23J2a8tgfDIGGfFHRNrcEHFd0B8SYypq2CmuggwmqVgt1VzVP9I7eYI/s2620/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.46.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="2620" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSnyXc-C2XBoJnBgXh60C14nUrAi-w6uOBV4T26ERfn6d88C4jlY3zNIaeHX5kI-Tt1Qrpl-8rwj7hhQlbSYCJ8v_PaUyrCXiqZJ26MV-iOVIm9EM61C7lfsE6VjVgjz2RNHr23J2a8tgfDIGGfFHRNrcEHFd0B8SYypq2CmuggwmqVgt1VzVP9I7eYI/w400-h186/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.46.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Learnings:</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Whoever is leading should lead from a position where they can control the situation, and not be in the stack.</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Put more guys in the assault team, if you're on a timeline and need to get stuff done before it's too late.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Mission 4: CQB 2</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: left;">I joined OPFOR to get away from Security, and Security did get to switch with the assaulting force. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBD00BSGTcB7u-fGgnfc63t7yTYc5RinqBWHurukhjQROF0XAed96qwUni-YWvd2bAiuidlnPP9O4nDvV9bxLpUt5bZ7YhtzPZRhjTvlS5rSf0wFfVgPIkCIj06vr7-qqld3c6TYgL1aIQcbRPg9d5-e8vm-sMcRZ2FwPzv72nutoHI2O7EynxThdYnQ/s2324/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.32.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBD00BSGTcB7u-fGgnfc63t7yTYc5RinqBWHurukhjQROF0XAed96qwUni-YWvd2bAiuidlnPP9O4nDvV9bxLpUt5bZ7YhtzPZRhjTvlS5rSf0wFfVgPIkCIj06vr7-qqld3c6TYgL1aIQcbRPg9d5-e8vm-sMcRZ2FwPzv72nutoHI2O7EynxThdYnQ/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.32.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Learnings:</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Never try to clear alone</div><div style="text-align: left;">- If contact, don't freeze or retreat and wait, since that just gives the enemy time to get ready for when you return. Go fast, in general.</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Don't go past open doors.</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Watch out for "squirters"</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Overall</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I never got to fire a shot all day today, but there were many good lessons in leadership, like delegating. It's hard for one person to do all the detailed stuff that needs to be done, but there are many capable people who you can get to do different tasks.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1h2yJ7mMnYArBxnhr5crq_69mGQsJNI28NqY7-SRPC4ywa_UHmj8SjlMvNXB-i5qxdx04BDj-akfPKLTmOhUSd3TG-QHHbXG62zkMc26HgfVZ2QnoRAAd5TsY4urUkvVHzfjZ7MtZWVkfX5dasHNE8BdQeJSJUj77Hxc3i6bcmVWDyAAAVShKMMCZu8/s2318/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.33.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2318" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1h2yJ7mMnYArBxnhr5crq_69mGQsJNI28NqY7-SRPC4ywa_UHmj8SjlMvNXB-i5qxdx04BDj-akfPKLTmOhUSd3TG-QHHbXG62zkMc26HgfVZ2QnoRAAd5TsY4urUkvVHzfjZ7MtZWVkfX5dasHNE8BdQeJSJUj77Hxc3i6bcmVWDyAAAVShKMMCZu8/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.33.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also noteworthy: You can't wear a paintball mask and NODS at the same time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU96MabtZRxXbbvZDlUFQGCF04f1qIS-Fz3Lxo5eGcMUU1TmWWxXvk2AG2fjam9-eBRq2NJy0dqiN7KowhMy89gI70iWt5Q8IwzggOeBo3Fp5pR8Av99zHm1J3WB5f9keym_jE9NXJfPQx20dnkvogW0731dLRzyKQmipoRsT5E-64SNjmXdfKHS-I7l0/s1740/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.32.44%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1302" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU96MabtZRxXbbvZDlUFQGCF04f1qIS-Fz3Lxo5eGcMUU1TmWWxXvk2AG2fjam9-eBRq2NJy0dqiN7KowhMy89gI70iWt5Q8IwzggOeBo3Fp5pR8Av99zHm1J3WB5f9keym_jE9NXJfPQx20dnkvogW0731dLRzyKQmipoRsT5E-64SNjmXdfKHS-I7l0/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.32.44%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b><u>Sunday, Aug 20:</u></b></p><p><b>TACTICAL DECISION MAKING</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I finally got to shoot!</p><p>We did the usual inoculation activity and find-your-target activity.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Cafe Scene</u></p><p>Learnings:</p><p>- If someone is clearly overly-emotional and intent on doing harm, then trying to talk them down may not be the best option.</p><p>- When you're really close, it's hard to see everything that's going on</p><p><br /></p><p><u>CQB Class</u></p><p>- Practiced center-fed and corner-fed rooms</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Mission 1</u></p><p>Learning:</p><p>Dig your corner, and don't get sucked in by a guy in the middle of the room who isn't your responsibility if you're the #1/2 man.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Mission 2</u></p><p>Learning:</p><p>A couple times, guys who seemed to not be threats initially became threatening later, so don't let your guard down.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibaOZGCq8h6mYBtJYYbMna8X9I-PcSDQnB2GGtY5H5ShGJeIhCcXfjYXrMcgrNe_jbD5BHKnzNaX9-wPiEFie-VbihEXWdGIvspPC29TbbUKyhQJ8X_MM7x4I9rGpAye36rggE6Ue6k0ZRsMxSiejradNQkOfUW3LGGWCDLW1wg9KoMlGTMaxONvg11_Y/s2330/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.46.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2330" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibaOZGCq8h6mYBtJYYbMna8X9I-PcSDQnB2GGtY5H5ShGJeIhCcXfjYXrMcgrNe_jbD5BHKnzNaX9-wPiEFie-VbihEXWdGIvspPC29TbbUKyhQJ8X_MM7x4I9rGpAye36rggE6Ue6k0ZRsMxSiejradNQkOfUW3LGGWCDLW1wg9KoMlGTMaxONvg11_Y/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-11-04%20at%207.46.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><u>Overall</u></p><p style="text-align: left;">Lots of fun, lots of learning, especially [suprisingly] in the leadership realm. Like the scenarios were just a vehicle for learning leadership lessons that apply even in normal life. Got to do it with a solid crew.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-69757125096975142742023-10-26T20:22:00.002-04:002023-10-26T20:22:23.358-04:00Summer Training Madness<p><b><u>Wednesday, July 5:</u></b></p><p>18A "Dynamic Warmup" in 28:14, then "Hanging Abs" in 15:40, then "Lower Body Prep" in 323:28 nice and easy, then "Lower Push BW" in 32:43.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Thursday, July 6:</u></b></p><p>18A "Upper Body Prep" in 38:10, then 2x "Upper Vert Push" with only a 45* bend for HSPUs. It was my first time trying HSPUs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DA-34VC0VQg" width="320" youtube-src-id="DA-34VC0VQg"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, July 7:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">45 min nose breathed easy run at the topmost end of zone 3 in GORUCK Rough Runners for the first time, around my neighborhood at night. I was craving cardio after having backed off of it since my right glute has been sore. I covered 4.7 min in that time.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Saturday, July 8:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">In the morning, 18A "Upper Push / Chin-up" in 41:34 with hamstring stretches during the rests, then "Dip Abs" in 20 min.</p><p style="text-align: left;">In the evening, range day, working on the July Drill.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1hnQY8kCY-I" width="320" youtube-src-id="1hnQY8kCY-I"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, July 9:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Yoga for Runners 60 min class with Faith Hunter from Lululemon. Needed a rest day today for sure. Glute has been so sore this half week.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Visited SB for some catching up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA99uCo1-YBWsveII6742ZXS5EaJ6idVwHt9nQJD3rgo9RqXSmwhK2T2zMT4AG53KtAMdmBphDfvqeZqNyhXcbvc-1VppyJ11rHWX1ByAPtWBWD672o2OorogbXkbea-Qp0reL9X7dM5ODBeyVC_g85sYd_vk3cpZPliM1WxNIJF32kVH604U8pUFjhmU/s2328/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.38.29%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1726" data-original-width="2328" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA99uCo1-YBWsveII6742ZXS5EaJ6idVwHt9nQJD3rgo9RqXSmwhK2T2zMT4AG53KtAMdmBphDfvqeZqNyhXcbvc-1VppyJ11rHWX1ByAPtWBWD672o2OorogbXkbea-Qp0reL9X7dM5ODBeyVC_g85sYd_vk3cpZPliM1WxNIJF32kVH604U8pUFjhmU/w400-h296/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.38.29%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, July 10:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Slow ruck with 49# total wearing Garmont T8s so that I could get some movement in, without stressing out my glute too much. At least I can try to get my shoulders used to the weight. The MOLLE II ruck still needs adjustments to make it fit my shoulders better. Lots of pokemon. 4 miles in 1:26:39.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Tuesday, July 11:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Tried out the new G19C after installing the Holosun. Many failures to eject, maybe because of how it was cerakoted. You'd think that the cerakoting people would know what they're doing.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZVHiPVlojFTgifPhYWOA3A21HRwBFvYDKT-Z2Vjt8ffysXyyGWQh4nHpGAHQrBLrBp64ooK0RuESsKqudcrLLYUCItI1AnyhxnWHgTebyd9J1T8LOpe9q0TDeKjIySDcwh3QqZbjm9ThWvVNl3JO8qkfQxWLRcC-yW_jJ1YegM9y7CtBXZFglLs8DJo/s1092/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.45.06%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1092" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZVHiPVlojFTgifPhYWOA3A21HRwBFvYDKT-Z2Vjt8ffysXyyGWQh4nHpGAHQrBLrBp64ooK0RuESsKqudcrLLYUCItI1AnyhxnWHgTebyd9J1T8LOpe9q0TDeKjIySDcwh3QqZbjm9ThWvVNl3JO8qkfQxWLRcC-yW_jJ1YegM9y7CtBXZFglLs8DJo/w400-h394/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.45.06%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6x-OGLWHIhHslDk5hBOKy7cP14VA-fTjhwEPa1Pp0rNVn_2ZU30LGIO9-XLD9kAcbOHDT1LrW693R0SCd15vUwD9kalm7fMz-iOAo5_L2OxNwjQQTBNHJNkmQbSaEYKrvBGyjCe0nSHdYwcQuYrnjk9-gMOMwGdZMVKGAfb_1Y6_8Ftp1wzInL68JwI/s1462/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.45.39%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="854" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6x-OGLWHIhHslDk5hBOKy7cP14VA-fTjhwEPa1Pp0rNVn_2ZU30LGIO9-XLD9kAcbOHDT1LrW693R0SCd15vUwD9kalm7fMz-iOAo5_L2OxNwjQQTBNHJNkmQbSaEYKrvBGyjCe0nSHdYwcQuYrnjk9-gMOMwGdZMVKGAfb_1Y6_8Ftp1wzInL68JwI/w374-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.45.39%20PM.png" width="374" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, July 12:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "DL/KB" with relatively light weights for active recovery in 42:10. The single-leg DLs were hard, though. Afterwards, "Dip Abs" in 24:18.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, July 13:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Pickleball with dad</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hauePETt-SqCjMNFmocQTiYsUKExVxfRm4wTVOr3Rog4e5P_rnhIMqwtF06rkm3eA__oRxWKtk6rBlX6bfkAQvWitOY6dAZi1Ms9E4q3436Iy7j0lyLZXHdxoGiJYY5oApboNhymme4ZsqScGYTRaY-XlBRmG77nQoflRI8ZV9Thh3uG2zTkz4fQ9cM/s1914/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.48.16%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="1914" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hauePETt-SqCjMNFmocQTiYsUKExVxfRm4wTVOr3Rog4e5P_rnhIMqwtF06rkm3eA__oRxWKtk6rBlX6bfkAQvWitOY6dAZi1Ms9E4q3436Iy7j0lyLZXHdxoGiJYY5oApboNhymme4ZsqScGYTRaY-XlBRmG77nQoflRI8ZV9Thh3uG2zTkz4fQ9cM/w400-h248/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.48.16%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2oe3GsSY5a15Bu3_Bxlj7AL4ypjJzbCxYmj79fmMnKMloawf7bHmv0NyOQGMdss1yt7kxvjYRW2cvDaJME7nfck7Xh4Wcpv22G6C5S8XAY4PBRPq8_mNoDYcspmZ-xSo6xIWg7pqGCdN5unIPUOZ4v8yhdCX0jPatCIOJh_uBe6IFiES5oRadKyaLVM/s1448/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.48.49%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1272" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2oe3GsSY5a15Bu3_Bxlj7AL4ypjJzbCxYmj79fmMnKMloawf7bHmv0NyOQGMdss1yt7kxvjYRW2cvDaJME7nfck7Xh4Wcpv22G6C5S8XAY4PBRPq8_mNoDYcspmZ-xSo6xIWg7pqGCdN5unIPUOZ4v8yhdCX0jPatCIOJh_uBe6IFiES5oRadKyaLVM/w351-h400/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.48.49%20PM.png" width="351" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Afterwards, a 6 mile nose breathed run around the neighborhood in 59:39.<div><br /></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div><b><u>Friday, July 14:</u></b><br /><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Upper Body Prep" in 26:25, "Push-up" in 56:20, a casual 30#RPC walk around the neighborhood with dad, wearing Garmont T8s. Saved some tires along the way.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX07-_WXLzE5_PspWgpUcVMZeNgqeLc_Cd27vi5a-4VZMgC8JCvJmK_GfMcUF86QFKb0wuwDhmck1Dl4DpHQnqoCutuWXFjTQTB-Ruwqy2u58WBrdAIVQ3A6sTx02ArcMZWC2tRqIku45IofUjYRtIpTwEeAUD_aVeaCGuYqWRH9Onm8javCgq-lQtDuM/s1716/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.51.01%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="1272" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX07-_WXLzE5_PspWgpUcVMZeNgqeLc_Cd27vi5a-4VZMgC8JCvJmK_GfMcUF86QFKb0wuwDhmck1Dl4DpHQnqoCutuWXFjTQTB-Ruwqy2u58WBrdAIVQ3A6sTx02ArcMZWC2tRqIku45IofUjYRtIpTwEeAUD_aVeaCGuYqWRH9Onm8javCgq-lQtDuM/w296-h400/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.51.01%20PM.png" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihdqLJW1JDk6t_f9ksVAqbpA8xDo-QL-Vb5mccXZTQPMmNkf7R0Slp7cp3oIpIv97Dq1MLSsfam_AAQ4pgH440xdkuIP8ROA-11Xzv6qiB6HSm07nzkQXd_gghyNHUl1JnaSnmr2DrH4CEgTCT2imJ4skLD94jiLhP8Km4wq22qb7Dv_k6FFmYxrCKZKQ/s2706/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.51.47%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2706" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihdqLJW1JDk6t_f9ksVAqbpA8xDo-QL-Vb5mccXZTQPMmNkf7R0Slp7cp3oIpIv97Dq1MLSsfam_AAQ4pgH440xdkuIP8ROA-11Xzv6qiB6HSm07nzkQXd_gghyNHUl1JnaSnmr2DrH4CEgTCT2imJ4skLD94jiLhP8Km4wq22qb7Dv_k6FFmYxrCKZKQ/w400-h226/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.51.47%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Afterwards, doing Center - Day 27 - Yin, and Day 26 - Connect Yoga with Adriene was a good combo for recovery.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Saturday, July 15:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Single loop of Stone Mountain State Park NC with dad in 2:54:17.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We went early and were able to see deer.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSGhkgkDk1nfGpRyfRz751pGIdVf5Ta34bvmE4YCIZ-qP4IOtFnj445nrqwkwkQyfCZLF76eCu1JohKDQHtbCsDFC4sr_zGX7xJiJPalL2sHy-RP4Yg6BQULxaj5SpKi61fw7Js9Rn5eXMZgqGI-EKbpObmrePoF6cdOA6T8BI6Sze7Aja26CQ3RSVsA/s2328/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%206.53.36%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was part of a challenge in a training group that I'm in, that a fellow member put out there. I started easy to make sure I'd make it all the way through without hurting myself.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The rowing machine has a monitor where you can follow different training sessions, or just row to some scenery that makes you feel like you're in that place. I chose Thailand.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIHkgOPLWXV2xRbNnmKRTB041h-1SSXwKtwJvRy09KUO9Ds_hTPmegXtZDMPXDiVVOP_0wBhMBiYnzuMRUoHepaaGBMJUyI-libS3504O25JlrrkYXnhbXFVZ3dawOiTPqZxSWFOxqoQxc4rNy24Y5gvTYq-DMsafPM1PQLcFaOaolk3x2DT57m2ZxIY/s2216/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.25.07%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2216" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIHkgOPLWXV2xRbNnmKRTB041h-1SSXwKtwJvRy09KUO9Ds_hTPmegXtZDMPXDiVVOP_0wBhMBiYnzuMRUoHepaaGBMJUyI-libS3504O25JlrrkYXnhbXFVZ3dawOiTPqZxSWFOxqoQxc4rNy24Y5gvTYq-DMsafPM1PQLcFaOaolk3x2DT57m2ZxIY/w400-h245/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.25.07%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">I picked up the pace at the end. I started to get hints of blisters on my hands towards the end, but it wasn't too bad.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ucIe_dpc4cgzm9yYxjipJGHepTyIf96QvKglTSRnbwcbtrYDeRkm4nGQTU6eyBilAiU9Gqt3yDacofDX5kcfQtPK9HCKFTMxLMi1kAN2kCNHTqoEuZ0zHzzoyQ76yJlC8Hxc7wwIhq9tuTYIu0fyN0QXHHyfhEi9DiQO2F4Rc0GG9vq9AhHJ8PbpYXg/s2216/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.24.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2216" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ucIe_dpc4cgzm9yYxjipJGHepTyIf96QvKglTSRnbwcbtrYDeRkm4nGQTU6eyBilAiU9Gqt3yDacofDX5kcfQtPK9HCKFTMxLMi1kAN2kCNHTqoEuZ0zHzzoyQ76yJlC8Hxc7wwIhq9tuTYIu0fyN0QXHHyfhEi9DiQO2F4Rc0GG9vq9AhHJ8PbpYXg/w400-h245/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.24.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, July 19:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">I was hoping that a cleaning and more rounds would help to break the gun in, but it still malfunctioned. Partial chambering this time. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The red dot also came loose, even though I had used Loctite and torqued it to spec.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9WesOUxtplRUfiUcuesgxDXqfJ-QmcOWX3TrI7sXM1NdA1dkqN8LbplMQSjBulKUO3I01SSmeUhR1P-HYG7oQOcUTaQuZsBaqER5fhhx47hArgkcL-tQ7QJZc1cD1iIWhdb7DzPZ20LVEyUNacOFLaElOJSFcXq6SI9o6IO5NuuWEUFFnT4cW-Zv7bQ/s1672/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.27.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="1296" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9WesOUxtplRUfiUcuesgxDXqfJ-QmcOWX3TrI7sXM1NdA1dkqN8LbplMQSjBulKUO3I01SSmeUhR1P-HYG7oQOcUTaQuZsBaqER5fhhx47hArgkcL-tQ7QJZc1cD1iIWhdb7DzPZ20LVEyUNacOFLaElOJSFcXq6SI9o6IO5NuuWEUFFnT4cW-Zv7bQ/w496-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.27.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="496" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, July 20:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">2 min HRPU: 43 (up from 38 from 7 weeks ago)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QpsSjBXKiDA" width="320" youtube-src-id="QpsSjBXKiDA"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: left;">1 min Pull-ups: 11 (up from 9 from 7 weeks ago)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uizNajn2Ir8" width="320" youtube-src-id="uizNajn2Ir8"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">49# Molle II ruck in Garmont T8s, covering 2.5 miles in 54:35, not for speed... just to move a little.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, July 21:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Upper Body Prep" in 27:08, then "Pullups", including a burpee finisher, in 55:45.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Used the TENS unit, since my glute's been sore.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Saturday, July 22:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Center - Day 25 - Amor & Day 24 - Explore Yoga with Adriene, which was a good and therapeutic combo for my jacked up body and glute.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Range day, working on some awesome drills from Haley Strategic.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">Also did some fun drills with movement then shooting, and a 1-round reload drill with all the mags.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlcIS4Lf0MXvQOP6gp8jGRCvLTJjIszpWp4dFSM4Zf70daN6XJzL3KL7G50t_I9FGav_TX839Eh4Z_z1zIrqVU99UoDNMpPlNI8tC-3Bo43tWx6hyphenhyphenCk76q0wTrL2MkpYAFDUvum855jwuPL6gYw9IN2D3LSDLRmOFVUI6auCo90ZXz0HxxzsnyeBUjcY/s2232/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.34.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="2232" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlcIS4Lf0MXvQOP6gp8jGRCvLTJjIszpWp4dFSM4Zf70daN6XJzL3KL7G50t_I9FGav_TX839Eh4Z_z1zIrqVU99UoDNMpPlNI8tC-3Bo43tWx6hyphenhyphenCk76q0wTrL2MkpYAFDUvum855jwuPL6gYw9IN2D3LSDLRmOFVUI6auCo90ZXz0HxxzsnyeBUjcY/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.34.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And we practiced rimfire position building and transitions, shooting at 100, 200, 300, and 400yd targets.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDUntiFujKGpKc8-rkgbqb0cGPqF10zyICWCl28MrD8ShUAX7TcQf8QPo7DJ4yCJvzjEbUkfXAtAqoMCt9prqJun48GLhpbZ55k8RQKhA-OYjir5RelkZEfrtRRN9mbZDNGVc6XeSiwVATNgUjoMKeO-QD7aOruJ1Feo6zT8CsNxuUeJp-Jf8_UmaqQA/s2198/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.35.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1702" data-original-width="2198" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDUntiFujKGpKc8-rkgbqb0cGPqF10zyICWCl28MrD8ShUAX7TcQf8QPo7DJ4yCJvzjEbUkfXAtAqoMCt9prqJun48GLhpbZ55k8RQKhA-OYjir5RelkZEfrtRRN9mbZDNGVc6XeSiwVATNgUjoMKeO-QD7aOruJ1Feo6zT8CsNxuUeJp-Jf8_UmaqQA/w400-h310/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.35.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, July 23:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">In the morning, went to my first Carryology meetup, a gathering of backpack nerds.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I had come to this area before for the Van Gogh Experience, but I hadn't seen this part of it. There are many small creativity-related businesses there. Like an arts district. Neat place. Lots of cool things to discover.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmizLwOV95YK1Wyhhk37nm4diG1LjAJko5VEpdx8gi4MbUd00jgDnaoPyUV8H8yneT5wL7Kvvhyphenhyphen9FB83rf5rpZAPTLGkNTHqpoU1VUWdWStdRla4jOeArpoctjSO_QPbIjgcmvuENKvYO9tsSurwNS-HQSlvZ2sCkdim-5M3rOb6LuFeGUqsFPmjB4N8/s2306/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.44.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2306" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmizLwOV95YK1Wyhhk37nm4diG1LjAJko5VEpdx8gi4MbUd00jgDnaoPyUV8H8yneT5wL7Kvvhyphenhyphen9FB83rf5rpZAPTLGkNTHqpoU1VUWdWStdRla4jOeArpoctjSO_QPbIjgcmvuENKvYO9tsSurwNS-HQSlvZ2sCkdim-5M3rOb6LuFeGUqsFPmjB4N8/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.44.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGRlb4xJk3lU2T5RAdloWY_VrM6K-zUlrHbuvhCNh5zRqAJ5etQKkPgcS77h3YTmj77CApbr0Kb5weFIHdVoPm9psxrPJkfInklcUEqCyDD-vHE5uP5qMCAccBwKlvWLWfleOHmkpc3hcbco4Q5NkOi8EdguhNkD_dGKM8RwV0PC7kp0cNBQp7G5JhTk/s2306/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.44.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2306" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGRlb4xJk3lU2T5RAdloWY_VrM6K-zUlrHbuvhCNh5zRqAJ5etQKkPgcS77h3YTmj77CApbr0Kb5weFIHdVoPm9psxrPJkfInklcUEqCyDD-vHE5uP5qMCAccBwKlvWLWfleOHmkpc3hcbco4Q5NkOi8EdguhNkD_dGKM8RwV0PC7kp0cNBQp7G5JhTk/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.44.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Center - Day 22 - Align & Day 23 - Soar Yoga with Adriene</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, July 24:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">2 mile ruck in 44:13 wearing the MOLLE II pack wieghing 49# total, with Garmont T8's around the neighborhood, since I wasn't in the mood for a strength session.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Tuesday, July 25:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Drills w/ SB at Blackstone.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintMYxb0AHKTspp8sIMUTqBGDW4qC5KnVDf1YyOchROg7J9gkUkKQBXJ4vB92EfUpSqi9zd2N5U2LK19uBHfYMj5SqhrJQ9XCvPcCkuVZjfZF6f8EMnN1kqEd_5hvegv9Yujoi1zEO9ohkAIrye7Ak-LLbAMWf9rkZRoaBa0hhjaar8MQcuOOWcvpDKGI/s1174/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.46.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="966" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintMYxb0AHKTspp8sIMUTqBGDW4qC5KnVDf1YyOchROg7J9gkUkKQBXJ4vB92EfUpSqi9zd2N5U2LK19uBHfYMj5SqhrJQ9XCvPcCkuVZjfZF6f8EMnN1kqEd_5hvegv9Yujoi1zEO9ohkAIrye7Ak-LLbAMWf9rkZRoaBa0hhjaar8MQcuOOWcvpDKGI/w329-h400/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.46.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="329" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">The new cerakoted Glock did better today, although it wouldn't last.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, July 26:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">At Blackstone, the Glock did a bit better with 124gr rounds than it did with 115gr.</p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Upper Body Prep" in 24 min, then "Push-up" with breaks for important distractions so time wasn't as meaningful, then "Plank Series" in 18 min.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, July 27:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Dyanmic Warmup" in 23:20, then "Kettlebell" in 41:17.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, July 28:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Still trying to get the Glock to work smoothly, and zero the red dot.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Worked on isolating my trigger finger.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">30 min of glute and pec PT, then a 6 mile nose breathed run around the neighborhood after it rained, at a 8:26 pace in reflective Kinvaras.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Saturday, Jul 29:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Glute and Pec PT for 30 min, then 18A "Dip Abs" in 26:19, then "Lower Body Prep" in 26:29, then 6x (20 burpees within 1 min, then 1 min rest). The garage and house felt a little warmer than usual today. </p><p style="text-align: left;">At night, did the 18A "Kinstretch" mobility video.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, July 30:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Went to a CLT ruck club ACFT-inspired workout for 33:55 using a 20# ruck (I thought it was 30#, but it felt easy... realized afterwards that it was only 20#).</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EYlC6tTIC234fYxmV6oH-z8NNjVyuw2rpA6iAoLOO5L5rAmpmq9asnoZrxx5MDOTIGFlFOPQ4GBNscu1jE9b2rUvJYmySI4UGY5NsUCF2PREpJjGU_SB9YwHBm0NmYs38uyT0eElqbnKTitzE2bbOMMZTYvt9-EuIejleSoLwq1eNkaWzwLROJlEI6Y/s2292/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.55.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2292" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EYlC6tTIC234fYxmV6oH-z8NNjVyuw2rpA6iAoLOO5L5rAmpmq9asnoZrxx5MDOTIGFlFOPQ4GBNscu1jE9b2rUvJYmySI4UGY5NsUCF2PREpJjGU_SB9YwHBm0NmYs38uyT0eElqbnKTitzE2bbOMMZTYvt9-EuIejleSoLwq1eNkaWzwLROJlEI6Y/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.55.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Afterwards, we floated down the river, which was a lot of fun. I had heard about this Fort Mill activity before, but had never tried it. You do need 2 cars so that you can drop off yourselves and your floats at one spot, then have a ride to get back to the start point afterwards.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7F7HZ4oZH5FaZjcC2obDhGq2usMlBwDzX2eC8LoWEKiKZ_UOUPcGJfMNwBkTB4OPVqkx0aXD7ZE38-oN9nWmPAgPnh4fQbrOhRazjshJmr1dt0r59ua9pJzjQ9QT3ejxszuujlkK4pynH8TnJwp-2kZS6nZd_e1AyBnKozE8MTH7A_1JSSjP3gkRU_7o/s2292/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.56.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2292" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7F7HZ4oZH5FaZjcC2obDhGq2usMlBwDzX2eC8LoWEKiKZ_UOUPcGJfMNwBkTB4OPVqkx0aXD7ZE38-oN9nWmPAgPnh4fQbrOhRazjshJmr1dt0r59ua9pJzjQ9QT3ejxszuujlkK4pynH8TnJwp-2kZS6nZd_e1AyBnKozE8MTH7A_1JSSjP3gkRU_7o/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.56.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdRrknHiYUS3GarYWMfZWmYnJJz907JGzfkXFvu9VXQuGkcS995A_ZxI17mVa1dOs7ibw3GflOdLvfGzeRpWUV62qfYHO1acgUOa3JSB-8zwf_jFLfxH26DFMOqMtWDEsDjWzfs7kj7fHa0aL5mfQ4MvzP7JGllLjC-7B8HUDUpu9i_ioATPFVXM7ITw/s2292/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.56.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2292" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdRrknHiYUS3GarYWMfZWmYnJJz907JGzfkXFvu9VXQuGkcS995A_ZxI17mVa1dOs7ibw3GflOdLvfGzeRpWUV62qfYHO1acgUOa3JSB-8zwf_jFLfxH26DFMOqMtWDEsDjWzfs7kj7fHa0aL5mfQ4MvzP7JGllLjC-7B8HUDUpu9i_ioATPFVXM7ITw/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.56.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1x4-TM86zO_5bE8ZiZoXc3lCz22LJ-FZaoJ8KyubwZROdIvwlPMmAq5WVrJoP891NbsR20K-uAhypa06MG_2yU16X4tkZxHoLTlIzEkDVZUEZpcbj_sORGuhNqh0vHp5yYuV8V9N1XtZII3siUpx0nSsyZH19W6G4CvSnnrZQh81QjzwBMClFfBkxD8/s2292/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.56.25%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2292" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1x4-TM86zO_5bE8ZiZoXc3lCz22LJ-FZaoJ8KyubwZROdIvwlPMmAq5WVrJoP891NbsR20K-uAhypa06MG_2yU16X4tkZxHoLTlIzEkDVZUEZpcbj_sORGuhNqh0vHp5yYuV8V9N1XtZII3siUpx0nSsyZH19W6G4CvSnnrZQh81QjzwBMClFfBkxD8/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.56.25%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There's a swinging bridge in the middle of the journey. Many people were out there, hanging out. It's what people without boats do for fun. Beverages are a plus.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQ-rHCfLXNzI9wlPUrjtB_S1Lqs-2p2po8bS4KYzsNvmjl88pG6ENJSuEJULUx_d3VYfjXQ8aw0XzVmzHtgmR9Y-PaMOBiYEnABH8GLjl6gUWfWmBZ8H6ElASENHXT3Y7DP8KdTSQaJKs8gvUpSXIuvdUDuzQ0j4pYYzWG5dyLHWwrzzJD5YfUX6i6BA/s2292/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.56.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2292" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQ-rHCfLXNzI9wlPUrjtB_S1Lqs-2p2po8bS4KYzsNvmjl88pG6ENJSuEJULUx_d3VYfjXQ8aw0XzVmzHtgmR9Y-PaMOBiYEnABH8GLjl6gUWfWmBZ8H6ElASENHXT3Y7DP8KdTSQaJKs8gvUpSXIuvdUDuzQ0j4pYYzWG5dyLHWwrzzJD5YfUX6i6BA/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.56.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvY1kjG4rIT4G-mrBEZH9DYxNgfWiLWUTx_pdFeiKfFkYZ79Igcw-C5VKVeakuBjJBKyRljT667IPalefbWstI74X4D3WXIVzzrj7SFWs2RYgRzr8AKmJMAmZaPppABEHugCf5Uukq3IIKV-92gruJHdY6Yub9ItdRZWJ7Yc_pykzxEWtqD9WKhU7P70/s2292/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.57.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2292" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvY1kjG4rIT4G-mrBEZH9DYxNgfWiLWUTx_pdFeiKfFkYZ79Igcw-C5VKVeakuBjJBKyRljT667IPalefbWstI74X4D3WXIVzzrj7SFWs2RYgRzr8AKmJMAmZaPppABEHugCf5Uukq3IIKV-92gruJHdY6Yub9ItdRZWJ7Yc_pykzxEWtqD9WKhU7P70/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%207.57.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, July 31:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Center - Day 29 - Pleasure & Day 28 - Freedom Yoga with Adriene</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Tuesday, Aug 1:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Took my dad to Riverwalk, to show him the fun area and explore the riverside trail. We went 3.5 miles in 1:17:17 as the sun set. I carried 50# and wore Ballistic Trainers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4HDQEdCYoC5qNZKNUrPnmERoTuuwe0TTGTmWZ4gFNvXxfaFZWQ8vv7SerkWt45ub1HVm2dJAOiXpICUIMocHV37cuxXhd2Exd6zh-QJmkC9UAqE_X98rYt1OfGwgzD5_7lprygScUTdZf1lWgoDgkX94a8npUpKBxlB0yTfFex3rnfwUi6tDo4kmGoM/s1728/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.01.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1294" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4HDQEdCYoC5qNZKNUrPnmERoTuuwe0TTGTmWZ4gFNvXxfaFZWQ8vv7SerkWt45ub1HVm2dJAOiXpICUIMocHV37cuxXhd2Exd6zh-QJmkC9UAqE_X98rYt1OfGwgzD5_7lprygScUTdZf1lWgoDgkX94a8npUpKBxlB0yTfFex3rnfwUi6tDo4kmGoM/w480-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.01.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBGAiLQ3k7s1U3Y7UDOFfqdHMNVfrs3jyYeVnLLf60zfC6yDjYmYQmg7lscG6U5oAIMPSzlgx8a-YOIXwoTc5xXymu9lOKejibPZR1-RUB33S7DKR0Ooli80aAqlXOSOf_LKJY4e9WKvXfyR9VNaWEdUw1mDb1cC9v0rhnPjt2S2pGfOUcKhigMXEr_Y/s2334/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.01.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2334" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBGAiLQ3k7s1U3Y7UDOFfqdHMNVfrs3jyYeVnLLf60zfC6yDjYmYQmg7lscG6U5oAIMPSzlgx8a-YOIXwoTc5xXymu9lOKejibPZR1-RUB33S7DKR0Ooli80aAqlXOSOf_LKJY4e9WKvXfyR9VNaWEdUw1mDb1cC9v0rhnPjt2S2pGfOUcKhigMXEr_Y/w400-h296/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.01.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, Aug 2:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Glute and pec PT in 31:44, then 18A "Upper Push / Core / Cardio" in 1:09:05.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, Aug 3:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Center - Day 5 - Hug & Day 6 - Fan Yoga with Adriene</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, Aug 4:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">52 pushups in 2 min, 84 situps in 2 min, 14:46 2 mile run in Saucony A4s. 2 mile strict-ish ruck with the V3 rucker with 50# in 28:38 wearing Garmont T8s. Then glute and pec PT for 28:31, and 18A "Hanging Abs" for 22:03.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Saturday, Aug 5:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Did the August Shooter Drill about 8x.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Did some moving and shooting straight-on.</p><p style="text-align: left;">A butterfly joined me today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EiUuze8Ua8Wxvfrfh-3HL5u2_jlDDfWhMLbwanXaWCApFXOQwEihpH5YchJY88ZWyRPg2edhfPdyCvG-IFP9miB35yrhGizFkLKn97-T-0s4iG-dFqO2P-iln0Mr7NDHqpTYJUFMWPWmLtePN1sOtS-o_JxAAWqLBzMSWeF-ho8iPNq4E0iZs-gw7DI/s1728/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.07.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1288" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EiUuze8Ua8Wxvfrfh-3HL5u2_jlDDfWhMLbwanXaWCApFXOQwEihpH5YchJY88ZWyRPg2edhfPdyCvG-IFP9miB35yrhGizFkLKn97-T-0s4iG-dFqO2P-iln0Mr7NDHqpTYJUFMWPWmLtePN1sOtS-o_JxAAWqLBzMSWeF-ho8iPNq4E0iZs-gw7DI/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.07.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, Aug 6:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Lower Body Prep" in 22:12, Glute and Pec PT for 34:02, "Lower Push BW" in 35:34, "Dip Abs" in 23:19. I think I'm getting diminishing returns from the glute and pec PT now from a neural perspective. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Read "Rising Above" by Sean Rogers.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, Aug 7:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Center - Day 8 - Melt & Day 7 - Flow Yoga with Adriene. Glute and pec PT for 26:31, then 18A "Ketllebell" in 30:19.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Tuesday, Aug 8:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Upper Body Prep" in 29:57, then "Chest Barbell" in 33:14.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, Aug 9:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Did dry needling on my glute and shoulder. Glute nad Pec PT for 29 min, then 18A "Lower Body Prep" for 25:34, then "Squats Barbell" for 46:54.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, Aug 11:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Glute and pec PT in 27:01, then 18A "Lower Body Prep" in 24:08, 6 mile trail run nose breathed, at the Iswa Nature Preseve in Innov8 X-talons in 82* temps.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAE2QhjpnM2qw5-OPTwll5YLERrNOSRSFWei1gAE6iRUInuiXfWyfD3WLABkWygaxCEnJpYA1z9THmn9EkV2N2LlVJ8wNgVT5QyaSp_5tfnQ8rHufdND-gG8IBKuu2ffBvzj_eA6XiKi6V9QyCx-fYHVnmQp3GBUSNYWsmJr_9OKUhJIVaDq7G9ENW6ok/s1728/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.12.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1288" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAE2QhjpnM2qw5-OPTwll5YLERrNOSRSFWei1gAE6iRUInuiXfWyfD3WLABkWygaxCEnJpYA1z9THmn9EkV2N2LlVJ8wNgVT5QyaSp_5tfnQ8rHufdND-gG8IBKuu2ffBvzj_eA6XiKi6V9QyCx-fYHVnmQp3GBUSNYWsmJr_9OKUhJIVaDq7G9ENW6ok/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.12.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="478" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Front-facing yoga flow at USNWC, then a 1.5 mile ruck with 30# plus 2 yoga mats in the v3 rucker wearing Salomon Speedcross, around the parade loop.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We hung out and listened to live music for a little bit afterwards.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAy8cY_AwEOnuUIB_jraL0YAGk4fvLzEKXhoHUacXDDlY2j37ljb5lSXAAcxAo_m6UisO-cGVhlkq3JVkX_EzdEMEfmKjlbZWSmr3tJMwXahgVR7S8SRGcA-rldHKTv9Lh2nM0BezoC_B-HSC1jA8SVxaq82NNRQzw7JGQ6ilZw_Wq_NrZ94dMlOc1Xy0/s2322/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.13.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2322" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAy8cY_AwEOnuUIB_jraL0YAGk4fvLzEKXhoHUacXDDlY2j37ljb5lSXAAcxAo_m6UisO-cGVhlkq3JVkX_EzdEMEfmKjlbZWSmr3tJMwXahgVR7S8SRGcA-rldHKTv9Lh2nM0BezoC_B-HSC1jA8SVxaq82NNRQzw7JGQ6ilZw_Wq_NrZ94dMlOc1Xy0/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.13.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Saturday, Aug 12:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Glute and pec PT in 31:03, then 18A "Upper Body Prep" in 30:06, then "Pull-ups" in 56:18, then "Hanging Abs" in 20:18</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, Aug 13:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A pre-ruck dynamic warmup in 26:14, Glute and Pec PT in 29:25, then a 4 mile ruck in Garmont T8s with 50# in the v3 rucker in 57:07. I slept a lot today, maybe making up for nights this past week where I only slept 4 hours because of how busy work was.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I think my sweat got the toes of my boots wet.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oiO_-Lu9G3QjwJVQPeosJH9o5Qv2hnoW7769415WxqxQ2M25BoweSBbxkMsIqjtktZr342KiBstmSsjiXweuUmDANktqF87D4Tvxeo4LX_uFKjSqxZoCVA__A2yS3ocTDeVM7jXbuz887lvG8E2p9K5S8nvmOSOo7CCsDj82fWpSAPpEvZ1X-Cm23gs/s1728/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.17.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oiO_-Lu9G3QjwJVQPeosJH9o5Qv2hnoW7769415WxqxQ2M25BoweSBbxkMsIqjtktZr342KiBstmSsjiXweuUmDANktqF87D4Tvxeo4LX_uFKjSqxZoCVA__A2yS3ocTDeVM7jXbuz887lvG8E2p9K5S8nvmOSOo7CCsDj82fWpSAPpEvZ1X-Cm23gs/w482-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.17.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, Aug 14:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Glute and pec PT in 39:36, 18A "Plank Series" in 22:49, "Lower Push BW" in 39:59.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Tuesday, Aug 15:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Armory work</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganeUoI33NvhVPJJ4Vk9pleR_xCFX7bhANatXfooJ21WTDac4ndK6Zjd7OMzn6IzhXyzJ8pyhvZ6bUtrNhCP3BpfxxK94tEGV-NZHuRzartS2ONECxe6vuQ99bCxAl0R1nTnlrRyk_rTJqRxP5NC_uCUbClgw5i5nqrmELin0VGbIETyAnVx5CpG-xuBw/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.19.25%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2324" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganeUoI33NvhVPJJ4Vk9pleR_xCFX7bhANatXfooJ21WTDac4ndK6Zjd7OMzn6IzhXyzJ8pyhvZ6bUtrNhCP3BpfxxK94tEGV-NZHuRzartS2ONECxe6vuQ99bCxAl0R1nTnlrRyk_rTJqRxP5NC_uCUbClgw5i5nqrmELin0VGbIETyAnVx5CpG-xuBw/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-10-26%20at%208.19.25%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, Aug 16:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Dyanmic Warmup" in 22:22,"Upper Body Prep" in 26:45, "Upper Vert Push" in 12:29.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, Aug 17:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">18A "Dynamic Warmup" in 24:47, Glute and Pec PT in 36:50, "Chest Barbell" in 41:31 where the 2x30# were so hard that I had to break it up into sets and almost smashed my face with dumbells.<br /></p></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-48489950442466762782023-10-20T18:15:00.004-04:002023-10-20T18:15:38.681-04:00Denver<p><b>BACK AT HOME FOR A BIT</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Monday, June 26:</u></b></p><p>18A "Lower Body Prep" in 20:24, "Plank Series" in 24:26, then 45 min of a nose breathed progression run covering 5.16 in that time, wearing lime green Kinvaras.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Tuesday, June 27:</u></b></p><p>Took my dad to the airport to send him off to Denver. I'd meet him there later.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ulpzrYDO09ck7v92yhsiriAanFBxSiaJ2BtQBtOuqJEG4XTnlqWzjPOh9zZIA6YWhK-28C2F457ukon6XqMwe4Jj4bR9SV0J9wPgOJv1gHNQ_6U9OzwVztiiYyZhjr9N9_YDa_8BmLdoNQWU-zEEGXhQKnGtKH-dJdlPCgi1KZkCvGsY3LvffelGlkw/s2618/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%204.51.52%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="2618" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ulpzrYDO09ck7v92yhsiriAanFBxSiaJ2BtQBtOuqJEG4XTnlqWzjPOh9zZIA6YWhK-28C2F457ukon6XqMwe4Jj4bR9SV0J9wPgOJv1gHNQ_6U9OzwVztiiYyZhjr9N9_YDa_8BmLdoNQWU-zEEGXhQKnGtKH-dJdlPCgi1KZkCvGsY3LvffelGlkw/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%204.51.52%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p>In the meantime, I rucked 5 miles in 1:07:48 with 47# total for a MOLLE2 pack for the first time, wearing Garmont T8s as well. I sweat a lot, even though it was only 73* that night. There was an air quality warning because of the Canadian wildfires, but it didn't seem too bad.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1V1ZKw6suvMg6E8PoExN8-guKUIGybtUaIftYzUgt_gWi9Lo8-09pF2laJRE_r_Mh9j2qp1WIRHSeQZz1WkVKBKTVUnqHbe7pIWTx4U2sVjBo4U4fXKf09ZCLrmoKtgVWYWDL6yuz2CnJbrwI2_J9MI1mniRj7b6lpqpfzUygQA1u7vl6V9n2p1LmqQg/s1750/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%204.52.05%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="1292" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1V1ZKw6suvMg6E8PoExN8-guKUIGybtUaIftYzUgt_gWi9Lo8-09pF2laJRE_r_Mh9j2qp1WIRHSeQZz1WkVKBKTVUnqHbe7pIWTx4U2sVjBo4U4fXKf09ZCLrmoKtgVWYWDL6yuz2CnJbrwI2_J9MI1mniRj7b6lpqpfzUygQA1u7vl6V9n2p1LmqQg/w472-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%204.52.05%20PM.png" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We crossed the Continental Divide on the way. It's crazy to see snow in June!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrxrt4_XIe72Z5KNobH2LEFUKa_479RSXjToknFJA20Py1YwbhgG803Ls7NV724WA4hVzl4cO7cO9VPqPfpxXWDqL52iGPPLwD38W6qh11b-kbXE0ygg3M4vN7mbjGZ72h2xZqSY241ztqQC-0V9xGJ5fb2gZJIkCOv4_u_W_CbdWhnk_MqhBGiRlccc/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.12.58%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrxrt4_XIe72Z5KNobH2LEFUKa_479RSXjToknFJA20Py1YwbhgG803Ls7NV724WA4hVzl4cO7cO9VPqPfpxXWDqL52iGPPLwD38W6qh11b-kbXE0ygg3M4vN7mbjGZ72h2xZqSY241ztqQC-0V9xGJ5fb2gZJIkCOv4_u_W_CbdWhnk_MqhBGiRlccc/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.12.58%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtd1Vi3Sx5_aRSvom84KRClu8Qg7V08nWHfkUaJsmMcgZCWhdXFdxYMhUPsPgl21zMayeRpwnalEf0rOD0HH_qMx-Yhyphenhyphen4SfC4hXamDXyfxObH2GtP5w7p5kchnWpqazh0kVmX8oQhkNKlsBA9z_6aYidoOS0RKOcyMREMmYRmcAUjfgX7ooyAn8LMnWs/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.13.14%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtd1Vi3Sx5_aRSvom84KRClu8Qg7V08nWHfkUaJsmMcgZCWhdXFdxYMhUPsPgl21zMayeRpwnalEf0rOD0HH_qMx-Yhyphenhyphen4SfC4hXamDXyfxObH2GtP5w7p5kchnWpqazh0kVmX8oQhkNKlsBA9z_6aYidoOS0RKOcyMREMmYRmcAUjfgX7ooyAn8LMnWs/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.13.14%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXippvEz1yUUaBm6Cee7VpW0amRs14hM5LxFTfkaAa-4wDgdLCMlaioOMZc1t5eWPgSifWQeywkgLCvLz0RcP1FQHTi2aCX4oL5ZY6SLKkSIX_GeO8bfc9Fqtc7iqrOWbr-by26XG30lMaqEdtM8ZNz_I6MPkxDYHMNX60B6MnMTAkCjFFxd4EKAzAgwo/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.13.45%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXippvEz1yUUaBm6Cee7VpW0amRs14hM5LxFTfkaAa-4wDgdLCMlaioOMZc1t5eWPgSifWQeywkgLCvLz0RcP1FQHTi2aCX4oL5ZY6SLKkSIX_GeO8bfc9Fqtc7iqrOWbr-by26XG30lMaqEdtM8ZNz_I6MPkxDYHMNX60B6MnMTAkCjFFxd4EKAzAgwo/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.13.45%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We came across cows that were walking from one place to another along our road, too.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/amSUITTBtAY" width="320" youtube-src-id="amSUITTBtAY"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDP-zuKDKK-cfYbUzT_RZrbEomjwNp_tbW8ei7L4iD9ZZlocqyqBvFLu9ufoE-XnIP1FQIfqYAS3ZuJi9Ir_pyMHWMc4oDWMFkZbZuz7S0reW74kiCs8n-jJ3DH8gYSAEVdZ5gcdhe58dKIkT20B58zywdBeS1xODLzI7Vp6nqyt6sqVIKT7o7ecKB6mQ/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.16.50%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDP-zuKDKK-cfYbUzT_RZrbEomjwNp_tbW8ei7L4iD9ZZlocqyqBvFLu9ufoE-XnIP1FQIfqYAS3ZuJi9Ir_pyMHWMc4oDWMFkZbZuz7S0reW74kiCs8n-jJ3DH8gYSAEVdZ5gcdhe58dKIkT20B58zywdBeS1xODLzI7Vp6nqyt6sqVIKT7o7ecKB6mQ/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.16.50%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once in Crested Butte, we did part of Snodgrass trail, which was out and back. There were mountain bikers that occasionally passed us. I can't imagine riding on stuff as steep as that, with the drop-off in some parts, too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jpp0zhK0eKbpGrNvHevxkstHL-IQjiGZNA0o4myAZxmm4QPXQnza6d2ecodYKo4BQrxukL3pWyNNMKnp7pmQMZVwcaLv_fpB_KSTOOSz4LQgudqPoZKdGNYPy8Fz0iu-C0VZSKsOzV7hKT_vllC7SnFSo0RXSc3g0jKGfabgC9k_psoi8qUWmtzips0/s2252/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.17.46%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1712" data-original-width="2252" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jpp0zhK0eKbpGrNvHevxkstHL-IQjiGZNA0o4myAZxmm4QPXQnza6d2ecodYKo4BQrxukL3pWyNNMKnp7pmQMZVwcaLv_fpB_KSTOOSz4LQgudqPoZKdGNYPy8Fz0iu-C0VZSKsOzV7hKT_vllC7SnFSo0RXSc3g0jKGfabgC9k_psoi8qUWmtzips0/w400-h304/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.17.46%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQew5kzKmIJW8t_rUHaurlN8tNAhXV-zMDM92ABCpgeFy0vf2vlguG-ZqMQAjIQx3N8H7l6QOO6jshbrIDbxxSIBSAXn-o63PEbkHTQFYF-rQ9pZcX5CEromQa9pPsOzdDqOi-5FAl1mPjQYTAgtXU4gQ4W2TutZrPGcUcou0NSMulGF6Smw1Xrpu5oU/s2326/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.18.18%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQew5kzKmIJW8t_rUHaurlN8tNAhXV-zMDM92ABCpgeFy0vf2vlguG-ZqMQAjIQx3N8H7l6QOO6jshbrIDbxxSIBSAXn-o63PEbkHTQFYF-rQ9pZcX5CEromQa9pPsOzdDqOi-5FAl1mPjQYTAgtXU4gQ4W2TutZrPGcUcou0NSMulGF6Smw1Xrpu5oU/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.18.18%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHNMwOTujocrLRcbLCjapjvLeLsLsPs9gwXJyXP83jvkRH8sQZwBOlYOZf45b-jMh2FdTykwbjAZCRGBvjOAHj0i7cMCz5b1f1FnV5OO4-ISvH7UytuMPfYkFrsKy6i5sHbTMSvtlhFAbojLWvxqNdVI3kayWZMvQN6LpE6tR6lcDCNKtpF_vev-1e9o/s2622/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.18.40%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="2622" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHNMwOTujocrLRcbLCjapjvLeLsLsPs9gwXJyXP83jvkRH8sQZwBOlYOZf45b-jMh2FdTykwbjAZCRGBvjOAHj0i7cMCz5b1f1FnV5OO4-ISvH7UytuMPfYkFrsKy6i5sHbTMSvtlhFAbojLWvxqNdVI3kayWZMvQN6LpE6tR6lcDCNKtpF_vev-1e9o/w640-h206/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.18.40%20PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPelTl9dQ7wy2cG5REwUZGUT-ITDN2KEmFRemTvdKin1m_tCLt7vsDXoUCdVFu5fIu9USKoNJjxJkcrN3d22i2pNQM9DK1Z5VOPz-wHkGZB4S2IJCvgnyE16v4kXOKy65M0ZXMBiv2Gg91_YZKYJ6APfmd7iEnBUufjzGxP3NMKAEH2DmpB1LUH2He_s/s2318/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.19.07%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2318" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPelTl9dQ7wy2cG5REwUZGUT-ITDN2KEmFRemTvdKin1m_tCLt7vsDXoUCdVFu5fIu9USKoNJjxJkcrN3d22i2pNQM9DK1Z5VOPz-wHkGZB4S2IJCvgnyE16v4kXOKy65M0ZXMBiv2Gg91_YZKYJ6APfmd7iEnBUufjzGxP3NMKAEH2DmpB1LUH2He_s/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.19.07%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYhnsaEDeZuDIPm-mT0x8J4LaQqViP2PpyD7nDyKi6YofJfeoEp54AC1mP75QTluu0CO5vK2ExUzrI10sUxyipM6V9P6LwjGrDlQkuXXYqt-Kc6HCdowq9EAGUxzClq8JlB5DvtGw04MjSupSbrQjth319-YvmZzDxJ0ujn2mZ668ZKR2D0EqtCt-hhA/s1742/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.19.24%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1306" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYhnsaEDeZuDIPm-mT0x8J4LaQqViP2PpyD7nDyKi6YofJfeoEp54AC1mP75QTluu0CO5vK2ExUzrI10sUxyipM6V9P6LwjGrDlQkuXXYqt-Kc6HCdowq9EAGUxzClq8JlB5DvtGw04MjSupSbrQjth319-YvmZzDxJ0ujn2mZ668ZKR2D0EqtCt-hhA/w480-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.19.24%20PM.png" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was our turnaround spot. It took a lot of convincing to get my mom to even get this far, and this seemed like a nice landmark.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAirkn4xVv1YuSO2L4pjNZoU1rGq-64MDg4yLj9AUYS1AQfJFLosHE2Md9pdRb-ER89u9A8jCJoqydnH9jQ5kAkEAKlVKPY84eZTSUGlt936JAWVcOhKJByImFW47syFHfKT6Zxxg_Dw4X268yQxPoSPYwZd2-U3m_w_1xtRUR5pFQtCbaRn2P607RJM/s2322/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.19.35%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2322" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAirkn4xVv1YuSO2L4pjNZoU1rGq-64MDg4yLj9AUYS1AQfJFLosHE2Md9pdRb-ER89u9A8jCJoqydnH9jQ5kAkEAKlVKPY84eZTSUGlt936JAWVcOhKJByImFW47syFHfKT6Zxxg_Dw4X268yQxPoSPYwZd2-U3m_w_1xtRUR5pFQtCbaRn2P607RJM/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.19.35%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The eyes in the trees were gross.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsg72RUx1D2ljh-lK6AHz-23d1BMELdtutTe631xc_uYZv4JOBK7exMcggYImx_A-PzbPvTm2D_u3I3pi2ZiJTC4TDNcwmeplal5sZKpL74W5IBdpjLh-J0b7zZlaNc7lLQ_ONacmN8JFKT3mKAFS_T_kWJxUTpwCxKWblq6dCaAQxTvwAPdRLTRA3fs/s1742/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.19.47%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="806" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsg72RUx1D2ljh-lK6AHz-23d1BMELdtutTe631xc_uYZv4JOBK7exMcggYImx_A-PzbPvTm2D_u3I3pi2ZiJTC4TDNcwmeplal5sZKpL74W5IBdpjLh-J0b7zZlaNc7lLQ_ONacmN8JFKT3mKAFS_T_kWJxUTpwCxKWblq6dCaAQxTvwAPdRLTRA3fs/w296-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.19.47%20PM.png" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a surprise body of water. Mosquitos liked that spot, too. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-HSaxIzbhFerUiDAk6WrpPwdXmYWXUWJ0foDoMr77BbPnu2utVB90psfOgP2yW9NUviUkmagiifACaFRsljyStzHzQaEXGmmaVRx2Mkeyjh95YSJiPXZgqw5PpCyYB1Q-Wn2Chzk0bi6nKq39Brr9syosRYWjZ_PAHwJFSVtF3yldAcgxUk8HwHNe6g/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.19.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-HSaxIzbhFerUiDAk6WrpPwdXmYWXUWJ0foDoMr77BbPnu2utVB90psfOgP2yW9NUviUkmagiifACaFRsljyStzHzQaEXGmmaVRx2Mkeyjh95YSJiPXZgqw5PpCyYB1Q-Wn2Chzk0bi6nKq39Brr9syosRYWjZ_PAHwJFSVtF3yldAcgxUk8HwHNe6g/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.19.57%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We hit 3.5 miles total.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We checked into the Grand Lodge, and while the family napped, I got in 18A "Chest Barbell" in 45:40, and "Hanging Abs" in 14:45.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBg4h9PF4c4dnB5aGNaeuGciwjtGKCfqrQMS9S8ZYlylu7cQ6lF7innVkjz_jJu2EYCzKsV34Mua9-j391XgorJQms31Qd2D7TCIGohkexNI3H_DqhnKNtBI4Db4px0jq21ArrH_KUsNXtxtUImWfADtMd-5LDni65gCU53wnl9NmikK5dlsHzhRDJO_Q/s1742/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.24.16%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1294" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBg4h9PF4c4dnB5aGNaeuGciwjtGKCfqrQMS9S8ZYlylu7cQ6lF7innVkjz_jJu2EYCzKsV34Mua9-j391XgorJQms31Qd2D7TCIGohkexNI3H_DqhnKNtBI4Db4px0jq21ArrH_KUsNXtxtUImWfADtMd-5LDni65gCU53wnl9NmikK5dlsHzhRDJO_Q/w476-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.24.16%20PM.png" width="476" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">At night, my dad, sister, and I rode the shuttle into town, to explore the village. My mom was still recovering from the hike. It was near closing time for a lot of places, but it was still festive there. 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The park is mainly one road, with many overlooks and mini trails along the way. You can get different views of the Canyons, or see the same thing from multiple angles, since the stops aren't very far apart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgOHMOmH7lrXTmbvK9JRJLogk1NNo1B5KnHFUWG7NtW8F42aD-hou13TJLKXznumOeccWtM9_tQFLwMuoZLxmKPYOPnfQG4VRCkfLaLmX8TMvf6dZAdhyphenhyphenguh8ykSY8TKwUAjqRR57jLhpWdMZsxnVS4upNr3kZ7LFxlRD0bCNVG49J3MfAUX3afRHAkU/s2334/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.33.58%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2334" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgOHMOmH7lrXTmbvK9JRJLogk1NNo1B5KnHFUWG7NtW8F42aD-hou13TJLKXznumOeccWtM9_tQFLwMuoZLxmKPYOPnfQG4VRCkfLaLmX8TMvf6dZAdhyphenhyphenguh8ykSY8TKwUAjqRR57jLhpWdMZsxnVS4upNr3kZ7LFxlRD0bCNVG49J3MfAUX3afRHAkU/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.33.58%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The coolest part was that someone spotted a bighorn sheep from super far away. You wouldn't be able to see it without a spotting scope. 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It still had desks and old furniture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0NCOCGykrpNospbA_mCoQhYIDlmyewscWF7jz-39-gvquAgH7RdsZmIZUybFY9qQaor0xkf7OvkOtDEpcih2U1rbVb_NUDrn6DnROOBVeAY9h9RLvvPZfqxmvMy7h6t-ZrEsUpIqwRscKqGH4L7H5YRwH3Os2EhCTrxTZIVuM9OuHwUlAjy111mEcU8/s2322/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.44.09%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2322" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0NCOCGykrpNospbA_mCoQhYIDlmyewscWF7jz-39-gvquAgH7RdsZmIZUybFY9qQaor0xkf7OvkOtDEpcih2U1rbVb_NUDrn6DnROOBVeAY9h9RLvvPZfqxmvMy7h6t-ZrEsUpIqwRscKqGH4L7H5YRwH3Os2EhCTrxTZIVuM9OuHwUlAjy111mEcU8/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.44.09%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5QYU2E7wfm2gULlHF25wJOnI6IdgbpcSaLOA7CMGFfQ-HbkNFhKpUyau9dpXF1O919UU_I1u6Q6V0m9Pt8HUa_Vx2fG8aSqqwDFiRGr2sLgiquyh45WDpZ5C5YBslXhKYaIFNdgXhUjkNBr0QlAz2UxNVJhNRj1AKmNdsNchNd5q0Vbed_Lp5HOzA9M/s2322/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.44.24%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2322" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5QYU2E7wfm2gULlHF25wJOnI6IdgbpcSaLOA7CMGFfQ-HbkNFhKpUyau9dpXF1O919UU_I1u6Q6V0m9Pt8HUa_Vx2fG8aSqqwDFiRGr2sLgiquyh45WDpZ5C5YBslXhKYaIFNdgXhUjkNBr0QlAz2UxNVJhNRj1AKmNdsNchNd5q0Vbed_Lp5HOzA9M/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.44.24%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We tried Nepalese food for dinner. I was quite hungry by then, so it tasted very good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwInCl1v6ujDCPuifFKet_1P163dzccGf0YTmKMdc17CY8avRmUjdRKJ86hIZhtTNXCxRaBZZCR46wDFKAs0HP8x7zy8-geY0iStTMfBnUuhPhU5G3ThvRcne5JliX5GhXKx5O4XRE-gQcEMMifuHXZWpyC4X9NvJJ84xzUTI4U9qLDc0bQPReMRc1A8/s2322/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.44.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2322" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwInCl1v6ujDCPuifFKet_1P163dzccGf0YTmKMdc17CY8avRmUjdRKJ86hIZhtTNXCxRaBZZCR46wDFKAs0HP8x7zy8-geY0iStTMfBnUuhPhU5G3ThvRcne5JliX5GhXKx5O4XRE-gQcEMMifuHXZWpyC4X9NvJJ84xzUTI4U9qLDc0bQPReMRc1A8/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.44.57%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, July 2:</u></b></div><div><br /></div>The next morning, we drove a couple more hours to go to Great Sand Dunes NP. It's crazy that nature just ended up moving a bunch of sand there. It's a random giant 30 square mile pile of sand in the middle of Colorado, nestled between mountains and next to a dynamic waterway that seeps out of the sand, giving kids a true beach-like experience.<div><br /></div><div>There are no trails, either. You just walk through the dunes however you want. You are even allowed to venture out at night. That would be cool to do one day.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pqs1zsGSQzDNuo5hfBCDvXlnmwWK1rSmibwHNmePaXyW5-4ETrjzLbGQic0L1GNd4I0M0d1nWXFmGUkrc282zkx5IvvHqFGsLqf7zMYfohPPfGhRu5AxPs0ao7w5hvf0X8NgHzMzuKTaLDlGekRERN7Tt5b-yLyYCezrHoe9ZKfZTzHkzrbE1HjKKv8/s2626/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.45.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="2626" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pqs1zsGSQzDNuo5hfBCDvXlnmwWK1rSmibwHNmePaXyW5-4ETrjzLbGQic0L1GNd4I0M0d1nWXFmGUkrc282zkx5IvvHqFGsLqf7zMYfohPPfGhRu5AxPs0ao7w5hvf0X8NgHzMzuKTaLDlGekRERN7Tt5b-yLyYCezrHoe9ZKfZTzHkzrbE1HjKKv8/w400-h161/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.45.57%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLv2W6Ad2KUlDvb3BBq7TtsTluVvzZWJYxcGisXsFWWHVHZwk_oaTgoyIEA3U_dOV9LKYVvkxdFYoFYOIgDhs8g8g6oF98WMXcKVBWOIcgGYSKwjUgaI2_IHhQ5kw33wH1u34fwX_hck9bTsTKHn3D8mBKLGq7u-mEESkBRNlDxWUyCcqfwW9_3O6SyU/s2334/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.48.45%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2334" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLv2W6Ad2KUlDvb3BBq7TtsTluVvzZWJYxcGisXsFWWHVHZwk_oaTgoyIEA3U_dOV9LKYVvkxdFYoFYOIgDhs8g8g6oF98WMXcKVBWOIcgGYSKwjUgaI2_IHhQ5kw33wH1u34fwX_hck9bTsTKHn3D8mBKLGq7u-mEESkBRNlDxWUyCcqfwW9_3O6SyU/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.48.45%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5iyyY8KuC4GVi2m4qKqxmGWtCgCMHgIZUpIRiamk6_AYT7YDmxTbiygPed9AYqrtqNt3rsjDX8YElPLT68XzGZ_g42QoQbBxwtO2EKsD2CsTasDStHRuxIsCeN54teBoYPxDOJWvKZMej9wCjeDUaGyf1rII0XR8WMb3m0-_CrX5iIhPVnRJKdPLU0w/s2178/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.56.25%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1618" data-original-width="2178" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5iyyY8KuC4GVi2m4qKqxmGWtCgCMHgIZUpIRiamk6_AYT7YDmxTbiygPed9AYqrtqNt3rsjDX8YElPLT68XzGZ_g42QoQbBxwtO2EKsD2CsTasDStHRuxIsCeN54teBoYPxDOJWvKZMej9wCjeDUaGyf1rII0XR8WMb3m0-_CrX5iIhPVnRJKdPLU0w/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.56.25%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVwyIOs9jqnxESs_B4In-nS2Re7ziMfqUV6Bse9S6gTUwECHYiPMfB0TsiICURFjWs2AzOosv_dzVBM6MO5Mu_6y-TBeRbbH_oJOL6lP5KtjRukeOtTNuqa5QGSVSI5kpLKTBB1m8MzMgRloCnk8dUmoqq9J7xE4NnZyzzNobfE6duYpi7QLzltfWHp4/s2334/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.56.03%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2334" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVwyIOs9jqnxESs_B4In-nS2Re7ziMfqUV6Bse9S6gTUwECHYiPMfB0TsiICURFjWs2AzOosv_dzVBM6MO5Mu_6y-TBeRbbH_oJOL6lP5KtjRukeOtTNuqa5QGSVSI5kpLKTBB1m8MzMgRloCnk8dUmoqq9J7xE4NnZyzzNobfE6duYpi7QLzltfWHp4/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%205.56.03%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A good number of people were here to sled or sandboard. Walking through that sand was challenging, since it was deep. Uphill was even more challenging. It saps the energy right out of you.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PuCN1eglxNM" width="320" youtube-src-id="PuCN1eglxNM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eHiO_YccpPw" width="320" youtube-src-id="eHiO_YccpPw"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, July 3:</u></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I went to the REI flagship store. It's huge!!!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhag2W42KEJIWI2FajTkPpykkyViWFdCILgdGyZ-_jBhxRZ2UvOP5BPdXtgEU8BDgLCbXquj97g81-M2flfM5202P9uw-dAYCYAE7Ng_rLuCOvJdHnNMg_GztN9lsjW19Vsge_-qXEOvvmDz9ELVwJxQXgLZBErTvOxjXZDDlfyTEd146KY4cMmTPBU5a4/s2326/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%206.04.10%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2326" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhag2W42KEJIWI2FajTkPpykkyViWFdCILgdGyZ-_jBhxRZ2UvOP5BPdXtgEU8BDgLCbXquj97g81-M2flfM5202P9uw-dAYCYAE7Ng_rLuCOvJdHnNMg_GztN9lsjW19Vsge_-qXEOvvmDz9ELVwJxQXgLZBErTvOxjXZDDlfyTEd146KY4cMmTPBU5a4/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%206.04.10%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaztYQhX3CR5KRYSCNXL9NGaWzFRWYRn2KYKfwYuDwobQQ7Jfiif9XI7zvNjlcE-NtrzQmNMOKbO2EXi-nqSIcG63O-d1ssPNjzuLBEx5g_RzHPud8fHFEGyp3C35YXsbnz6l9BNoeg9ViB6gIwCDCd9ParoY_BdMPgq89HSB1NsMci0DzT1S1NL3NIU0/s2326/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%206.04.43%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2326" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaztYQhX3CR5KRYSCNXL9NGaWzFRWYRn2KYKfwYuDwobQQ7Jfiif9XI7zvNjlcE-NtrzQmNMOKbO2EXi-nqSIcG63O-d1ssPNjzuLBEx5g_RzHPud8fHFEGyp3C35YXsbnz6l9BNoeg9ViB6gIwCDCd9ParoY_BdMPgq89HSB1NsMci0DzT1S1NL3NIU0/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%206.04.43%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the evening, we went back out to Boulder, but to a different trail called Flatirons Vista. We saw prairie dogs! They were very cute. They make a strange noise, too, to alert each other about stuff.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJlEoc82_g0sL7pqpwsDX63OQaB7G2Bm89s0_xI-PffqzTSyJHywTqCIIzyPwzO_Gb3bvjw43-gudyWf9_fiEzuaqhm9-J1SsBLg4gTwaAtg5cdPmhtT_3gm4XKHU_favFJXIR44w75WbYEC_QfLBhtqqRvr86znOWeKefofjIgBm6m2wzvOpFOaRX_E/s2326/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%206.05.12%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2326" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJlEoc82_g0sL7pqpwsDX63OQaB7G2Bm89s0_xI-PffqzTSyJHywTqCIIzyPwzO_Gb3bvjw43-gudyWf9_fiEzuaqhm9-J1SsBLg4gTwaAtg5cdPmhtT_3gm4XKHU_favFJXIR44w75WbYEC_QfLBhtqqRvr86znOWeKefofjIgBm6m2wzvOpFOaRX_E/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%206.05.12%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi1Xv0LX6wmACNMXodefV9IYByd96MkvayslTBXjQI_mioYUXakV8BGMBWo1dqNjX-NaQh8quUCRu2eOy7R0jXEykR9OEXybyrPcM7sCjGOKATUJ5k3i0tbAyyRTOj8zIGLazEJmHB6_Yj_TfkYNqhRy7pWXpGxXEIrr5aRdraZPnYxYIte8CLVsa3554/s2326/Screenshot%202023-10-20%20at%206.06.27%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Here for work...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxLbRsqrkt_trFzZYHkynScX3_QPQEMIdct7AGidpVnhUhSE370XJjEifiPT4Xb3wLuMM6vqAvH93VNJPwUrFBvWVa6qpzlltcxMyWVok3htfxqvSzeshKfDih8YkTRDp6M1oeUChCOqbrSwfygFqU6eVCtmLYtoIYj_3IGjU7A0PAjt6owFh0iBs02c/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.24.00%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxLbRsqrkt_trFzZYHkynScX3_QPQEMIdct7AGidpVnhUhSE370XJjEifiPT4Xb3wLuMM6vqAvH93VNJPwUrFBvWVa6qpzlltcxMyWVok3htfxqvSzeshKfDih8YkTRDp6M1oeUChCOqbrSwfygFqU6eVCtmLYtoIYj_3IGjU7A0PAjt6owFh0iBs02c/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.24.00%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b><u>Tuesday, June 20:</u></b></p><p>18A "Lower Body Prep" in 18 min, "Kettlebell" in 31 min</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHecxqXD5Y-9xkm5x79FdxrMUh-8vByQeBp37bQRvjEgQAna9g6xL7RipBr-yMTkP1_uxwtGmwrJdfzm47w5Oi8Q7EQnV2IVRKPFb5NGhiagQw90yru8TweCV_7s9TMdC5MTrmsklJH2DeRoq4kekOnEfz_1N_iwCW57P7YMqlHdY6U5G2tRr70BqMDU/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.24.43%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHecxqXD5Y-9xkm5x79FdxrMUh-8vByQeBp37bQRvjEgQAna9g6xL7RipBr-yMTkP1_uxwtGmwrJdfzm47w5Oi8Q7EQnV2IVRKPFb5NGhiagQw90yru8TweCV_7s9TMdC5MTrmsklJH2DeRoq4kekOnEfz_1N_iwCW57P7YMqlHdY6U5G2tRr70BqMDU/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.24.43%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><b><u>Wednesday, June 21:</u></b></p><p>Workout 1: 18A "Dynamic Warmup" in 19:34, "Upper Push / Chin-up" in 40:47, "Upper Body Prep" in 25:47, 6x (20 burpees in 1 min, rest 1 min).</p><p>Workout 2: "Dynamic Warmup" in 18:53, "Hanging Abs" in 15 min.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rykYcn6_w3VUCrBZlo7wYHdSMK3IbHcI9YnTGDHQ7b2xwnncvrBn0W6oZnphuZJrC7vaBlFk2etEgWQpR9_zzHekCMqElabZLFlroEPwpWyNb2BfyQxEA9F6hrhx5ZPCp_L4yifvEU_7OoZEOJdOi3d0GgTntsRTSUhNRwjwyjcJ7WN4NXAL4mghHU0/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.24.57%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rykYcn6_w3VUCrBZlo7wYHdSMK3IbHcI9YnTGDHQ7b2xwnncvrBn0W6oZnphuZJrC7vaBlFk2etEgWQpR9_zzHekCMqElabZLFlroEPwpWyNb2BfyQxEA9F6hrhx5ZPCp_L4yifvEU_7OoZEOJdOi3d0GgTntsRTSUhNRwjwyjcJ7WN4NXAL4mghHU0/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.24.57%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>SAN ANTONIO</b></p><p><b><u>Thursday, June 22:</u></b></p><p>Fly back in and fly back out! Only a couple of hours at home.</p><p>Coolest crocs ever...</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTU_4K92OLG_Kz-Ul01oZKfDXuBMP6fxwOZRZewfPYpsChyphenhyphen_eKvEPALvjg3EnDn1HPOdFYIRZiJ8Rp5s9smaxsofs4zHBp1x2s34e-TuKo61bTPS7Jtbt648Kop1S90Dh8d8c_9k5OKawlJks4DRpw9MR7r2rrOcbX3qulHBKhEabGX_LDSwcCpVhte3Q/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.27.23%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTU_4K92OLG_Kz-Ul01oZKfDXuBMP6fxwOZRZewfPYpsChyphenhyphen_eKvEPALvjg3EnDn1HPOdFYIRZiJ8Rp5s9smaxsofs4zHBp1x2s34e-TuKo61bTPS7Jtbt648Kop1S90Dh8d8c_9k5OKawlJks4DRpw9MR7r2rrOcbX3qulHBKhEabGX_LDSwcCpVhte3Q/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.27.23%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The interviewees shared about how their time serving impacted them, in a very authentic way.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYXa1QAF2ofMUzlzVGh7RBff5sftnXI5GW7fA_BbpXIsDOMy2Ilx8pSX_Z_vn-kS40cLUjwhyphenhyphenECz9Cu7rbgJ9gVyKIYHyYt9WuuU26xc5XwaAmAOv3Acy7nzqb_gZCIWPC33AGNl19lWZZ0GS_M6CON9_qVc_-7wj3e42RTQrgQIbv10mMYF6ZKNm0jI/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.28.06%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYXa1QAF2ofMUzlzVGh7RBff5sftnXI5GW7fA_BbpXIsDOMy2Ilx8pSX_Z_vn-kS40cLUjwhyphenhyphenECz9Cu7rbgJ9gVyKIYHyYt9WuuU26xc5XwaAmAOv3Acy7nzqb_gZCIWPC33AGNl19lWZZ0GS_M6CON9_qVc_-7wj3e42RTQrgQIbv10mMYF6ZKNm0jI/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.28.06%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Afterwards, there was a Q&A with the creators of the book "The Twenty Year War".</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfYsywrOKmwxD8pOxhyphenhyphen26WBnD3yFoc_P11qhLznl1_Xz3SwigxmTSphqBGs1-9pQilFqeDnFqVRy6faT9rxt27Xae_TXHgnnbRHOU2kmiSjedE5p3zAmlLT7HurKRJpIXqTerqM8x9F2UcvW39bIklabV9KsB-XMGzBJGnubiMVEgZDn7z6SuPVzg3T4/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.38.51%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="2324" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfYsywrOKmwxD8pOxhyphenhyphen26WBnD3yFoc_P11qhLznl1_Xz3SwigxmTSphqBGs1-9pQilFqeDnFqVRy6faT9rxt27Xae_TXHgnnbRHOU2kmiSjedE5p3zAmlLT7HurKRJpIXqTerqM8x9F2UcvW39bIklabV9KsB-XMGzBJGnubiMVEgZDn7z6SuPVzg3T4/w400-h280/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.38.51%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More food after... protein.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQbxI3MqwaXmqZuo0BVcmzx_6HaMPQHc8y3FgTb7Ac0Oe5fc-BCKLFnAmuGFj6UEa2PzIZI91JEH2rP07WtnMdZqjLbT_5WwJYnXqohnYN0BGxwoRDh4H7BpCMUqdbj2X_Pm62KOX5ogXj4D_GwIze66TzzQDUFq2BM5lSBS9W3L0Xbgl6jYo5BgyNEI/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.28.26%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQbxI3MqwaXmqZuo0BVcmzx_6HaMPQHc8y3FgTb7Ac0Oe5fc-BCKLFnAmuGFj6UEa2PzIZI91JEH2rP07WtnMdZqjLbT_5WwJYnXqohnYN0BGxwoRDh4H7BpCMUqdbj2X_Pm62KOX5ogXj4D_GwIze66TzzQDUFq2BM5lSBS9W3L0Xbgl6jYo5BgyNEI/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.28.26%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u>Friday, June 23:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Back out to Grunt Style, this time, to film a podcast on our Mammoth experience!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzYIiD72saNG8mlKv084I-_IiXYKJgRm5IGZFGVDH1i0hwbdS7BF2SdPRmT4me6Ljyg176_UdriaBb7tjBFJYTVQV8pXNVzngILHXsGQTnqUnd2vb6QTOuvA-LhR2JhnPq7zDuxv8DR-3AutZYPr6SU50wvfP-b2cU4TVnixuC357QspNVK7DDpp7uNo/s2718/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.37.51%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2718" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzYIiD72saNG8mlKv084I-_IiXYKJgRm5IGZFGVDH1i0hwbdS7BF2SdPRmT4me6Ljyg176_UdriaBb7tjBFJYTVQV8pXNVzngILHXsGQTnqUnd2vb6QTOuvA-LhR2JhnPq7zDuxv8DR-3AutZYPr6SU50wvfP-b2cU4TVnixuC357QspNVK7DDpp7uNo/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.37.51%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOi9uT7KSfojmXbNy__dQaOLtqU0-jTfz0AefC-b7RIwbB4dHFozsqul7LgQxeGwCHY5JmWwoUXLWGFxfRc9CH879W_1bFLFHCEEDhIm1wZ843_6E4LrbMdFj4t8QgX_qKRbfggNugu7vqE5XrnoraPk_VYnaPGkFQV8Xov4wOV-y1ODcrBlZONMeKQA/s1742/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.41.13%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was a really fun and special morning. </div><div><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTsVS9JDnABTGuU4yYjVpAdC8xRRUyLYB64v1ed1OUaUkAmVGUMBcY8djJP4cIO0IAWpsVEabfrD1n8M9xDKNPhQfesvLkm2jxGEV2UlpckourYt3TwStnSr39ECJfjyGaQ2faditrnimCET-xHy_VLgWMLk-VdtgJqEq1AM6aLIdxkBZUM5cX5zAtZg/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.40.33%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTsVS9JDnABTGuU4yYjVpAdC8xRRUyLYB64v1ed1OUaUkAmVGUMBcY8djJP4cIO0IAWpsVEabfrD1n8M9xDKNPhQfesvLkm2jxGEV2UlpckourYt3TwStnSr39ECJfjyGaQ2faditrnimCET-xHy_VLgWMLk-VdtgJqEq1AM6aLIdxkBZUM5cX5zAtZg/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.40.33%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlcobj205oZrU4o4MsuJuqFqqgprrcLGnPUHiYlCq4oTQT9Vnui-8pWZNEoxvFr8fHPGaaF40Xxh0-Ch-V5qknddxot4d3NJLkOiE83TXTrI7KvwR9ZJPpuz-06VhnzQ9PF3pl6TQ1Si8zMdsOIvUlhSIR-J7pnf7_NGvUKmNrpNRVOdLN-2NpEXW_aQ/s1742/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.40.46%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1310" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlcobj205oZrU4o4MsuJuqFqqgprrcLGnPUHiYlCq4oTQT9Vnui-8pWZNEoxvFr8fHPGaaF40Xxh0-Ch-V5qknddxot4d3NJLkOiE83TXTrI7KvwR9ZJPpuz-06VhnzQ9PF3pl6TQ1Si8zMdsOIvUlhSIR-J7pnf7_NGvUKmNrpNRVOdLN-2NpEXW_aQ/w482-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.40.46%20PM.png" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Afterwards, we explored the Riverwalk on foot. There are surprises around every corner, so it's a fun walk. The city did a good job with it.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLTNk3W5Y2U9YdQZwtOAFFLAbo7mmGg5sB5qPpBMNSCigS_I-XwWsSkiQanHta33QqSljHLS3omdn5zvCGXnZ4DUS8JYv_OfZy7EURQDHj4pE-qRn97SEYySr0OqAxQPqNzdl2czAc2zDzO6wTmFt2cpt4Gxvoi79_Ap959A9JUy5bZ-zTMPLsJ80lWI/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.44.10%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLTNk3W5Y2U9YdQZwtOAFFLAbo7mmGg5sB5qPpBMNSCigS_I-XwWsSkiQanHta33QqSljHLS3omdn5zvCGXnZ4DUS8JYv_OfZy7EURQDHj4pE-qRn97SEYySr0OqAxQPqNzdl2czAc2zDzO6wTmFt2cpt4Gxvoi79_Ap959A9JUy5bZ-zTMPLsJ80lWI/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.44.10%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-f0SmRC1FREbobnXsclnblhJ7kYUKqLQx1WUqLIR1D4VIqj7kOG1OjwKd8SHMRtP0WEJzhYARwDKoamZp9tgec2hqcr6SgpkrI60LyiI8liIsXlsraPa7ETBT9znaduwlLGupQeMF-G5Agth0YaGlJKZNzmYaU8XXyJvOpKcZ6mjpNNjTmWzYvrkmjXQ/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.44.32%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-f0SmRC1FREbobnXsclnblhJ7kYUKqLQx1WUqLIR1D4VIqj7kOG1OjwKd8SHMRtP0WEJzhYARwDKoamZp9tgec2hqcr6SgpkrI60LyiI8liIsXlsraPa7ETBT9znaduwlLGupQeMF-G5Agth0YaGlJKZNzmYaU8XXyJvOpKcZ6mjpNNjTmWzYvrkmjXQ/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.44.32%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1jzr7U5-tHwBERBoVR6WPobCriCra_SYnWUL-Wu6kdP_gUZYfWahHnEHXBC4vU-GB_c6f2dIdAK1OXGtWYOUWlxmFi7Pyaa4HSgJ-qgzTzsg6x6u9yZYYhHl_TE_j-sHIwWhnIp9l5k-9Lp1ZxQ8J2JaiUIMMsiI06x-Z8tl_J_oJCPDCsu9gNHcuDw/s1742/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.44.46%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1312" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1jzr7U5-tHwBERBoVR6WPobCriCra_SYnWUL-Wu6kdP_gUZYfWahHnEHXBC4vU-GB_c6f2dIdAK1OXGtWYOUWlxmFi7Pyaa4HSgJ-qgzTzsg6x6u9yZYYhHl_TE_j-sHIwWhnIp9l5k-9Lp1ZxQ8J2JaiUIMMsiI06x-Z8tl_J_oJCPDCsu9gNHcuDw/w482-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.44.46%20PM.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhWjm954kHKLQS84O2CIlJePR2KjbVdlSCbCEfqbtGhFpl3u7_gM-WG1JJMBZ1-Gdn9q4kptN1yPhUH0RrkK7dnts-n72VLrpEJMyXVeOab6Rd9cbaoIUTJBICdBfkutkvveWtcaFPCihxkyYbcLyObqpUuHVHbmTca9-0a6bj7FOmlCaxPIvqF_UjFs/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.45.02%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhWjm954kHKLQS84O2CIlJePR2KjbVdlSCbCEfqbtGhFpl3u7_gM-WG1JJMBZ1-Gdn9q4kptN1yPhUH0RrkK7dnts-n72VLrpEJMyXVeOab6Rd9cbaoIUTJBICdBfkutkvveWtcaFPCihxkyYbcLyObqpUuHVHbmTca9-0a6bj7FOmlCaxPIvqF_UjFs/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.45.02%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went into and walked around the Alamo. It took us way to long to figure out where to find the entrance. The story of the men who defended this place to the end is pretty motivating.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9xhOCkVy6_U4N5hwfu97YtGywFNFPyHlIWrl7MXIPPXF8kiDtSBL-BWMHsjQe9nvOXGi1A_1QgNBxaL39Lb-3TAo9yGVT_7HWVXutlg7my3KOnbWH5bwlcF09CgylOv3ZimYwvtkVYYwCjJj3bfquwJF8FYPcYqa_hXYnbJ9Ea4lltP6FUaYvHg7MTg/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.45.16%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9xhOCkVy6_U4N5hwfu97YtGywFNFPyHlIWrl7MXIPPXF8kiDtSBL-BWMHsjQe9nvOXGi1A_1QgNBxaL39Lb-3TAo9yGVT_7HWVXutlg7my3KOnbWH5bwlcF09CgylOv3ZimYwvtkVYYwCjJj3bfquwJF8FYPcYqa_hXYnbJ9Ea4lltP6FUaYvHg7MTg/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.45.16%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaa9zPplfI0T0_vYqo3p5vGi-b7V7jFoiaYgOJCOx0lUcOFortMHJWRfCPPmT6q_HOI5tgV_bGbJlShi6rtJw-eoUDgWxgZc4yRScQ6xwG0n03pwewjwTtudDiemc4VEuuPzyAheFRNus96rLKu7hkls8P3lvsZmURO1SK_ibcMmCF6riXk59mYUaF-vs/s1748/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.45.40%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The run felt much more difficult than usual, even at 5mph slower than my "usual" for this workout. I don't know if the treadmill was calibrated differently than the ones that I'm used to, or if it was something else like the travel or heat, neither of which seemed to be that bad. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2x (0.25mi @7mph, 0.5mi @8.5mph), then 2x (3 min rest, 0.25mi @7mph, 0.5mi @8.5mph) in a 70* gym on a 2 degree incline treadmill. 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It was my first time doing one. It was about what I expected. It's interesting to see other peoples' hobbies and what fascinates them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJtwvD3S_Lv1hw3IRrDn2Vi-IdEBq6ELeWxlk2Mh6gVGCxwyctc20y8Ozs6-SqKGedB06gbx7MSdNrp0ggeLNPdwE9JwJ4BmuY0J-yiBiuFhA4UHo_63-wRI-2XxAQa-8kIWmczhAgln8cTMGHrIoGPRUzPV-ucRQX0W6O1hnwoCiICuEPoBxGjsHBP4/s1748/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.47.25%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJtwvD3S_Lv1hw3IRrDn2Vi-IdEBq6ELeWxlk2Mh6gVGCxwyctc20y8Ozs6-SqKGedB06gbx7MSdNrp0ggeLNPdwE9JwJ4BmuY0J-yiBiuFhA4UHo_63-wRI-2XxAQa-8kIWmczhAgln8cTMGHrIoGPRUzPV-ucRQX0W6O1hnwoCiICuEPoBxGjsHBP4/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.47.25%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREvH25S56AyVZEbkiASNf6hvNuCJpU2_XC0X-VFZsi5n5v7dnUSObk8pYLbdmUpnHSbLGQn1C2iU9f2lN1J3NqgswUunOKihT4i3ccgkXP5xMmRRQkYIiibjoUY7uar6Myx9wBVekU0UQECG6JroU0nqyFagrAfeBX1XXu-MBuujw8wpV-ulmaQh1nOg/s2338/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%207.47.38%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The waffle maker was broken, so I had had to order something other than chicken and waffles, but the server ended up getting pancakes and waffles made for me anyways, which was so nice of him. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABZEt6vQQUNUkhlMAuOWASpmYuMyMsDUI3VFqHtiqC6bTu7C5PXVEky_NCCztjmnarKmyLGl4kt1XUBezvPbUMdssTZp-OtsUUEfPS9bNcwsEAL7IGwZpO0QIissSYPIyS8haxlAJ46iobSKxLmpZQpIBgj5ddt-bX5Lj8HdVoP2J0lC8jdgeGKUG06o/s2336/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.06.24%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2336" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABZEt6vQQUNUkhlMAuOWASpmYuMyMsDUI3VFqHtiqC6bTu7C5PXVEky_NCCztjmnarKmyLGl4kt1XUBezvPbUMdssTZp-OtsUUEfPS9bNcwsEAL7IGwZpO0QIissSYPIyS8haxlAJ46iobSKxLmpZQpIBgj5ddt-bX5Lj8HdVoP2J0lC8jdgeGKUG06o/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.06.24%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jpZZndg6mfa_pue9R8WmihLm0wUkUUrocwzRRDfK3P_mmNVFvQN-zFq6772tiMikzrK-QOIA_0b9JnbTjQh9eRVNjxjzJsL3W57QGa-5S646UU2xn6JB0xmZUrI3ARqA6LcRdIwCri1QZNEAiXvhCI1LFqtaUpngZnv4ay7640uSlfGosKDRyIbBOX4/s2336/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.06.29%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2336" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jpZZndg6mfa_pue9R8WmihLm0wUkUUrocwzRRDfK3P_mmNVFvQN-zFq6772tiMikzrK-QOIA_0b9JnbTjQh9eRVNjxjzJsL3W57QGa-5S646UU2xn6JB0xmZUrI3ARqA6LcRdIwCri1QZNEAiXvhCI1LFqtaUpngZnv4ay7640uSlfGosKDRyIbBOX4/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.06.29%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love National Park Service stuff, so SB and I went on a bike ride to see the Missions. Much more enjoyable than rucking it in this heat, or just taking Ubers around.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjll6z9HQWHQZN1hL0BhWCGWkayqhBLZYGP0XoXYEO2SRchH5LVJ0eiayCsdxse32ECO6VRVwI2jPeWgydu8TVdA_2OG8OKtqP8uk-jzV3-xcd1rVvD7B0xaWcHphLAOWPGH4iluCNmA5iHnXkt9FAuL9KG2Cvcr3DbDCS9AZ-ghC8bnboQH4Oqe61TpGI/s1748/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.07.47%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1312" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjll6z9HQWHQZN1hL0BhWCGWkayqhBLZYGP0XoXYEO2SRchH5LVJ0eiayCsdxse32ECO6VRVwI2jPeWgydu8TVdA_2OG8OKtqP8uk-jzV3-xcd1rVvD7B0xaWcHphLAOWPGH4iluCNmA5iHnXkt9FAuL9KG2Cvcr3DbDCS9AZ-ghC8bnboQH4Oqe61TpGI/w480-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.07.47%20PM.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The trip had a lot of adventure racing vibes, because we needed to find the optimal route to hit the 4 missions, and also abide by the bicycle rental rule where you had to check in at a station every hour to avoid paying extra fees. We paid for a month membership, which was a great deal, even if we were only using it for a day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was my first time on an e-bike. You do still have to pedal a lot, but it boosts you a little bit, especially on the uphills.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii17Hety_cgy_7yvPc0sLkwIVl1sWYiGdJk0cGhxlPhU3K-WVyZpGp58xsrb0bhm8F1F9A-mcgRjRTrVxBT7Jx8YGa3Q27fC81PsF8mzFv0vTUtNFjm-L_md0i_uoAjt1aZDYsioUjfFYsUg-9AR1pizVRVCb_T7ZZyV2wQHAeBAGPSM7e5MIaBxdpMIY/s2722/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.10.11%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="2722" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii17Hety_cgy_7yvPc0sLkwIVl1sWYiGdJk0cGhxlPhU3K-WVyZpGp58xsrb0bhm8F1F9A-mcgRjRTrVxBT7Jx8YGa3Q27fC81PsF8mzFv0vTUtNFjm-L_md0i_uoAjt1aZDYsioUjfFYsUg-9AR1pizVRVCb_T7ZZyV2wQHAeBAGPSM7e5MIaBxdpMIY/w400-h225/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.10.11%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Espada Aqueduct</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On our way to Mission Espada, we stopped by the Espada Aqueduct. It required a small detour, but I figured it would be worth it, because they had made a stamp for it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's the oldest Spanish aqueduct in the US and was built between 1st 740 and 1745. 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It had countryside vibes to it. Makes sense, because it's the farthest from the city. They had a bunch of potted plants around, which made it feel homey and cozy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFiCQYoqCY3mdg8XJSm7ajSPVlzX0x31fdshMfHNVa3I9uaOciKgw3gOgqULbtjXojTaRd6qUD0-oZsAGCJGzw9ecMqMUxvcYKx-MwMuw15-t6Vvr7uyMd_YnudvCz9ob_DeQNXFSU5-T1kbWKpSVorFJlk3FiEXD0K9ruhpDeSDtYEfBfsaW5-l_V2V0/s2330/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.29.28%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFiCQYoqCY3mdg8XJSm7ajSPVlzX0x31fdshMfHNVa3I9uaOciKgw3gOgqULbtjXojTaRd6qUD0-oZsAGCJGzw9ecMqMUxvcYKx-MwMuw15-t6Vvr7uyMd_YnudvCz9ob_DeQNXFSU5-T1kbWKpSVorFJlk3FiEXD0K9ruhpDeSDtYEfBfsaW5-l_V2V0/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.29.28%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVr2kOQyofrg1u2Wfl224nxGboxGxnzH9-SQX_4af-ArP33_qVHHsIFH8A2RMR412sLKq6iOb2swv8ahDusZNTG8aeeu-Bck3Eu299kppKMjZHxekqFesMN28pVdUagXrrqmMuOJ-bRjgzjdPkENvpDHgbMUpbzLTMHtTHep6m3mHF6etaUKlkWd45FU/s2330/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.29.33%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVr2kOQyofrg1u2Wfl224nxGboxGxnzH9-SQX_4af-ArP33_qVHHsIFH8A2RMR412sLKq6iOb2swv8ahDusZNTG8aeeu-Bck3Eu299kppKMjZHxekqFesMN28pVdUagXrrqmMuOJ-bRjgzjdPkENvpDHgbMUpbzLTMHtTHep6m3mHF6etaUKlkWd45FU/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.29.33%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7wd60nAre0910az2eNtWUODuwBIGzT_aTuF6txLo5HxTfWwKy2F4hLftIopeESwBW0N4EQTHWT1HeePbymjHWWm54GOudvt1DddL8xe1YVLTnlW-jWX982J-kOdrnZ6sDF3JTgPcGsjS8gmM5k2vEELabE-DGFoiWg75_Fr6fIQjgmyxlR6UJlN5kzs/s2330/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.29.37%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7wd60nAre0910az2eNtWUODuwBIGzT_aTuF6txLo5HxTfWwKy2F4hLftIopeESwBW0N4EQTHWT1HeePbymjHWWm54GOudvt1DddL8xe1YVLTnlW-jWX982J-kOdrnZ6sDF3JTgPcGsjS8gmM5k2vEELabE-DGFoiWg75_Fr6fIQjgmyxlR6UJlN5kzs/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.29.37%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOETS8nlToZuMt6m0HcSLaCRm0nac4_zspsLfJxlvQjMfxKHXEQ3cL2AFJV7JJgQEsuyIBwZgUrS_ndtxjdUZsyUSo3N_AsSZkmGFCGVYcIR6aQkaME1UlBtT-m6-vkSbfCN098p6hjZ1yUd7Tx5AETkU9IIH75zlMKkGrUjupe2zfAV7d7q59R_jLmkY/s2330/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.29.44%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOETS8nlToZuMt6m0HcSLaCRm0nac4_zspsLfJxlvQjMfxKHXEQ3cL2AFJV7JJgQEsuyIBwZgUrS_ndtxjdUZsyUSo3N_AsSZkmGFCGVYcIR6aQkaME1UlBtT-m6-vkSbfCN098p6hjZ1yUd7Tx5AETkU9IIH75zlMKkGrUjupe2zfAV7d7q59R_jLmkY/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.29.44%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div></div><div><div><br /></div><b><i>Mission San Juan</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div>We stopped at this piece of group art, to admire the little ornaments that descendants of the people brought into the missions had created. It's also a virtual geocache.</div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkrxb4adoLY_Ru3boWyDEHYRRDV_UInDxL1yhL7mV_YuhL6jZso-sNY8rnRTZDJnm8I51tHNyB9Nq4OgBA-NdWZ2A0UOvx-vQ6x8tOYulgDKZ1EtQxQbeuJmfL1FtPP-HRlQBThX65-qxQWWJuaw7jiRXYDdujkyzxEN3AGe9r7jJCHQ9K1MTsieAAXw/s2330/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.29.51%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkrxb4adoLY_Ru3boWyDEHYRRDV_UInDxL1yhL7mV_YuhL6jZso-sNY8rnRTZDJnm8I51tHNyB9Nq4OgBA-NdWZ2A0UOvx-vQ6x8tOYulgDKZ1EtQxQbeuJmfL1FtPP-HRlQBThX65-qxQWWJuaw7jiRXYDdujkyzxEN3AGe9r7jJCHQ9K1MTsieAAXw/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.29.51%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Mission San Juan didn't have as much to see, or maybe we had seen a bunch already and were desensitized by then.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ00cn0fDgy_gujxL1ouWkiecBh7FB9fOZKiyYjpzSCiW0DyJn0ds2NxXwh-l54VLBaDes2MZq_3qAz9gFNvZvQBfSco4YU5snzguoYIeT-jrWGf5U1J2r8UYSzlzh2hJY_lMDIBJjQbiqEMglCI-BGR7ieq3b98fG_sSPF2QQPfakmaK4V0ivSTapjTY/s2330/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.33.56%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ00cn0fDgy_gujxL1ouWkiecBh7FB9fOZKiyYjpzSCiW0DyJn0ds2NxXwh-l54VLBaDes2MZq_3qAz9gFNvZvQBfSco4YU5snzguoYIeT-jrWGf5U1J2r8UYSzlzh2hJY_lMDIBJjQbiqEMglCI-BGR7ieq3b98fG_sSPF2QQPfakmaK4V0ivSTapjTY/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.33.56%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqWskl0HixGaUs1AlkZ8gV_1_E7e8e_Ujf9AGaoW8x9kXDoNJiwckyFJ2p2U2itsnxstL0aOrbez7702ZhrZamWbbpqUJ61ZRsjbAnqTAkhFOAMsRwiZ_jD9JYPvm7aalFx9ZWzcFrN92t2iOOSbOPGlndsFoCDp64FPpmw-dEuvTi4HdxKCfvrgcGxg/s2330/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.34.09%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqWskl0HixGaUs1AlkZ8gV_1_E7e8e_Ujf9AGaoW8x9kXDoNJiwckyFJ2p2U2itsnxstL0aOrbez7702ZhrZamWbbpqUJ61ZRsjbAnqTAkhFOAMsRwiZ_jD9JYPvm7aalFx9ZWzcFrN92t2iOOSbOPGlndsFoCDp64FPpmw-dEuvTi4HdxKCfvrgcGxg/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.34.09%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Way Home</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">We took a wrong turn on the way home and went the long way.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We stopped by Blue Star Brewing for some good beer and food, though! It was 3pm by then, so we were ready for it, especially since it was hot all day, and we had ridden a long way! 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It was so much fun. I was savoring every moment.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWtNUDQVq1lqOngLCR-acvM-K98Bk9IY8wts87MgClPSx33tPytbT-p0IMc2CUk2TgMrA1bFmKQCpYic2ZyPCcMoKITnnCwnDFfBv3RXMuAXc79Hzt1znn7OTfnws_5D9lHxuZTQm2lBv_zGQel1iGRasdYegXKHBrN8Q6sPZEyV5Cbgfbf8smWZC8xo/s2324/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.44.54%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWtNUDQVq1lqOngLCR-acvM-K98Bk9IY8wts87MgClPSx33tPytbT-p0IMc2CUk2TgMrA1bFmKQCpYic2ZyPCcMoKITnnCwnDFfBv3RXMuAXc79Hzt1znn7OTfnws_5D9lHxuZTQm2lBv_zGQel1iGRasdYegXKHBrN8Q6sPZEyV5Cbgfbf8smWZC8xo/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-10-01%20at%208.44.54%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><p></p></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-27316375299428547632023-09-04T18:25:00.000-04:002023-09-04T18:25:03.772-04:00GORUCK Special Forces Tough/Basic in Raleigh, NC<p><b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b></p><p><b><u>Monday, June 5:</u></b></p><p>18A "Dynamic Warmup" for 30:29, "Pull-ups" with a burpee finisher in 46:27.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Tuesday, June 6:</u></b></p><p>18A "Dynamic Warmup", then a 49# ruck in MACV2s in the Rucker v3. My lower back got chafed with Grunt Style shorts because of the pleats in the elastic band. I covered 4 miles in 58:42.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Wednesday, June 7:</u></b></p><p>18A "Dynamic Warmup" for 18 min, then a 3 mile run on a 2 degree incline treadmill in 21:47 (7:15/mi) in yellow/turquoise Kinvaras.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Thursday, June 8:</u></b></p><p>18A "Upper Push / Core / Cardio" in 67 min</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzHtlt7q1WlwUKZeeZPaTXlwT0Bd2M80Y_2akgoOHzLJoh3ZBvrjMxAmSd2PcfyzxATvmkVpZcO_1MsK2HUGCn090cctDd0-91_QNx85t-w5iplklfgrgePGwwritu2PSShhh20-gM-XFiItrKFjWrW8FNhmXil6z3RcImXUVWH-nccphMwoMElE7X6w/s2326/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.03.41%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzHtlt7q1WlwUKZeeZPaTXlwT0Bd2M80Y_2akgoOHzLJoh3ZBvrjMxAmSd2PcfyzxATvmkVpZcO_1MsK2HUGCn090cctDd0-91_QNx85t-w5iplklfgrgePGwwritu2PSShhh20-gM-XFiItrKFjWrW8FNhmXil6z3RcImXUVWH-nccphMwoMElE7X6w/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.03.41%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Friday, June 9:</u></b></p><p>18A "Kinstretch" mobility work for 52 min during lunch. At night, "Lower Body Prep" in 18:28, then treadmill interval work with 4x (0.25 mi @ 7.5mph, 0.5 mi @9mph) = 3 miles in 20:58 (6:59/mi) in Saucony Kinvaras.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Saturday, June 10:</u></b></p><p>Range day...</p><p>I passed my first GORUCK Shooter Drill for the 2023 series, on the first try, even. I did try two more times to see if I could clean it up, but it only got worse as I got more tired and less focused.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sWNy8ueUAp8" width="320" youtube-src-id="sWNy8ueUAp8"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Afterwards, I did some moving and shooting with rifle, practicing a tip that my BB from the Sheepdog Shootout gave me, about pulling the trigger while on one foot.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3A5F5y4wb28" width="320" youtube-src-id="3A5F5y4wb28"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">I got chrono data on my 22LR</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTD06M3Vbxixmrt_VNkrEK-eUthbNcjpeF4zAor2Zsw2KTVLgzpFIfD_GhIMI-Pr0ciHVGqHTG77vhqj3eIa7LxpYBxvHxcnaihi9yohWkx8KIDU_-2Nqj8lpjrl9OzUQcr6vkT64U-foejLdU2ch-0UZvZmLVSkV6YG4H2yfTlrX2SVrHXwpDIKJxalY/s2326/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.03.27%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTD06M3Vbxixmrt_VNkrEK-eUthbNcjpeF4zAor2Zsw2KTVLgzpFIfD_GhIMI-Pr0ciHVGqHTG77vhqj3eIa7LxpYBxvHxcnaihi9yohWkx8KIDU_-2Nqj8lpjrl9OzUQcr6vkT64U-foejLdU2ch-0UZvZmLVSkV6YG4H2yfTlrX2SVrHXwpDIKJxalY/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.03.27%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">I also tested how fast I could get my new Geissele trigger to squeeze.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I finished with some more pistol drawing practice.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Sunday, June 11:</u></b></p><p>18A "Hanging Abs" in 18:15, then "Kettlebell" in 27:47, then "Plank Series" in 21:25.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Monday, June 12:</u></b></p><p>18A "Upper Body Prep" in 31:31, then "Upper Push / Chin-up" in 53 min.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6c3PzGLsHg5dJ6jgaxRC-LK5EHvRximfPepXJkV5rf6tI9y1oz79_2TU4a7qz_9BVwopQ3g1YSmuv-7SEv9mNuw0xQFaStzTTIuKv5QXccRLUIUmgEnGDGGNlltao4cx4bd4zXiEFVJW4lAqRjvi7DQT7jKeG8olwRhJlWE-DRS0dgr7EIi6UddSJME/s1540/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.05.00%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="966" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6c3PzGLsHg5dJ6jgaxRC-LK5EHvRximfPepXJkV5rf6tI9y1oz79_2TU4a7qz_9BVwopQ3g1YSmuv-7SEv9mNuw0xQFaStzTTIuKv5QXccRLUIUmgEnGDGGNlltao4cx4bd4zXiEFVJW4lAqRjvi7DQT7jKeG8olwRhJlWE-DRS0dgr7EIi6UddSJME/w251-h400/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.05.00%20PM.png" width="251" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b><u>Tuesday, June 13:</u></b></p><p>"Self Love Yoga" with Adriene. Needed a rest day today!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Wednesday, June 14:</u></b></p><p>18A "Dynamic Warmup" in 26 min measured with an LRF this time, then "Dip Abs" in 21:54, and "Lower Push BW" in 42:39.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Thursday, June 15:</u></b></p><p>Finished reading "Roar" by Stacy Sims.</p><p>18A "Dynamic Warmup" in 21 min, "Lower Body Prep" in 17:25, 4x500m row in 2:15, 2:16, 2:15, 2:13.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>GORUCK SPECIAL FORCES TOUGH</b></p><p>I went to Raleigh for another Cadre LDB special. I was looking forward to this. We had a good group show up, and everyone looked ready to do work.</p><p>We started with admin and some usual warmup and mobility work... so important for injury prevention. There's no reason to increase the risk of injury and cause someone to have to potentially be out of commission for months for the sake of expediency. We all do this for fun and to stay healthy, so I appreciate leaders who understand that.</p><p>We filled up water bladders that were in sandbag shells and filled up jerry cans. Before we set off into the city, we did our first rendition of the Ballad of the Green Berets, which we had been asked to learn for the event. We had also been asked to watch the movie "The Green Berets", which helped us build our background on the type of work that Special Forces do. </p><p>Our first stop was at town hall, where we did a workout to commemorate 10th Group with 10 sets of 10 reps of 4 exercises. </p><p>For one segment, we had to farmers' carry the coupons. We thought that was bad, but then it changed to zercher carries. We worked together and survived, though.</p><p>At one park, we did a WOD for 7th group. We'd learn about the different groups' history throughout the night.</p><p>One of our WODs was at a beach, which was surprising to see in Raleigh. Fortunately, we didn't have to go in the water.</p><p>Raleigh is surprisingly a little bit hilly in parts.</p><p>We went by NC State, which has a belltower monument for their alumni who gave their lives in service of their country.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-Wh9vSGlXJx6gTmSHBvldcn6HHM7IVIcKI0fI3bK5Tk5Tl5bmb0XjgNecjXbHL5hws2HMiarE7q2gJM3wi5RV9j1IiZYsb6dInbsMWLEXYHknFUPpU0uZUXsYCE6s79ILteMMEam7nsLR_-ySZut6-qg4Kat01rOxrCXE2YGL_ZzYq9NvUsutsu1lLY/s1742/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%205.43.14%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1306" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-Wh9vSGlXJx6gTmSHBvldcn6HHM7IVIcKI0fI3bK5Tk5Tl5bmb0XjgNecjXbHL5hws2HMiarE7q2gJM3wi5RV9j1IiZYsb6dInbsMWLEXYHknFUPpU0uZUXsYCE6s79ILteMMEam7nsLR_-ySZut6-qg4Kat01rOxrCXE2YGL_ZzYq9NvUsutsu1lLY/w480-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%205.43.14%20PM.png" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Towards the end of the event, we visited the gravesite of MoH recipient SFC William Maud Bryant from the Vietnam era at the Raleigh National Cemetery, sang the "Ballad of the Green Beret" again, paid our respects, and left pennies as a tribute (after learning the significance of that act and what different coins mean).</div><div><br /></div>When we got back to John Chavis Memorial Park, we finished with a 30 min hero WOD to honor one of LDB's teammates, Captain Mike Tarlavsky. It consisted of 12 ea of pushups, squats, mountain climbers, step-ups (substituted lunges), and burpees. We did it slick, although the standard is with weight vest.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzESw3_EruIVQJuRWnYnr2_NNM0RNQZB-tYwT7q44dfzAu_t-Ypphg0pexanJhkpXahq4M6WLgdNE8_GsbbreQ_MuHEpNxTruLb8PNfxbHpgyyca7iZZVCkZfXIAtB27oR5MX0wZ214DGIhtpPu1NRRuxqHeRy9E1hTjKldINXi2D2NtrAoPtZ8I7t8Y/s2336/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%205.48.38%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2336" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzESw3_EruIVQJuRWnYnr2_NNM0RNQZB-tYwT7q44dfzAu_t-Ypphg0pexanJhkpXahq4M6WLgdNE8_GsbbreQ_MuHEpNxTruLb8PNfxbHpgyyca7iZZVCkZfXIAtB27oR5MX0wZ214DGIhtpPu1NRRuxqHeRy9E1hTjKldINXi2D2NtrAoPtZ8I7t8Y/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%205.48.38%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibL_1BW9LVrlGvYYkH-XV2OR--femDNRFogYQR0haPVieNDmz-qPQw6m-BHqddfQuP0T1LzPXb1Bh2VnFdozZhGV-9TC-OQPnVhXE_b6GFkHfhNLXcopYkcLTEOJCybDrqPX-id1vGB0NAjqnBUJOplPbPM0pJ2e_gyDkIdL7_a3wPLO2xlbLT5dyQTXs/s1742/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%205.53.50%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1468" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibL_1BW9LVrlGvYYkH-XV2OR--femDNRFogYQR0haPVieNDmz-qPQw6m-BHqddfQuP0T1LzPXb1Bh2VnFdozZhGV-9TC-OQPnVhXE_b6GFkHfhNLXcopYkcLTEOJCybDrqPX-id1vGB0NAjqnBUJOplPbPM0pJ2e_gyDkIdL7_a3wPLO2xlbLT5dyQTXs/w338-h400/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%205.53.50%20PM.png" width="338" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>IN BETWEEN</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>In between, I changed clothes, tried my best to rest in the hot car, and then I went to Cava towards the end for some satisfying fuel.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsuze5xBlPWuGFWopWQdD5-l8fyLNz5vreKLvyl2S0RvKhSA8JQfEu-y9-L0EnceNBiGQrsZlpziiyRJAAN_aYqWq5y6as0tY1XXT7ElEGEK8yNHYuybjotLPcZ73gMe35kDKsdmpOu279GXujMu4dKdvEa0m_5vsrEmaG9M4Bjdf3tXsSkqjNcENkik/s2330/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.10.31%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsuze5xBlPWuGFWopWQdD5-l8fyLNz5vreKLvyl2S0RvKhSA8JQfEu-y9-L0EnceNBiGQrsZlpziiyRJAAN_aYqWq5y6as0tY1XXT7ElEGEK8yNHYuybjotLPcZ73gMe35kDKsdmpOu279GXujMu4dKdvEa0m_5vsrEmaG9M4Bjdf3tXsSkqjNcENkik/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.10.31%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>GORUCK SPECIAL FORCES BASIC</b></div><div><br /></div>I decided to test out some new shoes for the Basic - Garmont T8's, whose tag I ripped off right before the event. It would've been too bold of a move to try it for the Tough, but the Basic is short enough where you can get by if you have to. They seemed reasonably comfortable when I just tried them on at home, though.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktPxNTytL6B8Sc4zXmMvmtCwxu6Ddox4iPA1bOSYNPYEZwLeTJjT0IL7UvFGC-yAuW1RtGz68niwpKIHZA582gAfehwFsGtVOyIHB6cL9dfjZClLrbHH7sZygAub7NYQ7U_FPgdxXmeadsX9zvUVCX93ZCLTwUm8c8_DXvXcfyXU1Mk8fGIu0NwwxrlQ/s2330/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.12.47%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktPxNTytL6B8Sc4zXmMvmtCwxu6Ddox4iPA1bOSYNPYEZwLeTJjT0IL7UvFGC-yAuW1RtGz68niwpKIHZA582gAfehwFsGtVOyIHB6cL9dfjZClLrbHH7sZygAub7NYQ7U_FPgdxXmeadsX9zvUVCX93ZCLTwUm8c8_DXvXcfyXU1Mk8fGIu0NwwxrlQ/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.12.47%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFaKbDh6RBZtYED6atrGMyh1ZbORPTY5Z6_m1Ds8xaAj6MHbfWTcM04BGBQvf-L3hC6E4rlH3tf-IhmjO3MJFNgzr36DyamZmS8AD2fppmZlmZJybHxG5PUYGhkUvzxgfwP6E-pmHYuEnvhmBQsQNvq8a_eSpxjQF9X7pR3iPSvldcBvo2Y0k3fOpAro/s2330/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.13.14%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFaKbDh6RBZtYED6atrGMyh1ZbORPTY5Z6_m1Ds8xaAj6MHbfWTcM04BGBQvf-L3hC6E4rlH3tf-IhmjO3MJFNgzr36DyamZmS8AD2fppmZlmZJybHxG5PUYGhkUvzxgfwP6E-pmHYuEnvhmBQsQNvq8a_eSpxjQF9X7pR3iPSvldcBvo2Y0k3fOpAro/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.13.14%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was stiff going into it, as usual after a Tough, but you always feel better and loosen up once you get going. We did some exercises to warm up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLFbcjTppJDsg_WiubTS77yw4ngE8PnOlIsRLaHoSZ-1B1UeCmf9IdwMNxL12zTSE-DGemVfb_Fesu6AEdxC-xWHSQ5wF_zmYKtIZBt0SapVHHtyk3S-7MROag_KyDDZ287yCj63OlP5BFRGHwIk2rzLX0osSMjLfvGMX3YKpiw6ajVEQu2Ha8TsgB9A/s2330/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.13.29%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLFbcjTppJDsg_WiubTS77yw4ngE8PnOlIsRLaHoSZ-1B1UeCmf9IdwMNxL12zTSE-DGemVfb_Fesu6AEdxC-xWHSQ5wF_zmYKtIZBt0SapVHHtyk3S-7MROag_KyDDZ287yCj63OlP5BFRGHwIk2rzLX0osSMjLfvGMX3YKpiw6ajVEQu2Ha8TsgB9A/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.13.29%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLffhUYCB6tFvqGp5iqe2GgI1pP1ibZPzbinyFR3wOV_3FrlLBATlu6W3akf_9ZedkJ5pThVjWhFj0reLFQwwOJe4TK_mPXpYLvf0puNJyZVEg3vvMtrc2kmKRJ8g12__yfi23CdwAGq0MwGF5hFiVSWhlAgWGluTJsCOsm7rREzds7P4I5cwelRAh4ag/s2330/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.13.45%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLffhUYCB6tFvqGp5iqe2GgI1pP1ibZPzbinyFR3wOV_3FrlLBATlu6W3akf_9ZedkJ5pThVjWhFj0reLFQwwOJe4TK_mPXpYLvf0puNJyZVEg3vvMtrc2kmKRJ8g12__yfi23CdwAGq0MwGF5hFiVSWhlAgWGluTJsCOsm7rREzds7P4I5cwelRAh4ag/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.13.45%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There wasn't much PT during this event, but we did have the same kinds of coupons. I had a good 3-person team to swap with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPn8nUIW_GkqoA2GyburrTuplzoDsOs8GYaBEIJHLPlGGUkKReQNWqhhVF8k_QKFGNszEcNi5gwHRLcq7v1ldGW16MccmoaNk4wIusKMntw3s7isFINO6dIj8DNcFfHw9wkpwnsvx9wwkp_1SOU9CXNpym_y9t4RdcSm8gQ45l1Popp_O3MdXeGry4Dc/s2330/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.13.58%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPn8nUIW_GkqoA2GyburrTuplzoDsOs8GYaBEIJHLPlGGUkKReQNWqhhVF8k_QKFGNszEcNi5gwHRLcq7v1ldGW16MccmoaNk4wIusKMntw3s7isFINO6dIj8DNcFfHw9wkpwnsvx9wwkp_1SOU9CXNpym_y9t4RdcSm8gQ45l1Popp_O3MdXeGry4Dc/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.13.58%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9X7S-61IWs-LAFiUq-bu0ks3BedEvGpN35BiZA-PbmISHZxrLaXkzPpwrS-lbzpE7rv1TYowNTS4-QQklbQghkEHyiqWjhyf7oDENVjGZ9OvagM0gmGpv2sa-dq7rPCuAy39w1aF5isnxHna0hzV62hLAWqQ1_PxtkFmNeE_bMZdnJjnihmJmlWWbryo/s2330/Screenshot%202023-09-04%20at%206.14.04%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The park isn't big, but there's a nice 1-mile loop that has water views along half of it. I was appalled by how much trash there was on the trail. How can people be like that? Fortunately, one of the pieces of trash was a plastic bag, so on my later loops, I picked up trash along the way. It wasn't a fast ruck, but the main goal was getting my back and feet used to the heavier weight again.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiJv77ba62xFTS5zBCmF_nnbSSgiHJ27ya_VK8TkB8vOqFPDIy51ABWQEmO7Mk_ESuKue1Utixuk6rS_ViJ0jE4iFru9GCpJE_mh8Sh7xHc6vYyvtcGEE52u54ACOGGTZ-vgJXzHJn_Y2PMVNtOBApDan-X8_ygbQRxmsOCeLXTxPwLhLvlD9cjuTe6s/s2320/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.38.23%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2320" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiJv77ba62xFTS5zBCmF_nnbSSgiHJ27ya_VK8TkB8vOqFPDIy51ABWQEmO7Mk_ESuKue1Utixuk6rS_ViJ0jE4iFru9GCpJE_mh8Sh7xHc6vYyvtcGEE52u54ACOGGTZ-vgJXzHJn_Y2PMVNtOBApDan-X8_ygbQRxmsOCeLXTxPwLhLvlD9cjuTe6s/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.38.23%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="2620" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEWEHdKiAwD2lFtdhfz6STtm1zyvUC3RRm9qXwDycTch7Z0w6SKnk4eIf1plxXpLoHej5Cx-uPdZghj4cnaJ2eX7SenPfdZ1joOQ6q4QYp1DkB4jcrl31k8g8caVxbNiMJlmA9QgREYZ3ml0sQvpQp5LEFb3xcAWkT5PN3MzSyfnXOmG6VSuBWFtM2cU/w400-h200/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.44.35%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Tuesday, May 23:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3/30/2023 RuckWOD with 2x15#DB for 26 min, followed by the 4/21/2023 RuckWOD with 2x15#DB for 14 min, followed by 2:30 low plank, 2 min 2x15#DB OH hold, 1:30 wall sit as a filler, in the hotel gym at 6am.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On a morning walk to get Panera for later, I found this poor little guy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WYVrFfMRm0RzIzJwZOfmaOI2R-2RBTWM1Ybc-bB-MhoV-gKJumuUb1QANoaLi-qW-Tn7OUPdFsw3WVvQKWfxtBmizauPpsiySEsGIS3WY-75h4NPORw0BixtyHeIv6THT2dWsaJVV8qtJST5DSknjReEK8h1WoHov4-FgYXtX0ciW-7V6XxqMJlH3cY/s1748/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.46.47%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1292" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WYVrFfMRm0RzIzJwZOfmaOI2R-2RBTWM1Ybc-bB-MhoV-gKJumuUb1QANoaLi-qW-Tn7OUPdFsw3WVvQKWfxtBmizauPpsiySEsGIS3WY-75h4NPORw0BixtyHeIv6THT2dWsaJVV8qtJST5DSknjReEK8h1WoHov4-FgYXtX0ciW-7V6XxqMJlH3cY/s320/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.46.47%20AM.png" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I grabbed a Geocache, although it wasn't my first for Indiana. That came on <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2017/02/wintering-in-wisconsin-and-10000-burpee.html">1/12/2017</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uxtQW9rFvQ83F28AYRYQMz7GxP-IyYxadaszfcDin8T7IUG2FSs84VM1Z67DKKVGRqoFrvD617QmWHeIpcQCl0Q0O0we_f18quUhzrsN4YpaSvA9GpsrLfXVT-KHwVLV-FlkdVi5B1ge3syMzGbqI2kDsRi898E4lKcJVcCKP84YQIKG8fXMbntlxE4/s1748/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.47.30%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1292" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uxtQW9rFvQ83F28AYRYQMz7GxP-IyYxadaszfcDin8T7IUG2FSs84VM1Z67DKKVGRqoFrvD617QmWHeIpcQCl0Q0O0we_f18quUhzrsN4YpaSvA9GpsrLfXVT-KHwVLV-FlkdVi5B1ge3syMzGbqI2kDsRi898E4lKcJVcCKP84YQIKG8fXMbntlxE4/w474-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.47.30%20AM.png" width="474" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><b><u>Wednesday, May 24:</u></b><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div>4 mile run on a 2 degree incline treadmill in Ballistic Trainers in a 62* hotel gym in 34:15, 8:34 pace. I went at 7mph the whole time. It felt way harder than it should've, since I haven't trained running in forever. It was mostly fastest, with just a morsel of chocolate beforehand. Afterwards, I did 3 min of arm strengtheners with 2x10#DBs, 2 min high plank, and 2 min of OH hold with 2x15#DBs.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtMw8CNXJDHcpi7VQqEfjUvh00X6OwTSCCI_4Z-Ohyizs4Ehsk2K-IbPmwTLGUzok26ubJKX1qxHVqTkhkxLLZLBxKHTHD4Jlg9x1zqlHiVJZ4xeWHUu0mHwKF9iI0ML26ld4jsVlDDXIkZX-jYN0qV4RSVIcnIj-zFiKoNUiyu5cb-ufzbZeGBCfuzA/s2332/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.51.38%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2332" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtMw8CNXJDHcpi7VQqEfjUvh00X6OwTSCCI_4Z-Ohyizs4Ehsk2K-IbPmwTLGUzok26ubJKX1qxHVqTkhkxLLZLBxKHTHD4Jlg9x1zqlHiVJZ4xeWHUu0mHwKF9iI0ML26ld4jsVlDDXIkZX-jYN0qV4RSVIcnIj-zFiKoNUiyu5cb-ufzbZeGBCfuzA/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.51.38%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was a fun car to park next to.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyUKKTPwSorW94-rnsRl3nAigtAtwSl9jyIJd8E1WfoCHcRrXF2qqx8pIiZLvpCO2gsk4IXDX73u3FHBEvDLt0eaCWrbD1t7EKQD6Age0XPYl6Gu4bRi2Nsf0jaMLwRYHZnYFOu_aWTRQLeLcsoTloOymhxDeRfLhdx_LeK-xRa-Qzer-9ttzmAGEwNTU/s2332/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.51.49%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2332" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyUKKTPwSorW94-rnsRl3nAigtAtwSl9jyIJd8E1WfoCHcRrXF2qqx8pIiZLvpCO2gsk4IXDX73u3FHBEvDLt0eaCWrbD1t7EKQD6Age0XPYl6Gu4bRi2Nsf0jaMLwRYHZnYFOu_aWTRQLeLcsoTloOymhxDeRfLhdx_LeK-xRa-Qzer-9ttzmAGEwNTU/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.51.49%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And this Mexican restaurant had some intense decorations!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMw_jX7zHkwkvHmid44DCCD8x5KS-0m06OFxhtHamVSRckDLbcT76pCaqOYo8vhoyDnkT6hCw4ThxGK72NRcJmb07s8rk18_M1daZlE5IBoPQK-z4zlYoWpFZcU7S3ucDzJjCAr85d0xgrQI40EHS_srpRlSpVljRwwmRYGaCpXzlCdXkabPVoqqaNUo/s2332/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.52.04%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2332" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMw_jX7zHkwkvHmid44DCCD8x5KS-0m06OFxhtHamVSRckDLbcT76pCaqOYo8vhoyDnkT6hCw4ThxGK72NRcJmb07s8rk18_M1daZlE5IBoPQK-z4zlYoWpFZcU7S3ucDzJjCAr85d0xgrQI40EHS_srpRlSpVljRwwmRYGaCpXzlCdXkabPVoqqaNUo/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.52.04%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, May 25:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Went home, after first getting some froyo from a robot!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiY15zWIEpBZeFQEVR0gWRUeLl7qJMZVQ6YjzVuPHPY0jCsgBx87s1-DAr0itXgRVGy5qJlBKP9k_lK4-NxhM8yw7apc3ZGGngAfaR1ogJW5fyOGA8_flx0ceU4WKEb5hAtN9TEX2nO1aVezGD-SIYLtb-gnCXGsx__6Is6kel_DvX8swlTIHRqowBqbY/s1748/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.54.49%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1312" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiY15zWIEpBZeFQEVR0gWRUeLl7qJMZVQ6YjzVuPHPY0jCsgBx87s1-DAr0itXgRVGy5qJlBKP9k_lK4-NxhM8yw7apc3ZGGngAfaR1ogJW5fyOGA8_flx0ceU4WKEb5hAtN9TEX2nO1aVezGD-SIYLtb-gnCXGsx__6Is6kel_DvX8swlTIHRqowBqbY/w480-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.54.49%20AM.png" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I assembled a skateboard for the first time, which I was pretty proud of myself for. I had gone to a shop to get it done the first time. The guy at the shop was really nice, taught me the process, and hooked me up with a skate tool so that I could do stuff myself in the future.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFsg3KI3WjommAfpYhYbRhuD-7awo2lrw-luMd7AzqOFFepBpufNc1pl6aa23RF698391D1x_NNrWliLwytXvkxDJzA3g4N93H0NhYtLScsIL_eGmLdfswver5Jb0TvuxFvqY5Dahb4JS39fyQdFK35BdzaCMrLrL34DDOZa9xNEb950uVfCr37mlOyc/s2330/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.57.33%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFsg3KI3WjommAfpYhYbRhuD-7awo2lrw-luMd7AzqOFFepBpufNc1pl6aa23RF698391D1x_NNrWliLwytXvkxDJzA3g4N93H0NhYtLScsIL_eGmLdfswver5Jb0TvuxFvqY5Dahb4JS39fyQdFK35BdzaCMrLrL34DDOZa9xNEb950uVfCr37mlOyc/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2011.57.33%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I also went to the range, to try out and even buy buy some Q products. They got some good ROI from their demo day!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvm5WPt3GZO5s6-xCpmjaEubgJOYGipOKMRW4ssLsurNAvgqAoHvOPbnKVb7KmrIVMmJrtOf6qXmpgOGADK7q4AmqldqQ1tlFwHznp2GJofA_XmNLIQJpbLsHglYc9EvAK7vT8oS4H1smr19Kfpa0grTmoIe1pNNUsiXfYGiEFmTC6vbyuacmz7Va4qjs/s1748/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.00.45%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1314" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvm5WPt3GZO5s6-xCpmjaEubgJOYGipOKMRW4ssLsurNAvgqAoHvOPbnKVb7KmrIVMmJrtOf6qXmpgOGADK7q4AmqldqQ1tlFwHznp2GJofA_XmNLIQJpbLsHglYc9EvAK7vT8oS4H1smr19Kfpa0grTmoIe1pNNUsiXfYGiEFmTC6vbyuacmz7Va4qjs/w482-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.00.45%20PM.png" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>At night, I rucked 4 miles at 13:22 pace with 50# in a Rucker, wearing the Salomon X-Missions around the neighborhood. It was maybe my first time going at pace and weight since Mammoth. I could've gone further, but this was a good way to ease back into it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Saturday, May 27:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Gun cleaning in preparation for the Sheepdog Shootout, which was going to be taught by GORUCK Cadre. I think my bullets were disintegrating again at the last PRS match, because I wasn't getting "impact" calls on shots that I thought were perfect, and didn't show any splash from misses. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0C4RcOkJMIechKN-1jTy-cKiZj9WWrIc_dMmWU76HwLFbp_5U0C9gY8Kpw-Tcg9S2PXezyTn7l8hKMxgY9kpy-PGTBnd4VBmZLJdV2RgX_BqWOS2P5LCCUTX6pSPFRBAKVK89cNUyfG4ALYvWsGggIZu5qLsDiJcemokqnwuGw9Sc3eth3DQVdgUFh_Q/s2342/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.05.07%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2342" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0C4RcOkJMIechKN-1jTy-cKiZj9WWrIc_dMmWU76HwLFbp_5U0C9gY8Kpw-Tcg9S2PXezyTn7l8hKMxgY9kpy-PGTBnd4VBmZLJdV2RgX_BqWOS2P5LCCUTX6pSPFRBAKVK89cNUyfG4ALYvWsGggIZu5qLsDiJcemokqnwuGw9Sc3eth3DQVdgUFh_Q/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.05.07%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, May 28:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More Blackstone, and I loctited my pistol mag holders, after the screws had come undone again at the <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/08/land-nav-gun-run-2023.html">Land Nav Team Match</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ewwO3uFMjCZvTCON-HwJ-V4Ys4gdEUbrnFL8D3mIRWXBKeFtTFScwU7HoID6k1vp_7-syzbLEXbNOdNfImqghZg8sAMaUXWkpYW7EmWwDmh88mE7wdjekezLvnre1Hc5hhzTwOWPUw3QJxb4EGgNym6YkF6rdXcfZwLIM4WaWH1xlSq1MPe38P9qqso/s1748/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.17.23%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1312" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ewwO3uFMjCZvTCON-HwJ-V4Ys4gdEUbrnFL8D3mIRWXBKeFtTFScwU7HoID6k1vp_7-syzbLEXbNOdNfImqghZg8sAMaUXWkpYW7EmWwDmh88mE7wdjekezLvnre1Hc5hhzTwOWPUw3QJxb4EGgNym6YkF6rdXcfZwLIM4WaWH1xlSq1MPe38P9qqso/w480-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.17.23%20PM.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Monday, May 29:</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Began with partitioned Murph, which was done slick, aside from the 1 mile runs.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCEpO6oa3kJ2GrU_30X4gf6CRT2X28bzAjTv8CmIURoWCxYOZJsTyx0eO6zJz0nmsI309AQRYL6Rn-akeAdjAoPpI53DpOha2W0Pg2BVsWDkoa8xI0MKDjKhHxVWOlCMA3dkkAHKEIjv_BaUUWunDHSgYn94Cqd2WzjbIb6fyl3RjHl8Ns9Nkyxt2n_g/s1958/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.20.34%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="1958" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCEpO6oa3kJ2GrU_30X4gf6CRT2X28bzAjTv8CmIURoWCxYOZJsTyx0eO6zJz0nmsI309AQRYL6Rn-akeAdjAoPpI53DpOha2W0Pg2BVsWDkoa8xI0MKDjKhHxVWOlCMA3dkkAHKEIjv_BaUUWunDHSgYn94Cqd2WzjbIb6fyl3RjHl8Ns9Nkyxt2n_g/w400-h253/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.20.34%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Scott gave us some good tips, though, on how to shed time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgliRrr_xcM83zMfwJ-ZKhyCR04Rd-abjggv_miElnGIZFJqnZpeTBcs2MLlCg3MaeLonM9wxv6SZNWWkJD2uDOo-KrvxYOOi_AoEGa2u8eDl5XzFvDPKq52yRHyNfGHY-8RsVScA80w_zhrN8FpRxPhextOTZqcQfmJLNpgiNxth_FdVpVYZzTKcwCf8I/s2614/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.24.26%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="2614" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgliRrr_xcM83zMfwJ-ZKhyCR04Rd-abjggv_miElnGIZFJqnZpeTBcs2MLlCg3MaeLonM9wxv6SZNWWkJD2uDOo-KrvxYOOi_AoEGa2u8eDl5XzFvDPKq52yRHyNfGHY-8RsVScA80w_zhrN8FpRxPhextOTZqcQfmJLNpgiNxth_FdVpVYZzTKcwCf8I/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.24.26%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also did a nice pistol drill with him, with an efficient use of ammo, because every other shot is dry fire.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We then went to the 400yd range to get dope on our 22LR RPRs for the first time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pQp2sV6mAX-4kx6erKhRi7SkMy1IGnJhoy-3VLDRj-3jEBJVVRQPc80Q6oaWWXbC_h6q9QBkQiQNFUTwAxp7HiTjjby7_N-_SSrvDIvxmd5nnsgCl8ouEy1o5mPuMaJLwcwuDKJUw3FDIpX5emUcwHmzvRQUay-rTegZmJihQ6VKvL6rCPwI6L596uI/s2328/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.24.43%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2328" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pQp2sV6mAX-4kx6erKhRi7SkMy1IGnJhoy-3VLDRj-3jEBJVVRQPc80Q6oaWWXbC_h6q9QBkQiQNFUTwAxp7HiTjjby7_N-_SSrvDIvxmd5nnsgCl8ouEy1o5mPuMaJLwcwuDKJUw3FDIpX5emUcwHmzvRQUay-rTegZmJihQ6VKvL6rCPwI6L596uI/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.24.43%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also tried out my new Geissele SSA-E trigger on my LMT for the first time. Not a crazy difference, but it was fine.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVmeY7V3vdKWYY4x26yky_UfYML4pznVsjZhpW--z9Z_kgDk4TO-iQNjU9_E1ya7wYcgqP7YllvSzHHjeNUyUsj9uz4ycM3V2jwPbzVBvMH258p9KGJAc0kZ-WHUrxHF4rDsdU7prrQW55T_M107njIbTqslIcg536UsoYAB5ozqPMNirXJRWFxreHY4/s2132/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.25.19%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="2132" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVmeY7V3vdKWYY4x26yky_UfYML4pznVsjZhpW--z9Z_kgDk4TO-iQNjU9_E1ya7wYcgqP7YllvSzHHjeNUyUsj9uz4ycM3V2jwPbzVBvMH258p9KGJAc0kZ-WHUrxHF4rDsdU7prrQW55T_M107njIbTqslIcg536UsoYAB5ozqPMNirXJRWFxreHY4/w400-h230/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.25.19%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I closed out the evening with the "White" WOD.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskWz5X7zFbOHiLZNlSto6AB8kEBuWq1TLHuvSF7BgfYR99XRkXNweNqwNvxQWsMVmA09bY0BhUqEkkO8aGGsWOVE2fATn3SPSOF3NdcbY6KB7UJPJadkSN2eM3bTIGSQg7UEvL4pRccpBDGumS8Rhm4qgpAZkDr3puTtxJpa7ZqM4oYWTrBzWWsw56nc/s2338/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.28.30%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2338" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskWz5X7zFbOHiLZNlSto6AB8kEBuWq1TLHuvSF7BgfYR99XRkXNweNqwNvxQWsMVmA09bY0BhUqEkkO8aGGsWOVE2fATn3SPSOF3NdcbY6KB7UJPJadkSN2eM3bTIGSQg7UEvL4pRccpBDGumS8Rhm4qgpAZkDr3puTtxJpa7ZqM4oYWTrBzWWsw56nc/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.28.30%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a very "America" day, one to honor the heroes who have made our freedom possible!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, May 31:</u></b></div><div><br /></div>My arms, core, and legs were still recovering from Murph and White. I did a 30# recovery ruck in the neighborhood. I hadn't planned on it, but my dad asked me to do some recon on new housing developments. 3 miles in 1:01:29 wearing MACV2s.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1WAAvDVTbbT-zErwfh7vQaVJ0PJSKtgSbTZ5rn6FgQfql8jdmOdiU6_ifoTbVc1xckM0Uo3DVudkew17x6YFHSuNSEqRNecBcV4sFnO3E-bcBfTR844sZ_pHX52E3JAccaepAly1xmS409mbRRUPlP9NStLczfbiTfP4njEq8fisyVBk_hE_jTmOC3U/s2328/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.32.03%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2328" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1WAAvDVTbbT-zErwfh7vQaVJ0PJSKtgSbTZ5rn6FgQfql8jdmOdiU6_ifoTbVc1xckM0Uo3DVudkew17x6YFHSuNSEqRNecBcV4sFnO3E-bcBfTR844sZ_pHX52E3JAccaepAly1xmS409mbRRUPlP9NStLczfbiTfP4njEq8fisyVBk_hE_jTmOC3U/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.32.03%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, Jun 1:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Did a baseline fitness test with 38 HRPU in 2 min, 9 pullups in 1 min, a 14:29 2 mile run in 79* temps in Saucony A4's, and a 6 mile ruck with 49# total wearing MACV2s. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7vgtgqCROKc" width="320" youtube-src-id="7vgtgqCROKc"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWS1kZTmr-g" width="320" youtube-src-id="NWS1kZTmr-g"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodJT9yjT2NYDyscpb3cMPeTucIaG6DMdglQoiBTGawcNf51Udsx0I1NWh7C23B-4JBqhzSkZqEf2afRGBzLET8mDZoP3VVNDw4IOBf5qcMdZcNGd4E1vwitxwHH1DBw4WRced5H9toTDVBMA4p9jWtCuOUygLk0wkMp6Ey22ZUZYqJ1pMYWEFv7Ds_M4/s1746/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.35.24%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="1304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodJT9yjT2NYDyscpb3cMPeTucIaG6DMdglQoiBTGawcNf51Udsx0I1NWh7C23B-4JBqhzSkZqEf2afRGBzLET8mDZoP3VVNDw4IOBf5qcMdZcNGd4E1vwitxwHH1DBw4WRced5H9toTDVBMA4p9jWtCuOUygLk0wkMp6Ey22ZUZYqJ1pMYWEFv7Ds_M4/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.35.24%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I started taking Creatine and increasing my protein today, too. Let's see how far I get in 16 weeks!</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9_y5q74tRv9GUUdXs2jxr_UYRHpKvvgb_S7iaOGg6nL4TQKZnSOgjzGIPBfXp5Zkn_DLBUlXZDmEDWIj1egbUsvfgHCY8qxnvkjBPXwMWv5tdIat0tAba_NY1HvtxOfQO0id0fXeCdDs7F7FSm3XiPCMOBBABB_CMTkrxVivQrGL3Hw9GAUOqkfDkiI/s1746/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.34.42%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="1304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9_y5q74tRv9GUUdXs2jxr_UYRHpKvvgb_S7iaOGg6nL4TQKZnSOgjzGIPBfXp5Zkn_DLBUlXZDmEDWIj1egbUsvfgHCY8qxnvkjBPXwMWv5tdIat0tAba_NY1HvtxOfQO0id0fXeCdDs7F7FSm3XiPCMOBBABB_CMTkrxVivQrGL3Hw9GAUOqkfDkiI/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.34.42%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, Jun 2:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">"Yoga for Renewal" with Adriene, 18A "Dip Abs" in 21 min, "Dynamic Warmup" in 38 min, "Lower Push BW" in 39:39.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Dry fire practice with the Mantis X included some pushups, too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Found this cute little guy away from his nest, too. I hope he made it ok. So many little birds out of their nests recently!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEadaPkwbi3FI2_jKWtLj0AFm5OsMhFj4VmAf1FllY1dbqbEpudAB6eAeyk-iimc49Ljee_KiuLuOnCZ4bmWhlQn3HI5Neq4KLN-gLdHwuIn_kg8Osc_jMnXCBXCiEWDrlonKI9X_Ie0Kvn3kr0vhQjuldcqgzNSglOXFsIsLg4EOZqSr3G1YD88vAe04/s2330/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.38.57%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2330" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEadaPkwbi3FI2_jKWtLj0AFm5OsMhFj4VmAf1FllY1dbqbEpudAB6eAeyk-iimc49Ljee_KiuLuOnCZ4bmWhlQn3HI5Neq4KLN-gLdHwuIn_kg8Osc_jMnXCBXCiEWDrlonKI9X_Ie0Kvn3kr0vhQjuldcqgzNSglOXFsIsLg4EOZqSr3G1YD88vAe04/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.38.57%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>SHEEPDOG SHOOTOUT</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I wasn't 100% sure what to expect, since this wasn't a GORUCK class, but the instructors were from GORUCK, so I at least knew some of what to expect.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This was a charity event used to raise funds for the Sheepdog Coalition, which helps SOF veterans get whatever kind of help they need after they come home.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">About half of the class was made of up of GRTs, and the other half were instructors in non-precision firearms disciplines. We paired up with someone from the opposite background, which was really cool, because we each had stuff to teach and learn from each other.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Saturday, Jun 3:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I drove overnight, took a little nap in a parking lot near the destination city, and then went the rest of the way in the morning. It is a long way over to Eastern NC.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqZotqeToIO6AqBPaos3djkGWJyZDzPLm5pTw3-siGC_zRKBDQOPCkWJZtPu_s4mUsfNTrtrMYG0zT8mo9omsGu54Ef4ECEOOv16GDeMgC-KW0O4XeH2kORzKq3DL_HqBVMP0_ykH92OUW3DfGURyibpHh12eAg4dJs5DLG6o_bm_p3pKKgD5NI2ABeE/s2328/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.43.31%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2328" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqZotqeToIO6AqBPaos3djkGWJyZDzPLm5pTw3-siGC_zRKBDQOPCkWJZtPu_s4mUsfNTrtrMYG0zT8mo9omsGu54Ef4ECEOOv16GDeMgC-KW0O4XeH2kORzKq3DL_HqBVMP0_ykH92OUW3DfGURyibpHh12eAg4dJs5DLG6o_bm_p3pKKgD5NI2ABeE/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.43.31%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">For fundamentals, we learned about NPA, the natural respiratory pause, shot processes, grip, parallax, and the importance of the level.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMpFTfBmwwKgiWTLV_md3Tbw2rLKbEqenyexySn7Ng4c2Db67Gh5zD2QeTw_kVKy5BYYGkGSffCZ_6fws8PD8xBLoNIY4NB8c6uoyNUW3AfmItscEVPdzqCeo9s91B5NLelaQshRX7FTGs3rKlNIxX05jVc4ziNzJKg1W8fKSRYByfBeOvbdWc6vZb7U/s2328/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.44.21%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2328" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMpFTfBmwwKgiWTLV_md3Tbw2rLKbEqenyexySn7Ng4c2Db67Gh5zD2QeTw_kVKy5BYYGkGSffCZ_6fws8PD8xBLoNIY4NB8c6uoyNUW3AfmItscEVPdzqCeo9s91B5NLelaQshRX7FTGs3rKlNIxX05jVc4ziNzJKg1W8fKSRYByfBeOvbdWc6vZb7U/s320/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.44.21%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We zeroed. Even though I had just cleaned my barrel, the three shots that I took were on, so I didn't change anything. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We collected dope out to 400. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We learned how to shoot standing and seated and learned some tricks for stability.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjul5yhVIzeUW8gqTwRpS7D6Bx8UkbkVhyo9M9q_eYH4zwvZKgn-Qr3ms4KGTDBH8RjxAWjFl24VH6X7o30MJgskYe0DsGy-My9wUbWTXOMTTK3w44YfgzMrNWp5BXWzdBdjhtuSoiuj0yr0ryabcyABH7CCz_ejPo9IOCv0RTl5MTnTAiprP2VM2YdW-U/s1748/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.54.30%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjul5yhVIzeUW8gqTwRpS7D6Bx8UkbkVhyo9M9q_eYH4zwvZKgn-Qr3ms4KGTDBH8RjxAWjFl24VH6X7o30MJgskYe0DsGy-My9wUbWTXOMTTK3w44YfgzMrNWp5BXWzdBdjhtuSoiuj0yr0ryabcyABH7CCz_ejPo9IOCv0RTl5MTnTAiprP2VM2YdW-U/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.54.30%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIiBZXliTd6caftXMTzSHt3iVYx07d3B94lf4VjlWWsFhf55sydLZHH9Smgrq7Fpw5UzMwC5dIwKgKQZ5JXiyREzchv-hqbUA5HCvoRlfxsmB29eYImbNLxC9e7IrHwuRVL58W83T8TUgFAhLJV275Pg44kokrSl0knd4fr4Obb_ZLoUD8zd3A9Pi0oI/s1748/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.47.39%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1302" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIiBZXliTd6caftXMTzSHt3iVYx07d3B94lf4VjlWWsFhf55sydLZHH9Smgrq7Fpw5UzMwC5dIwKgKQZ5JXiyREzchv-hqbUA5HCvoRlfxsmB29eYImbNLxC9e7IrHwuRVL58W83T8TUgFAhLJV275Pg44kokrSl0knd4fr4Obb_ZLoUD8zd3A9Pi0oI/w476-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.47.39%20PM.png" width="476" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We practiced shooting from the VTAC board, which I've done with AR15s before, but not precision rifles before. It is much harder to get the gun to fit in any of the ports.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9dacDH3gY1Y0KbTpS86bzcABE0fV25gKRao57WZRTMpW6m-8ysIGb3wUr9M0Ey1_LkOO_JcUSY86MSfoK32A_duCmnA2ibqteHCUfey846sw5IU5kPRNK_ardbx-j1DETzkgaYGspr9289UmL0ZqmVURhy8XUbbnv69kxnlDzMlDOjIVqSmweskhLmw/s2328/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.47.24%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2328" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9dacDH3gY1Y0KbTpS86bzcABE0fV25gKRao57WZRTMpW6m-8ysIGb3wUr9M0Ey1_LkOO_JcUSY86MSfoK32A_duCmnA2ibqteHCUfey846sw5IU5kPRNK_ardbx-j1DETzkgaYGspr9289UmL0ZqmVURhy8XUbbnv69kxnlDzMlDOjIVqSmweskhLmw/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.47.24%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We played Battleship, and my cool-headed partner with lots of competition experience helped me get the best outcome yet.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMgmLSZG1HVBJpPuwG6uBg7sIjbV0IaGDjB-3NQnZjzfs-loyvhsh_fq3husQ-L2f4pqbLRQhq5xl-c6Gp6TX3BEARrlogjpUuZu_YdaKoUOCX5J38F17rb8R1vH8Dowj4i3xzbo9xUUod0ShLlloXcGNTEZeA80X_yzoXinZMsLp5vDgw75onva1SX4/s2340/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.49.18%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2340" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMgmLSZG1HVBJpPuwG6uBg7sIjbV0IaGDjB-3NQnZjzfs-loyvhsh_fq3husQ-L2f4pqbLRQhq5xl-c6Gp6TX3BEARrlogjpUuZu_YdaKoUOCX5J38F17rb8R1vH8Dowj4i3xzbo9xUUod0ShLlloXcGNTEZeA80X_yzoXinZMsLp5vDgw75onva1SX4/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.49.18%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We split the class in half to practice movers and poppers, which is always a neat experience, whether you're the one getting to shoot or work in the "butts".</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09KQUXoCmQy1jNBDYY0bP0fSnDFmdrKVQWK7EZKODUgLoElGIFrrZspoTCig9vdK5xfESZq20zQuB4W6ZQtArFjfiuQJcaKUiI4RXbxLXvUyrxAnnLXKJRXHuL6Xvl1c7fKj9U4VKzTr_ZnhRRMucJsotG7GH7Nja770nHAz6tHwI3ZHzZkODWLJlqy8/s2336/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.51.31%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2336" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09KQUXoCmQy1jNBDYY0bP0fSnDFmdrKVQWK7EZKODUgLoElGIFrrZspoTCig9vdK5xfESZq20zQuB4W6ZQtArFjfiuQJcaKUiI4RXbxLXvUyrxAnnLXKJRXHuL6Xvl1c7fKj9U4VKzTr_ZnhRRMucJsotG7GH7Nja770nHAz6tHwI3ZHzZkODWLJlqy8/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.51.31%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Even in the evening after class, I was focused, doing priorities of work with cleaning the gun again, in preparation for the next day's mini competition.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkBtWZmdBUc19D9ywAUaQNEo7Kpc87WNdOwmATwNpqKOPxBOIjyXUGYvUt01MMJqD4HNMh8T_Yt4Iovs_jiIxJaCs_-bD9yQSjRtW61K3a-Xt5nZ_mJ0TQ5sBjhQuVH64aocSKFi50XlvRzbY3RvlsdSfTqtjZQCP11x5ZSAjUajCDOhJAj43mTh_pzo/s1748/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.51.55%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkBtWZmdBUc19D9ywAUaQNEo7Kpc87WNdOwmATwNpqKOPxBOIjyXUGYvUt01MMJqD4HNMh8T_Yt4Iovs_jiIxJaCs_-bD9yQSjRtW61K3a-Xt5nZ_mJ0TQ5sBjhQuVH64aocSKFi50XlvRzbY3RvlsdSfTqtjZQCP11x5ZSAjUajCDOhJAj43mTh_pzo/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.51.55%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We were out late at a Mexican place, but even with only 2 hours of sleep the previous night, the few hours of sleep that I got Saturday night were a dream.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Sunday, Jun 4:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sunday was competition day, where we got to put the lessons from day 1 to the test. Most events would be individually scored, but there were a couple of team-based ones thrown in, since Snipers often work on teams, and that teamwork element, with communication and strategy, are important skills, too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On Saturday, we had already gotten our first points under our belts with Battleship, so things were off to a good start.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We did a cold bore shot in the morning, where you just had to hit the head.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLp6hobEBNgxYlq25ZsveI-pOx7-SeHPZxvIPamXpRw0zkFwSIhS_DoSfTWYHMX06_uq6Pa058pbU4ILMqsDIaCezyBwuEVP9RUZ_jIKkQ6tufFm0TPpjKX9gCzjg26SBOmT0OiAWArL5lev50jKvNhhlNrUDsO9jOtsO9909UVijMYfzlSx3S5UjLUE/s1748/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.54.57%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLp6hobEBNgxYlq25ZsveI-pOx7-SeHPZxvIPamXpRw0zkFwSIhS_DoSfTWYHMX06_uq6Pa058pbU4ILMqsDIaCezyBwuEVP9RUZ_jIKkQ6tufFm0TPpjKX9gCzjg26SBOmT0OiAWArL5lev50jKvNhhlNrUDsO9jOtsO9909UVijMYfzlSx3S5UjLUE/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.54.57%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Next, was a 6-round drill from standing, kneeling/seated, and prone. I somehow managed to make 6/6, even with standing. I knew I had to keep my arms fresh for that to maximize my chances.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyiMLRcMTQHwAfoIpgVM5UAfKN8mTxeNWusPvMtjQNsV91g62a_OlRG4jQ49tydpIGUka6ZtvYUpu04un8aZcxnr_-hSLwWA78ta4vJ6NbPha0aKI7B8I_tGOcG48za6m101zyuo-dtSz6RsiIsT89jhKzwCuY0kV2LQTQTD1zWbx_qeLAQaKHcnXhXI/s2340/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.59.12%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2340" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyiMLRcMTQHwAfoIpgVM5UAfKN8mTxeNWusPvMtjQNsV91g62a_OlRG4jQ49tydpIGUka6ZtvYUpu04un8aZcxnr_-hSLwWA78ta4vJ6NbPha0aKI7B8I_tGOcG48za6m101zyuo-dtSz6RsiIsT89jhKzwCuY0kV2LQTQTD1zWbx_qeLAQaKHcnXhXI/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.59.12%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We did VTAC next, where I just dropped 1 point by timing out. Otherwise, it went pretty well.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Spears to Success went really well, and I did almost as well as I could've. Even my miss landed in a good spot that still earned me 2 points. I was very glad that my gun was "on" today. Maybe the cleaning helped. At first, I thought I had bullet disintegration issues again because I couldn't see the hits, but upon closer inspection, they were on the little spears as intended.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstQw_1fOWri6OrNDJ8qN9znsxX_HrIj72R8xXlfOTTVfc3EUA6bpkA9kPeP2JcJ80LxHo5x2W3j5j3ya--ojNM5M4-u9twqXO_WIcTXS_K0YJaEeE6eLykD0MBgg1Ltpd0wjH-EEbf5tZXI6pN7zzL2HWcVTaezNGukcTWuBh7Nc5hJMrIhJhW5DHK9A/s1742/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.59.30%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstQw_1fOWri6OrNDJ8qN9znsxX_HrIj72R8xXlfOTTVfc3EUA6bpkA9kPeP2JcJ80LxHo5x2W3j5j3ya--ojNM5M4-u9twqXO_WIcTXS_K0YJaEeE6eLykD0MBgg1Ltpd0wjH-EEbf5tZXI6pN7zzL2HWcVTaezNGukcTWuBh7Nc5hJMrIhJhW5DHK9A/s320/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%2012.59.30%20PM.png" width="242" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There was a side match where the goal was to get as close as center to possible on a playing card, and you could buy extra rounds by donating extra. I wanted to make a big hole. I ended up tying with another guy. It had been hard to figure out where center of the card was, since the card was white and the background was white, and the joker image on the card doesn't necessarily have an obvious exact center mass to go by. It worked out, though, if nothing else, by sheer volume (11 rounds in 60s).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_0DQsnbI0ZdE4vcPmcfHMHTT6mAw5HnhaY0QNL5njGCw9dkMzwdyC5Vd3xuJT6j_n7TNdEs389d0ysebKA2gjC6voEJ-PGdgBitaNtqtBvlOnStSu1hxKHg85zn3Sjb1HPYzSqyAfJjmyZT9Ym7EjVA2xkcQuaZtOjT_EOaeH5-LXzGBd7FGxbCL8SI/s1742/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%201.03.22%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_0DQsnbI0ZdE4vcPmcfHMHTT6mAw5HnhaY0QNL5njGCw9dkMzwdyC5Vd3xuJT6j_n7TNdEs389d0ysebKA2gjC6voEJ-PGdgBitaNtqtBvlOnStSu1hxKHg85zn3Sjb1HPYzSqyAfJjmyZT9Ym7EjVA2xkcQuaZtOjT_EOaeH5-LXzGBd7FGxbCL8SI/w484-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%201.03.22%20PM.png" width="484" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5ZyNYhs2mQGQwzFFPBMeqdbhkh35fXuDj9z43Nt2fiUrr0Bc-w4sQl4GAtkZDFNaEfy1CJOSEtzueUW40GauUqyYY-4alC9RHos_IwwvyCcx4qimWm0oVuR6hYp6MD9HoHZp1L_3-flBQ0UboPGl8q_CKBlhODklFXRTfVfQX2bwBlI3G2uZAcvuLMQ/s1742/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%201.03.31%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5ZyNYhs2mQGQwzFFPBMeqdbhkh35fXuDj9z43Nt2fiUrr0Bc-w4sQl4GAtkZDFNaEfy1CJOSEtzueUW40GauUqyYY-4alC9RHos_IwwvyCcx4qimWm0oVuR6hYp6MD9HoHZp1L_3-flBQ0UboPGl8q_CKBlhODklFXRTfVfQX2bwBlI3G2uZAcvuLMQ/w484-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%201.03.31%20PM.png" width="484" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We had a 4-person team event, where you had to shoot at balloons at 4 different distances. You take turns shooting, but your team has to work its way up from 100 to 400 the fastest. We tied with another team, and each team got to send 1 representative for a tie-breaker. I felt confident in representing the team and got my 2 shots off at 100 and 400 faster.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQIst-YFahuo1GPkjn5mU5eEGNbJiX5hI2LQvJopLd3GxCqEG-_uYYRrBAr-Uq4yAR19kG7T_nrPD12trAvYUCsb5_9LUMRpSS5JGgnZ8y_Y7IxiE_ca941QN4_6E5_gz6EKIOy6D9gjjWHhI-Hj4bLfJYZujwuK05kB7DjeoHoCwD3PiOcM-1zy1w2k/s1742/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%201.05.40%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQIst-YFahuo1GPkjn5mU5eEGNbJiX5hI2LQvJopLd3GxCqEG-_uYYRrBAr-Uq4yAR19kG7T_nrPD12trAvYUCsb5_9LUMRpSS5JGgnZ8y_Y7IxiE_ca941QN4_6E5_gz6EKIOy6D9gjjWHhI-Hj4bLfJYZujwuK05kB7DjeoHoCwD3PiOcM-1zy1w2k/w484-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%201.05.40%20PM.png" width="484" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />We did movers and snaps with the VTAC steps. There's always a bit of built-in risk with human-powered targets and variability, but fortunately, it worked out.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The last evolution was Pick Your Poison, where you got to choose from 100, 200, or 300 yards at a 3x3 target, with 1, 2, or 3 shots to correspond with the three distances. The points values were different, too. I had won every single event other than the 1 shot that I dropped on the VTAC stage from timing out, so I had a huge lead. This last one was worth a bunch of points so that everyone still had a chance to make big moves. For me to not win, though, I had to miss all three shots, and someone else would have to do really well. I made 2/3 shots, though!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36QO9PTltfkWrjLNfmpy3P8qreThqWILI5XPcrZcVrJFFjhTnwCZbP1Pl4za70EjbOw_dGxS6EH99L_iWh-Xeo93T2PbftRWPsw5u1h-zj_XgTuQw4qkYvZsibqx_4PtsHnVCV_ar3L9JOy73mM12oPry__quGj4IAo9Kxpig-I9m_VMbK3ie_kTyoDU/s2332/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%201.11.21%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2332" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36QO9PTltfkWrjLNfmpy3P8qreThqWILI5XPcrZcVrJFFjhTnwCZbP1Pl4za70EjbOw_dGxS6EH99L_iWh-Xeo93T2PbftRWPsw5u1h-zj_XgTuQw4qkYvZsibqx_4PtsHnVCV_ar3L9JOy73mM12oPry__quGj4IAo9Kxpig-I9m_VMbK3ie_kTyoDU/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%201.11.21%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Back at the lodge, we celebrated a birthday...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVy_fNFishK9eHrulqdwELHoudmFXs1l0cUsDSwxEhjW1oJidyg5sSFbPP_pq0mkQ-xprjOG6Dl65xZ4uAe0SgkxVy1vUUFG8uLhR1hg-vaKIqaegv4zSGmq9WtgLUuyw8Kgv7MaDZXvNsdb0ARysi06wLrDW34-KZhUmJ7WZVqyMTPtOv6LTQkMgjCA/s1742/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%201.10.55%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1312" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVy_fNFishK9eHrulqdwELHoudmFXs1l0cUsDSwxEhjW1oJidyg5sSFbPP_pq0mkQ-xprjOG6Dl65xZ4uAe0SgkxVy1vUUFG8uLhR1hg-vaKIqaegv4zSGmq9WtgLUuyw8Kgv7MaDZXvNsdb0ARysi06wLrDW34-KZhUmJ7WZVqyMTPtOv6LTQkMgjCA/w482-h640/Screenshot%202023-09-03%20at%201.10.55%20PM.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was an unexpectedly awesome weekend.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-82148787809438624502023-08-13T15:03:00.002-04:002023-08-13T15:03:16.810-04:00Land Nav Gun Run 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0sUoiq4eFklRS9sPdUzbUgD5CcAmCw1UBbti4Gvd2AvN70UN98E87_q6zkGLKn-uo1Y7rneiO5BwPd2a8-c8VpKSQhm3Z26DqS40GC1j5MXmerojDVeeST3XXbm5j-7auAb0dCsYJaf79qC0CZY6lnOzT3JkCm9clEtsHTY5LoVQupgAnoetpIFR4ek/s2330/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.20.39%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0sUoiq4eFklRS9sPdUzbUgD5CcAmCw1UBbti4Gvd2AvN70UN98E87_q6zkGLKn-uo1Y7rneiO5BwPd2a8-c8VpKSQhm3Z26DqS40GC1j5MXmerojDVeeST3XXbm5j-7auAb0dCsYJaf79qC0CZY6lnOzT3JkCm9clEtsHTY5LoVQupgAnoetpIFR4ek/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.20.39%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>Land Nav Gun Run was back for 2023! It was my favorite Gun Run from <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/01/gun-run-land-nav-edition-2022.html">last year</a>, since it was longer, had more shooting stages, included land nav, and felt more like a real adventure and less like an "inside the box" competition. It does take a lot more planning work and volunteer RO support to put this on, but it's well worth it for the grateful competitors who get to take part. SB and I made sure that we got a spot for the event.</p><p>We met up to carpool over.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdoz0_n5dqG164kR-oxUcg_wypHiiqwtzJ4SU6EFs9JsudRUXd6RXyxFMBni8m1qrVFUtteVlNR1sAngb5Z-0SU0JLJm6a7zOL1p7RuduvqaE_s_62kKJI1mq2fI_1qJpRAUxQ-uJ-5NBqFGsLkmY3lrUoZtZGnNcOJOHvCOuDBryoJnL0rhfZFeSTXuQ/s2330/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.15.55%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdoz0_n5dqG164kR-oxUcg_wypHiiqwtzJ4SU6EFs9JsudRUXd6RXyxFMBni8m1qrVFUtteVlNR1sAngb5Z-0SU0JLJm6a7zOL1p7RuduvqaE_s_62kKJI1mq2fI_1qJpRAUxQ-uJ-5NBqFGsLkmY3lrUoZtZGnNcOJOHvCOuDBryoJnL0rhfZFeSTXuQ/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.15.55%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We attended the 10:30am brief for our 11:44am run time, which was on the later side. They have to start early to get the runners through this long format race before it gets too late. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The stage brief was similar to last year's. There's an asphalt road that separates all the nav portions from all the shooting portions, to help make sure that nobody accidentally wanders where they shouldn't go. It's a very good concept for how to execute this kind of event. Same as last year, a missed land nav point would incur a 1 hour penalty. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcM_kPxjZLP49LC5r-3rJdPMR9hYy20KRVnw9RcFpVTkI4mY__V5n-BBqbJDct25dYcGSJdOEGK3COLzdKa0i-8NJpWSL1GqIBOoe0lUd0abahgzMluXDV5l9rIoLlZxFoEj6ewxL_LCRrZG68lWr0O1r52NxmIwBEY4AvoWAtUIIRnRwhQLPY4T_T3Mw/s2330/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.16.07%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2330" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcM_kPxjZLP49LC5r-3rJdPMR9hYy20KRVnw9RcFpVTkI4mY__V5n-BBqbJDct25dYcGSJdOEGK3COLzdKa0i-8NJpWSL1GqIBOoe0lUd0abahgzMluXDV5l9rIoLlZxFoEj6ewxL_LCRrZG68lWr0O1r52NxmIwBEY4AvoWAtUIIRnRwhQLPY4T_T3Mw/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.16.07%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With so many shooting stages, we loaded up. I tried a chest rig for the first time (HPG rig with an LBX pouch attachment), so that I didn't have to carry a full plate carrier, since that got hot last year. With a 65R/45P minimum round count, I went with 6 mags of rifle (3 on belt, 3 on rig) and 9 mags of pistol (7 on belt and 2 in the rig), which is 3x. I actually used 65R/66P. SB is our primary rifle shooter, which is part of the reason my rifle usage rate was low, and I try not to miss on pistol, so 3 mags may be overly conservative based on my skill level now. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivli8dh_ETqxwXN30m-JKCw2mVKGBBxrDvoob8K5elUkiDSiuzS-eXQqNV8ucroFdX4-9Bsm2iFL_-M5TyjeCCnM2lVkkBrxclGDxCBksyTdw4M9Jyuoc51MMXH97ozl9-vlaYzdZGdZPkiea_wqRNGPoOUELH1NaPzts1UaCP-1mZEQojWjhFmtf1Msk/s1746/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.16.18%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="1306" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivli8dh_ETqxwXN30m-JKCw2mVKGBBxrDvoob8K5elUkiDSiuzS-eXQqNV8ucroFdX4-9Bsm2iFL_-M5TyjeCCnM2lVkkBrxclGDxCBksyTdw4M9Jyuoc51MMXH97ozl9-vlaYzdZGdZPkiea_wqRNGPoOUELH1NaPzts1UaCP-1mZEQojWjhFmtf1Msk/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.16.18%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Nav A:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our first land nav point took waaaaay too long for us to find. We had a good idea, which was to go along the main road, then follow a trail to the first point. The mistake was that the dashed line wasn't a trail - it was a stream, which we didn't realize until way later. We ran across another team who realized that we were struggling, and pointed out that the power line was a big landmark that we could've been looking for. I hadn't even thought of that, despite having gone along that last year. We backtracked quite a bit to go back the correct way to get point A and made our way along the powerline, which got muddy towards the second half. Once we found the point, we punched, and read the instructions to go back to the CP, where we got instructions to go to the shooting area across the parking lot to do stage 1. Another team or two were shooting when we got there, but we were the last team to shoot that stage. I was very excited by now to finally do some shooting, since we had spent a lot of time and covered a lot of distance with all that ammo. I wanted to get lighter and actually start the event.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiye7WcgSwJ8W3_8BGL_HWKRGqni7vVbvYeC1jdyA5ajjIXWVc40KSO0VG8LYXFzx62NIKUE48ibETuE5zAbgaswt1_BY5v2EzFLGeYQbu0S-H8h8jrlUg3BSNu5iGmF9uIFdstqGWlifqcUpeFCoMMzMx08Ko5Rh6UjQ9yLCn1VMKYEQr-1AfXJrEO8cQ/s1746/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.16.32%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="1306" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiye7WcgSwJ8W3_8BGL_HWKRGqni7vVbvYeC1jdyA5ajjIXWVc40KSO0VG8LYXFzx62NIKUE48ibETuE5zAbgaswt1_BY5v2EzFLGeYQbu0S-H8h8jrlUg3BSNu5iGmF9uIFdstqGWlifqcUpeFCoMMzMx08Ko5Rh6UjQ9yLCn1VMKYEQr-1AfXJrEO8cQ/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.16.32%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 1:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At stage 1, there's a rifle target at 100yd and 2 pistol targets at 20 and 35yd (12x18" reduced IPSICs). Each person must hit each target 5x, but you can't go for the same target simultaneously, so you have to coordinate or have a plan for that. At any point, a team member can go grab an ammo can and bring it back before the time ends. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I suggested that SB go for rifle first, while I start on pistol, and then we'd rotate clockwise. Rifle can take a little longer to set up if you go prone. Whoever finished shooting first could grab the can.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I started shooting, I encountered malfunctions, which was not normal. I thought it might be from some of the the Blazer 115gr that I had brought, since I typically prefer 124gr or more. They'd keep coming periodically, and then I noticed that the bad round that came out was orange, and I realized that I had thrown my dummy round mags into my stash to bring to the event! I just dealt with the dummies as they came (they did highlight my flinching), and kept shooting... so I guess I didn't actually shoot 66 rounds, since maybe 6-ish of them were dummies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I still got through the pistol targets and then moved on to rifle, and since I was finished first, I went to grab the ammo can, and came back in 119s, which made us 27/27 of the passers, where 27/56 teams passed. Phew! I'm proud to have worked through the malfunctions!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYhNrj4lhVtNF7fpaa8siAcDhYnVxHuKNUKpXd_NaG5g_bIkoxaLq6UlsgBP57rN8B2mY1Iu3567QuEPaIkMQu8yKjoFMjtIcWZKy19vzCcciE0DAGEYXgOXztRjoyfto_gfi_qR9Qi3lrM19hSQcT2-NWp9DYHgdIjMH93YM8_KDyBpfuR1DcDvtiCk/s1766/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.30.55%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="1766" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYhNrj4lhVtNF7fpaa8siAcDhYnVxHuKNUKpXd_NaG5g_bIkoxaLq6UlsgBP57rN8B2mY1Iu3567QuEPaIkMQu8yKjoFMjtIcWZKy19vzCcciE0DAGEYXgOXztRjoyfto_gfi_qR9Qi3lrM19hSQcT2-NWp9DYHgdIjMH93YM8_KDyBpfuR1DcDvtiCk/w400-h264/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.30.55%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As we ran off, I started de-loading the other mags to clear out the dummies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Nav B:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next, we went back to the CP for instructions on where to find point B. Point B had us go to the Rally Point, where we were told to go to Stage 2.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 2:</u></b></div><div><br /></div>At stage 2, we had to pick one rifle to use, and we went with SB's, since she's most comfortable with that, and we'd have her be the rifle shooter. We had to decide on that before hearing the stage brief, though. It turns out that we'd both be shooting her rifle, but that's OK.<div><br /></div><div>She'd work on hitting 2 diamond targets with rifle, while I ran further down to shoot 7 little pistol knock-over targets. I had 1 miss but knocked over 2 at once another time, so I still only needed 7 rounds to finish this, before I had to search a dummy's body for "intel" and carry a heavy Alice pack with 50# over to SB. It felt too heavy and akward to shoulder, so I dragged it, along with the "rubber ducky" fake AR. </div><div><br /></div><div>Then, I had to shoot the lower/right rifle target, and SB gave me the perfect hold (bottom), which made it easy.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4_idbo-6Scu-QLfmQqEUORTDc-uuEihomhLPKH4gpAddZire4wAGsc0aV13eoqF7apGWw_JgcN3Ovq3AtBkLQ5HsRrb0vi08nWh7DxIZcYYW_lEoYyOxcg9Avbh1Ad1_gbZ5xUP5-GgraFCnPfyvpswR1iZcsQ1zzWKdXfpIqZSXObV6KmmOYaTRYqY/s1640/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.31.20%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="1640" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4_idbo-6Scu-QLfmQqEUORTDc-uuEihomhLPKH4gpAddZire4wAGsc0aV13eoqF7apGWw_JgcN3Ovq3AtBkLQ5HsRrb0vi08nWh7DxIZcYYW_lEoYyOxcg9Avbh1Ad1_gbZ5xUP5-GgraFCnPfyvpswR1iZcsQ1zzWKdXfpIqZSXObV6KmmOYaTRYqY/w400-h353/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.31.20%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">35/56 teams passed, and among them, we were 32nd, with a time of 117s.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 3:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stage 3 was next door. We had to go into a little fort and shoot through two different port options per person, at targets across the water, which were located around fake car cut-outs. We each had a particular sequence of targets to hit, listed on a piece of paper. We could work simultaneously on our set of targets, since there were two spotter ROs. If one of us finished early, we could help each other out, if we kept to the proper sequence.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-f2acvgXDVnQXH4bqSDstQdscGj9G0NC-AxdPQfWwThwptAuDS_3A082YDDvX1y_5jGd_rPov2e5NjwskoF3yoP3hqAre77H-6xwQBrYswTnP89Mtj4hGNMdhkX8087RXH4VYpfAXcl5EStK_muCGSFYH0VoYDvOjzyER8yPPB86gorDYi1F22kMldPg/s910/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.31.35%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="910" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-f2acvgXDVnQXH4bqSDstQdscGj9G0NC-AxdPQfWwThwptAuDS_3A082YDDvX1y_5jGd_rPov2e5NjwskoF3yoP3hqAre77H-6xwQBrYswTnP89Mtj4hGNMdhkX8087RXH4VYpfAXcl5EStK_muCGSFYH0VoYDvOjzyER8yPPB86gorDYi1F22kMldPg/w400-h330/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.31.35%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I struggled to get my first target for a guy who was in the window of the car. I couldn't even see him with my eyes, so I shot at the window, and adjusted based on the calls that the ROs helped with. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Other targets were supposedly challenging to hit because a tree was directly in the way, so I chose to use the other port, and shot from seated. The tree was no issue from that position. I did shoot the wrong target once, but everything else was OK. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RKAXfrVqyX1y4n4tUW8-fDqok9bJqQAK9zr0HrlhN61ooI7fcQsffBevU3lMbYPKdAsRWy66OP3lP59FMAAl2ZNlurZCY7qKnOBEF-fnLEL8tLYp_vfYPDzoU5LWLsoUNZ189PbwSrRBdrpnvF8y-ks3TvR_mwPYMiOKBP7zE4LpPFRwa6gVGRGJ7qk/s2724/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.16.54%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2724" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RKAXfrVqyX1y4n4tUW8-fDqok9bJqQAK9zr0HrlhN61ooI7fcQsffBevU3lMbYPKdAsRWy66OP3lP59FMAAl2ZNlurZCY7qKnOBEF-fnLEL8tLYp_vfYPDzoU5LWLsoUNZ189PbwSrRBdrpnvF8y-ks3TvR_mwPYMiOKBP7zE4LpPFRwa6gVGRGJ7qk/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.16.54%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">SB finished first, but based on the angle that she had, she wasn't able to really help me before I ended up finishing. She did have to deal with all of my brass flying her way, though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We finished 31/44 among the passers in 66s, and 44/56 passed. We got to watch Andrea and her partner shoot this before we did, and they crushed it. She's amazing at shooting and doing physical stuff... top notch.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 4:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A bit further down was Stage 4, which was going to be fun. We'd both start prone, and then one shooter (we were lucky to have picked SB blindly as primary) would shoot rifle at 2x65yd targets, 4 hits each, then remove the mag to leave 1 round left, and shoot 1 shot on either target. If she hit, good. If she missed on that last one, I'd have to apply a TQ later in the stage. Prone wasn't an option based on the vegetation, so seated/kneeling was the way to go. The 4 hits each should've allowed her to get a good sense of the proper hold, but she didn't connect on that last shot. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhWBU2yS4-LmNmgzit_PXl4xEOcEQTkUEtp7VoY9OgfeS6ne3KqP-8BxZ-PPR4AcevjB3BWZjLYlW3n2q9WUAU9f14Mis-tnc1PSqLhTqgXr9D_CLVZLqgoq3SBVbGj9rLq5657v5VvqCJQM9Jm4KkZZ9CzzwvR-ghagxcQSgkA2NH2wG60KhI9EzS4M/s1272/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.31.56%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1196" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhWBU2yS4-LmNmgzit_PXl4xEOcEQTkUEtp7VoY9OgfeS6ne3KqP-8BxZ-PPR4AcevjB3BWZjLYlW3n2q9WUAU9f14Mis-tnc1PSqLhTqgXr9D_CLVZLqgoq3SBVbGj9rLq5657v5VvqCJQM9Jm4KkZZ9CzzwvR-ghagxcQSgkA2NH2wG60KhI9EzS4M/w376-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.31.56%20PM.png" width="376" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next, we both ran forward, me with a little foxtail ball to mimic a grenade that I had to throw at the fort. It turns out that you'd get a raffle entry if you got the foxtail into the fort, which I didn't know. I didn't make it, but I got close, with the roll.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I went into the fort first, going through a series of little trench tunnels before getting to the end, applying a TQ to an arm, and shooting one-handed with the other hand (fortunately, I'm decent at that, at least strong hand). I had 2 circle targets to hit, and once I finished, I could yell at SB on the other side of the fort to re-engage the rifle targets with pistol this time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">53/56 passed, and we were 31/53 among the passers, finishing in 119s.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiM8s2QOqS5R2hT9P8VwWuDsmmkMvEk-Lm88llOXTfjQ6M1OZuqkGsJ__g1MLXTPl11wbIPBteUqwB8ASmGuwdSp2x3RizHXM0njWWmy2AwH5e8yPrzApFZb47c-UrXVvptycfp_2nc2dTH1alB3PlFmrje034kDbR6nQD9CBijL1WgNxjVOVgw08evk/s2324/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.17.24%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiM8s2QOqS5R2hT9P8VwWuDsmmkMvEk-Lm88llOXTfjQ6M1OZuqkGsJ__g1MLXTPl11wbIPBteUqwB8ASmGuwdSp2x3RizHXM0njWWmy2AwH5e8yPrzApFZb47c-UrXVvptycfp_2nc2dTH1alB3PlFmrje034kDbR6nQD9CBijL1WgNxjVOVgw08evk/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.17.24%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Nav C/D:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back at the RP, we got coordinates for 2 points, which we could do in either sequence. We decided to go for the farther one first, in case we wanted to grab the closer one on the way back, vs making 2 distinct trips out to get the points. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUEQmZosyBcf46Twyeohe5qbOOw8T57C6on-YfneRtR0pfV6zXB6C67qAccPGSzd5Ofo8dudi7z9VdCsFGe8gJegIKHWb4h3foiAq0QNbjrf0x__qI_xF2q2sSWDgD75Ikf6NyG0u7LuBIaKHu6epL8j9NrrjFJcqyD9PTJmbNSjB7dRJCPcY88ZRqwQ/s1314/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.17.59%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1314" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUEQmZosyBcf46Twyeohe5qbOOw8T57C6on-YfneRtR0pfV6zXB6C67qAccPGSzd5Ofo8dudi7z9VdCsFGe8gJegIKHWb4h3foiAq0QNbjrf0x__qI_xF2q2sSWDgD75Ikf6NyG0u7LuBIaKHu6epL8j9NrrjFJcqyD9PTJmbNSjB7dRJCPcY88ZRqwQ/w400-h393/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.17.59%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Point C was interesting because the map showed a clearing that we wanted to look for, but I noticed that the pine trees looked young and intentionally planted in rows. That was actually part of the clearing, so we overshot it by a bit and covered a little extra distance because of it. Once we were back on track, the point was farther than we expected with pace counts, but we did find it. That place had a cache of shotgun shells for us to grab for a future stage, which is something to look forward to. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">SB wanted us to try hitting D directly from C, but the vegetation was thick, and landmarks are not so easy to find, and bearings are hard to keep to in that situation, especially when the landmark is a stream, which means more vegetation, and streams are typically not mapped 100% well because of offshoots and the potential to change over time. We ended up cutting our losses after 45 min and went back to the main path to re-attack from the main road. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even that main road attack wasn't easy... we bushwhacked in (on a deer trail that had maybe formed from others with the same pace count-based idea) and followed the bearing we want. We looked around and couldn't find it, looked around some more, ended up back at the RP somehow, and re-attacked from there. We eventually found it, when SB decided to go search a little bit further than where we were originally looking. We had actually been pretty close at one point when we had attacked from C, but it's so hard in that kind of vegetation. The route from the RP was a lot more clear than the bushwhacked one from the road that I had originally tried, but it wasn't obvious from the map that such a route existed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4FUr1LZsZWZ_1ZOt1-EH4TdNq2BM2LZS7vT2eJVqYoxctBg1NjtH-27eeJhKSyPQSZMU_y8o7t-j4u5qw7gqsRG32xkBLVuJWID2qVMsRfcDr6lThbRRNep0cWIbjs_N6MItRvs8Q6Wn2zZurELIUu5E1doodk-HApAzNg3qjgU1mva78Mj7DK6of3E/s2322/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.18.25%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2322" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4FUr1LZsZWZ_1ZOt1-EH4TdNq2BM2LZS7vT2eJVqYoxctBg1NjtH-27eeJhKSyPQSZMU_y8o7t-j4u5qw7gqsRG32xkBLVuJWID2qVMsRfcDr6lThbRRNep0cWIbjs_N6MItRvs8Q6Wn2zZurELIUu5E1doodk-HApAzNg3qjgU1mva78Mj7DK6of3E/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.18.25%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had eaten up lots of time, but at least we hadn't missed a point yet. Plus, in more exciting news, we still had a 100% completion rate on the shooting stages so far.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 5:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the RP, we were told to go to Stage 5. In the past, SB has been the shotgun person, but this time, we swapped so that I got a chance at it. After I breached, SB went in with rifle to make 4 hits on each of 4 cardboard targets. Making sure you get all 4 and don't miss and DNF for a silly reason is most important. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once she was done clearing the room of immediate enemies, I went in with pistol and shot at 4 targets with 4 hits each. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We got it done in 36s, finishing 33/46 passers, with 46/56 passing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYBPg5kPVeG7S1hAR4d6KAu0MG99A_WuCgz6DkYHQHRv4MAIbB3HOMv-JlZQpEVMwYq2W-U7b-iXqIuwZeak-62RHCJutPBpe-5yIC0_RRbqTxd_LiRcQKns669RKuR90ulO0j9cscSRMnr-_-Cglv5fCLF1tRyR4oaV5qrlhd5bdiRy55Bg1WqAkEaA/s1196/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.32.11%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1196" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYBPg5kPVeG7S1hAR4d6KAu0MG99A_WuCgz6DkYHQHRv4MAIbB3HOMv-JlZQpEVMwYq2W-U7b-iXqIuwZeak-62RHCJutPBpe-5yIC0_RRbqTxd_LiRcQKns669RKuR90ulO0j9cscSRMnr-_-Cglv5fCLF1tRyR4oaV5qrlhd5bdiRy55Bg1WqAkEaA/w400-h258/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.32.11%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 6:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Further down was Stage 6, where our RnG friend Dana was ROing. One shooter would hit targets on the dueling tree with pistol. Once I finished, I went up to grab intel, and SB and I would climb up the ladder into the tree house, where she'd use her rifle to shoot the target sequence and hit counts that I read out. She used the ladder to brace, and we knocked it out in 103s, finishing 32/54 among passers, with 54/56 passing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOyhqiOaesl2WMwJFQN-Q5ELsa6wCuQ-kZ8LslxuON3CHLd5_4xNiUYD7kYPHEZP3_BiQv0d7k-6jrW2piEI651mtrpGp1drphNlaFpnSyzcIY8e2eV4XV1JgPsMhXSKYOf-5_EJLjGeOVRyikkhZdRgsPXZJ1ZUI-YWDJsHVHrbA_sYAq7T8LOgBXVWM/s2064/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.32.27%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="2064" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOyhqiOaesl2WMwJFQN-Q5ELsa6wCuQ-kZ8LslxuON3CHLd5_4xNiUYD7kYPHEZP3_BiQv0d7k-6jrW2piEI651mtrpGp1drphNlaFpnSyzcIY8e2eV4XV1JgPsMhXSKYOf-5_EJLjGeOVRyikkhZdRgsPXZJ1ZUI-YWDJsHVHrbA_sYAq7T8LOgBXVWM/w400-h259/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.32.27%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Nav E:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back at the RP, we were given an image of where to find point E. We didn't use phones, but the sat image was enough of a match with what we could see with our eyes and figure out through our maps, to find the side of the building that we wanted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At that side of the building, we punched and saw another map with instructions on where to go shoot. Some teams actually missed the punch, probably too distracted by the piece of paper, haha, and had to go out with Ellis to verify that it was really there because they just couldn't believe it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7-XyQn0na4w3Y4C9Cop2pKrK758Lq4CJxqeOQ15RXE6gQJ6RgJrxykC6O6ze_PdHbRMi9otrp1s7Y26-sIZNs-sLfES3Cypb3qMXrYst7lNWzmzHq8SsbdJUma3jC0D9vbnRP2GpXTU-WgRzYQHqcbY32wHY-YwsTHuHU9zqoCELFRooIQXJLdpRQpY/s1742/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.19.25%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1302" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7-XyQn0na4w3Y4C9Cop2pKrK758Lq4CJxqeOQ15RXE6gQJ6RgJrxykC6O6ze_PdHbRMi9otrp1s7Y26-sIZNs-sLfES3Cypb3qMXrYst7lNWzmzHq8SsbdJUma3jC0D9vbnRP2GpXTU-WgRzYQHqcbY32wHY-YwsTHuHU9zqoCELFRooIQXJLdpRQpY/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.19.25%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaj_IHDxxBw3ofc4fYmx3SdyxPKA_pCHCaa1TYf2Uk2YaokSCvVa9YHshhyWjNVRtTjtOoifxw1WmRgCoe_SOpnK2ZBGuKU0hqlz_BYLEve3fLCv-LlV8WMPFEYaJ63_LdknxExCUJOluMKho1391rsSoOVi7DCBnK5b0GFWUNVFkQeiRI46Y_S3guBo/s2718/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.19.41%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2718" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaj_IHDxxBw3ofc4fYmx3SdyxPKA_pCHCaa1TYf2Uk2YaokSCvVa9YHshhyWjNVRtTjtOoifxw1WmRgCoe_SOpnK2ZBGuKU0hqlz_BYLEve3fLCv-LlV8WMPFEYaJ63_LdknxExCUJOluMKho1391rsSoOVi7DCBnK5b0GFWUNVFkQeiRI46Y_S3guBo/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.19.41%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 7:</u></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We couldn't believe that we still had a 100% completion rate at this point. The location of this next stage was where we had struggled on our land nav last team match, though, as we shot across the water in an area with high vegetation. At least there wasn't fog this time, further obstructing our view.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For this stage, there were 3 gongs of 8" targets and 1 silhouette at 180yd. One person would make a plate rack hit, and then the other person would shoot 3 on the torso. Since the gongs were smaller, SB did that, and I listened for the ping so that I could fire off my 3 quickly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We destroyed that stage in 39s, finishing 9 out of the 47 passers, with 47/56 passing. The RO was really impressed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8iK8EUQSIZRBLVdsqJalv6FqMb-yoFtKnhvh_EKfobhVKbXFtZMhb_swoenSV3i_enZW7O7cPmsQibxP0BzMgNuf9gHjAoym516YQqQxIJhDgpNGJXtd0GNRmNx7vjGfvsXvHwCrjMoUIhIpIs1CzcC9p8KcG1EPfJoz2C6fKA5czZ9UOff9b7q5AFgM/s1334/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.32.46%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="1238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8iK8EUQSIZRBLVdsqJalv6FqMb-yoFtKnhvh_EKfobhVKbXFtZMhb_swoenSV3i_enZW7O7cPmsQibxP0BzMgNuf9gHjAoym516YQqQxIJhDgpNGJXtd0GNRmNx7vjGfvsXvHwCrjMoUIhIpIs1CzcC9p8KcG1EPfJoz2C6fKA5czZ9UOff9b7q5AFgM/s320/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.32.46%20PM.png" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were 8 for 8 so far! But the last stage would prove to be very difficult. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Stage 8:</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>SB carried a 68# duffle bag from stage 7 to 8. I was moving much slower than she was by then, so I was grateful. We then did bounding towards targets. There were 2 targets to hit from each position, with 3 hits required on each target each time. </div><div><br /></div><div>SB started since the first person to go would ahve 3 total positions. It was tough making the hits on the small targets, and getting the right holds. It was inconsistent for me. These were 12x20" (2/3 IPSICs) at 200yd, which is the most challenging distance for me. Most of the 65 rounds that I used were at this stage. I ate up a lot of time, so we ran out of time before SB got to finish at the last position. It would've been hard anyways with the visibility of the target from that spot. We had failed bounding the last 2 times, too, and have only ever passed it once, during our first team match at <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2022/09/gunrun-team-match-ellerbe-2021.html">Ellerbe in 2021</a>. It's fun, but sometimes, it can be hard.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3m8PvzydDKvhm5wEs4oVk2ivO3RcfDxjivrxwdDu4G57n-k4fn07co469JovrU4tIbzXtHG5-1gq1ZTSRRPRj8q9twdHB0ZsJZ8CS0-Pk-P215UmxVVB6_Fd_NEbacuk_rpuyb6G2ew8gyUphfaSrxfNkdGpWI9kdVZbRcGBvOV6pkaKEu6JE3Z5UYU/s1608/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.32.58%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="1608" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3m8PvzydDKvhm5wEs4oVk2ivO3RcfDxjivrxwdDu4G57n-k4fn07co469JovrU4tIbzXtHG5-1gq1ZTSRRPRj8q9twdHB0ZsJZ8CS0-Pk-P215UmxVVB6_Fd_NEbacuk_rpuyb6G2ew8gyUphfaSrxfNkdGpWI9kdVZbRcGBvOV6pkaKEu6JE3Z5UYU/s320/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.32.58%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>After that, it was a matter of returning to the start. It was funny, because SB had to pace off of me, because I was slower. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Learnings:</u></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We did well playing to strengths on shooting (her with rifle, me with pistol), which led to us having our highest pass rate yet.</div><div><br /></div><div>I should've studied the map legend before making route choices.</div><div><br /></div><div>Don't bring mags with dummy rounds!</div><div><br /></div><div>I still need to work on rifle stability and holds.</div><div><br /></div><div>The rig worked fine, but I definitely need to use thread locker on all my plastic pistol mag holders, because the screws came out again. Fortunately, the screw was still jiggling around in the plastic, so I could re-attach it when I got home.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div><b><u>Rankings:</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>25/58 overall, 39/56 run (could've done much better), 28/56 shooting. Yay, we've made it to being average! And with a better run, our overall result could've been even better. We love seeing the progress we've made, though.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1PeYRfCyCAetAgU_goQQ20jldtHtmuvmjgvZWgJCemqY16Lo9c7p2YEDZFcBjCzCu6gEmY0uXbd79LQ68RrT0i8m10fB3W-X75-vDwi7PV4s0evLt7TeHYyc1h6taXnXpBW0l4zeWTw3y5H01soT86g-pjsHEA7D2RJn9ZF-wJpHvxl6OmWR0vlqVqE/s1736/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.20.06%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="1296" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1PeYRfCyCAetAgU_goQQ20jldtHtmuvmjgvZWgJCemqY16Lo9c7p2YEDZFcBjCzCu6gEmY0uXbd79LQ68RrT0i8m10fB3W-X75-vDwi7PV4s0evLt7TeHYyc1h6taXnXpBW0l4zeWTw3y5H01soT86g-pjsHEA7D2RJn9ZF-wJpHvxl6OmWR0vlqVqE/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.20.06%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We definitely got our money's worth of mileage!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZuAbFRQdVe69x3cccoU8A7_qfvNZNZvfDlC9ftlBiuNafNXVzDn6qNwd4m2sW8_7aluZU5wSV8R66oXgEfpg2KPBOjcskpbdn_t0HZF6Uj_FkFvsqkivItCme0WCd-X2Gf8ab_tsKfSab4dfHN1ylFaFnSzLf9P_d0cv_ZdiQ3AVFiheyK-mzge8rsU/s1046/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.21.23%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="798" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZuAbFRQdVe69x3cccoU8A7_qfvNZNZvfDlC9ftlBiuNafNXVzDn6qNwd4m2sW8_7aluZU5wSV8R66oXgEfpg2KPBOjcskpbdn_t0HZF6Uj_FkFvsqkivItCme0WCd-X2Gf8ab_tsKfSab4dfHN1ylFaFnSzLf9P_d0cv_ZdiQ3AVFiheyK-mzge8rsU/s320/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%201.21.23%20PM.png" width="244" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Bosco made nice patches as finisher awards for the event. We love patches!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6z8vvoDXiOHi0n1ZXOXKm3uNfeoV9ZTrAJ1PA5G-S8NVEoyS2nSbkSmC1g-TCSyEPabF4kbnSNMNRuBmHKOMUQPS0a0PYggVkaR_xRJ9eDIsjOLxM7GqKJqAMcLkSc9wND6XTmzXBXY8Ckb-2teLGFwSxvfzqNT7kga5-Cl7eUplII-kmPhXMP67pJME/s1748/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%202.58.47%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="982" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6z8vvoDXiOHi0n1ZXOXKm3uNfeoV9ZTrAJ1PA5G-S8NVEoyS2nSbkSmC1g-TCSyEPabF4kbnSNMNRuBmHKOMUQPS0a0PYggVkaR_xRJ9eDIsjOLxM7GqKJqAMcLkSc9wND6XTmzXBXY8Ckb-2teLGFwSxvfzqNT7kga5-Cl7eUplII-kmPhXMP67pJME/w360-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-13%20at%202.58.47%20PM.png" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Krate Tactical also made a special edition of their knife that had a topo design on it, with the RnG guy... sooooo cool.</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-31185697879988086102023-08-12T16:43:00.000-04:002023-08-12T16:43:06.885-04:00Rev3 50 Hour Endurance Challenge Adventure Race<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZ_RKmfpyXsEDCyBbczD9GxmiK-AlTrxg1URZWCKn8msBOwvc5XUL6je53AgRoqJRW74d4EUqXCHltm5mrw35-YJGUpuSdAQyfMB6MmeDQT4Jw_87sgVHzXOoXfi4KwU8bGWseHWk0M4j3bC05XHH5E9D40KtOCbpHzvtNygfZb8iEceIc--Yzx6dt0Y/s1752/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.32.27%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZ_RKmfpyXsEDCyBbczD9GxmiK-AlTrxg1URZWCKn8msBOwvc5XUL6je53AgRoqJRW74d4EUqXCHltm5mrw35-YJGUpuSdAQyfMB6MmeDQT4Jw_87sgVHzXOoXfi4KwU8bGWseHWk0M4j3bC05XHH5E9D40KtOCbpHzvtNygfZb8iEceIc--Yzx6dt0Y/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.32.27%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><b>BACKGROUND</b></p><p>This would be SB and my second expedition-length (>24hr) adventure race, and 4th AR overall. We have endurance backgrounds (particularly with rucking), and have picked up orienteering recently. We like especially enjoy challenges that test us not only physically, but mentally, too. We're not the biggest and strongest, but we can make up for that by making good strategic decisions and leveraging our strengths.</p><p>We got to know the Lung sisters through rucking events, and they are actually the ones who helped inspire us to give adventure racing a try. There was a period where the Eco Challenge on Amazon Prime piqued everyone's interests in adventure racing, including those in the rucking community. Most never did anything with it, but when we saw that and saw the Lung sisters conquer the Sea to Sea 72 hour race in Florida in 2021, we decided to <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2022/12/sea-to-sea-adventure-race-2022.html">dive in</a> in 2022. Their <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2022/12/gunrun-team-match-sawmill-goruck-bragg.html">advice</a> was helpful as we prepped for that event.</p><p>The two of them are physical powerhouses, already have a good team dynamic between them (they are sisters, after all, and know each others' strengths and weaknesses and communication styles). They also have quite a bit of AR experience built up in the last couple of years. SB and I complement and work together well, too, and don't have as much raw strength, but we really enjoy the "smart ranger" aspect of events. </p><p>When we saw the Rev3 AR advertised, we decided to see if the sisters were interested in teaming up to make a team of 4. SB really likes the idea of being part of all-female teams that can show the world what we're capable of, and it's not often that you can find a team of 4 women who are crazy enough to do this kind of thing, so this would be an awesome opportunity.</p><p>We set up a call in Aug 2022 to discuss the idea, and determine if the 4 of us would be a good fit. When you form teams, it's important to be aligned on goals. You don't want some people to be gung-ho about winning, while others just want to finish. Fortunately, we were aligned on focusing on finishing, hopefully clearing, giving our best effort but not necessarily killing ourselves over it. We've done rucking events together and know that all of us can push hard and are good team players and people who can lead or follow and contribute. </p><p>We also discussed strengths and weaknesses, for transparency. You don't want giant surprises during the event. I explained about how I'm not super talkative, which they probably already knew from doing other events with me, so I wouldn't be able to help boost morale in that way. 3/4 of us had about equal skills and confidence levels on bike, and 1 had more confidence, which is a good thing. It's nice to have someone who does have more skill who can be a crutch to lean on for the others, or who can take on extra responsibilities during the bike portion, like bike nav. 3/4 of us were also fans of navigation, which was excellent. Usually, the limiting factor in team formation is finding a navigator, and we had 3 who felt comfortable with that skill! Like I said, we all know how to lead, but I nominated SB to be TL. We'd end up dividing up nav responsibilities, with Meg doing bike (she was the most confident on bike, so it was natural), SB doing water (she had wanted opportunities to refine that skill after the ridiculous paddle portion of Sea to Sea), and me doing land (Meg is actually waaay better at reading topo than me, but I can use a compass and pace count all day - I find it mentally soothing to count, which often leads to a dead reckoning strategy, but it works). Jenni would be in charge of gear (her and Meg's oodles of food ended up saving me from a pretty bad spot). I did the logistics plan, to estimate durations per leg and gear needs. That plan would end up going out the window during the very first leg... out the window and to the next universe, but that's kind of typical at events. No plan survives first contact, which is why you also plan for contingencies, although what ended up happening even blew my conservative estimates out of the water.</p><p>We communicated some during our training lead-up. SB and I were very focused on <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2023/04/mammoth-sniper-challenge-2023.html">Mammoth</a> until January, which we made clear up-front, but we were able to get more focused on Rev3 once that was over. I'd post about bike or orienteering-related practice sessions and share what I learned from them, to help myself stay motivated and absorb the lessons, but also try to motivate everyone else to keep training, too.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>LEAD-UP WEEK</b></p><p><b><u>Monday, May 8:</u></b></p><p>Open Yoga Flow with Jason Kierce at the USNWC. He was very different from the other instructors who have come... he was fun and whacky. I do hope to see him again.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZW6jnhGAG9ZQyA07qswfyKCSVth3jLRx9hARAfrGyLLFDRfRKPaI9NwUc7E3VYruGVDY_jv84J8fxxAmoNuQVE3F2Sm4aKRZV4qydIj8Wg0jbBP26PAUWHkwQm5uo7LcYxzAbmToJdgyq3HXX_i_cKekbjGsNX6XzM60OWDiWUCUR99cx_OlVQY70V3E/s1748/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.09.34%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1746" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZW6jnhGAG9ZQyA07qswfyKCSVth3jLRx9hARAfrGyLLFDRfRKPaI9NwUc7E3VYruGVDY_jv84J8fxxAmoNuQVE3F2Sm4aKRZV4qydIj8Wg0jbBP26PAUWHkwQm5uo7LcYxzAbmToJdgyq3HXX_i_cKekbjGsNX6XzM60OWDiWUCUR99cx_OlVQY70V3E/w400-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.09.34%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KggIAii6yx1vuwRFsZSydOqXDWjM76668-Iep6HK4Hg01s6ywoqL9ZMknAn3Z01DSePvcM4MPPlWPR4NTJ3GDPzJmmhRCscD3SQqbr1B2EkpQS9XFdCDOgzBUcWDnDotuE08hHyAYgN3ziZrFh8qhQ41GtMpdBHOUZR0LBjlQZmb_sj9fEVXdOT8fHM/s1748/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.10.00%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1302" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3KggIAii6yx1vuwRFsZSydOqXDWjM76668-Iep6HK4Hg01s6ywoqL9ZMknAn3Z01DSePvcM4MPPlWPR4NTJ3GDPzJmmhRCscD3SQqbr1B2EkpQS9XFdCDOgzBUcWDnDotuE08hHyAYgN3ziZrFh8qhQ41GtMpdBHOUZR0LBjlQZmb_sj9fEVXdOT8fHM/w476-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.10.00%20PM.png" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbd_UKhd8vm3G1sLDQPeQEeet1EWjKbpG-rAn1KyUbwHUTe5WRyPiWvfonpyfxvaIGRMMeT-M1ZCOCx8c9_tzDQEz38Kp2Ha7b_gBV9ijqtoUN0gzXJXl3Tm5J1Pp-kARB3YiylXrC89ZTcxUzU9ifDEY-lOcFH9MG7wBHtGS8lc5pDv4iBnhY4s0obs/s1748/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.09.29%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1746" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbd_UKhd8vm3G1sLDQPeQEeet1EWjKbpG-rAn1KyUbwHUTe5WRyPiWvfonpyfxvaIGRMMeT-M1ZCOCx8c9_tzDQEz38Kp2Ha7b_gBV9ijqtoUN0gzXJXl3Tm5J1Pp-kARB3YiylXrC89ZTcxUzU9ifDEY-lOcFH9MG7wBHtGS8lc5pDv4iBnhY4s0obs/w400-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.09.29%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Tuesday, May 9:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Packing...</p><p style="text-align: left;">For this race, every 2 people got to pack a 27-gallon bin for the transition areas. We'd only be accessing the bin mid-race and at the end, when we'd also have access to our cars, too. We got an overview of the general sequence and estimated distances of the legs ahead of time, which gave us the opportunity to plan how much food and gear we needed per leg, and in the bin vs on our persons.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKhmllfsMWVXUrDxDChZ93UwY95sifj1yCnlNkAVVF9HVwql0Hvd-tN-MFoIJkjxmvmD8pRh41QSEhPV4eDEmFYtWy5xPqFzeiZOLZGAOv_A7ljkMaOZiT7LyXys9UcJpCUyAzbsIMt-9w_BX8m8bvhu4Z9OcGcMJf-NQ_M7Gok9E6sRlObwvWNhcYUc/s1924/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.23.42%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1924" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKhmllfsMWVXUrDxDChZ93UwY95sifj1yCnlNkAVVF9HVwql0Hvd-tN-MFoIJkjxmvmD8pRh41QSEhPV4eDEmFYtWy5xPqFzeiZOLZGAOv_A7ljkMaOZiT7LyXys9UcJpCUyAzbsIMt-9w_BX8m8bvhu4Z9OcGcMJf-NQ_M7Gok9E6sRlObwvWNhcYUc/w400-h253/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.23.42%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">I made a calculator that took our estimated paces per discipline, to estimate how long each leg would be. I had conservative and more aggressive estimates. We also allocated time for transitions. At this race, we'd have to remove wheels from bikes to put them in canoes, and re-install them back on land. That's not something I've ever done before, so we needed extra time for that activity. Leading up to the race, SB had asked everyone on the team to practice this skill, and also do a functions check on our bikes and lights. Bike issues can decimate race plans if they pop up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAS1TfO32uI_n_-URlV7WsoDcHv6oMtEEyqG03ODENZfphyR1T4eUW5dvRAtdkbwOdiya6gCpxaCqU_n33PiduprgSmqZ0OgzTcwfoMHeZkDxF7IwnMSJ-0-o7WguXR9oj74RJmwgh5ezKXIY_5efBPL7t9Sky4VxV2U_nlbPxYS7UmsXrAWDLO6gqOA0/s1898/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.17.34%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="1898" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAS1TfO32uI_n_-URlV7WsoDcHv6oMtEEyqG03ODENZfphyR1T4eUW5dvRAtdkbwOdiya6gCpxaCqU_n33PiduprgSmqZ0OgzTcwfoMHeZkDxF7IwnMSJ-0-o7WguXR9oj74RJmwgh5ezKXIY_5efBPL7t9Sky4VxV2U_nlbPxYS7UmsXrAWDLO6gqOA0/w400-h369/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.17.34%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhoMkt8VvAB8iwkzSsRVeR6XXO4LVP6vQ_cw3WSMePCt_bmbc6CpwGaYI5cgQgZEUDlMy-0N-Hh9rELaM3Y56pIKGL7LEyc7KpCIq0E8r7VTtEMAz1bqBjA5t_-lAg7IJejjYJOau16YVsTdfJgr0y63Np81ZV0oFfh7-c68lQAsHOYPFoeLheYh2bE0/s2264/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.21.20%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="2264" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhoMkt8VvAB8iwkzSsRVeR6XXO4LVP6vQ_cw3WSMePCt_bmbc6CpwGaYI5cgQgZEUDlMy-0N-Hh9rELaM3Y56pIKGL7LEyc7KpCIq0E8r7VTtEMAz1bqBjA5t_-lAg7IJejjYJOau16YVsTdfJgr0y63Np81ZV0oFfh7-c68lQAsHOYPFoeLheYh2bE0/w400-h169/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.21.20%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>CHECK-IN DAY</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, May 11:</u></b></div><div><br /></div>Made the drive up to Woodstock, VA...<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH77gGuX5egdzxOrMccYawTyi6Nk3tpudnSqhIUxc6S2FY7SOfO8xBNXKWYCluiCgc7SMoZMg5rKVhqWsh4hryW5CYWunTI0itTskomlOnXGGg-Jq0gyZzEJAQndB2l-9SwA3m7yYbVZlLow73_ULOK6H85A_9ZQMDUTg_SGajrsYj0M4aCrjTw-lNdg/s2310/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.27.29%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2310" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH77gGuX5egdzxOrMccYawTyi6Nk3tpudnSqhIUxc6S2FY7SOfO8xBNXKWYCluiCgc7SMoZMg5rKVhqWsh4hryW5CYWunTI0itTskomlOnXGGg-Jq0gyZzEJAQndB2l-9SwA3m7yYbVZlLow73_ULOK6H85A_9ZQMDUTg_SGajrsYj0M4aCrjTw-lNdg/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.27.29%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It's a small town with a nice new park called 7 Bends. It has two entrances. We went to the one where the race was not starting, before seeing no evidence of a race and going to the other one. It was good recon, though, since we'd be in the area for the race later. There are quite a few cool bridges around.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ib5ycxybicBepK44ExKEcwjVuAIfjWb3Sz5_MOxksVDlb-omNX_OkqadCZtkkDLJbxyjTRotG1VYZNXKOXwKzaGOBvIDnrvBLd72vhymPp0C6FTEifSpmw6qiiU87R27_dRruhhWm5vPgLxsR1fPZCUh2gwMV2rkXOxkz-dvR5_1_5Jbe9k5aNjsxP0/s2722/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.30.04%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2722" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ib5ycxybicBepK44ExKEcwjVuAIfjWb3Sz5_MOxksVDlb-omNX_OkqadCZtkkDLJbxyjTRotG1VYZNXKOXwKzaGOBvIDnrvBLd72vhymPp0C6FTEifSpmw6qiiU87R27_dRruhhWm5vPgLxsR1fPZCUh2gwMV2rkXOxkz-dvR5_1_5Jbe9k5aNjsxP0/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.30.04%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We were there a little early, so we got our bearings, and found the riverside and riverside trail.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BkVlA7V45ptfbCp2jjMqiYGC6abtIYeNBgjPuJFJZvNaqivn29e7SnETn-nW_PZnvb3FeIx8S5sBtgZsNObUjhvhpHmJF4ILWsNfEsqJxBBGqUUK46Dg86NIpURV6GzYDYJ41xHRz3Qynlqag41D9zj8qg8j3kGWrjjCEtgZrT307Bv7Wo-H7LJgf8A/s2740/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.22.33%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="2740" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BkVlA7V45ptfbCp2jjMqiYGC6abtIYeNBgjPuJFJZvNaqivn29e7SnETn-nW_PZnvb3FeIx8S5sBtgZsNObUjhvhpHmJF4ILWsNfEsqJxBBGqUUK46Dg86NIpURV6GzYDYJ41xHRz3Qynlqag41D9zj8qg8j3kGWrjjCEtgZrT307Bv7Wo-H7LJgf8A/w400-h188/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.22.33%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SkhbyoF4aobiPz5mfDcx3j3_-2ndb1c73PAmgQ1i8PBiQeEUhhVZMay8T5TOTGGdHGEDAP0d6kOLYl5tDqWHNgBTBfZ6lJdaf6Pk3jdlcugRMIbW4Pdhv8psjQww8llccjPXQHBXUwHCKnMe5Xq9RxwXEAgFBGHmJzIClqwfE2rdctQyDrm6LkQBqHY/s2630/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.23.54%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="2630" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SkhbyoF4aobiPz5mfDcx3j3_-2ndb1c73PAmgQ1i8PBiQeEUhhVZMay8T5TOTGGdHGEDAP0d6kOLYl5tDqWHNgBTBfZ6lJdaf6Pk3jdlcugRMIbW4Pdhv8psjQww8llccjPXQHBXUwHCKnMe5Xq9RxwXEAgFBGHmJzIClqwfE2rdctQyDrm6LkQBqHY/w400-h189/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.23.54%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcrj6WLI5bMm3qWOXnlAHC43lNCIqaYpbAp-DvCxoLbxEBXzCxA8BiOoIyw2RcpwVrblG_PwcqOMSoGpSk9Ec61dPynpSPGImlbpxWCj41LjygdTrOkeDHPAh1wKTf6inoFk7MhVeH-fGTOM_uWeUXDi_COquQnyYXulZQJrBiOnZ8aldm5wsFJ7k9Ic/s2320/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.31.14%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2320" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcrj6WLI5bMm3qWOXnlAHC43lNCIqaYpbAp-DvCxoLbxEBXzCxA8BiOoIyw2RcpwVrblG_PwcqOMSoGpSk9Ec61dPynpSPGImlbpxWCj41LjygdTrOkeDHPAh1wKTf6inoFk7MhVeH-fGTOM_uWeUXDi_COquQnyYXulZQJrBiOnZ8aldm5wsFJ7k9Ic/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.31.14%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWk38Ys0z6zD006ZHB5qzUiOqNuSX4FLLK-l0TEkcnXEeyGLFkNYRdFIGoD12ZA459hNid-CafVEM22d4Pa60ezGpnseYI7mGKH_I-1lRTQomOdIY5f0tRFDuGne9YJ9ZhyjnPHdKiwBYJ0NrWcd-P8IjVk_MP_b6BKAhqJMOdXJvY22roW2WyWJy95sg/s2320/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.31.33%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2320" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWk38Ys0z6zD006ZHB5qzUiOqNuSX4FLLK-l0TEkcnXEeyGLFkNYRdFIGoD12ZA459hNid-CafVEM22d4Pa60ezGpnseYI7mGKH_I-1lRTQomOdIY5f0tRFDuGne9YJ9ZhyjnPHdKiwBYJ0NrWcd-P8IjVk_MP_b6BKAhqJMOdXJvY22roW2WyWJy95sg/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.31.33%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We saw some sample canoes that we'd have to stuff our bikes into, although they wouldn't necessarily be replicas of the ones that we'd be using. Some people started experimenting with how we might do this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgadwzr_ueM52n8yzUyHROqyW2-T9-m1MelUzhH0HV0Xk8u8ujqb70ez3sMHWcbDVvf0TK351_FQpCzMJQ3yJQSw_1ks6Zy-2f427llHxf1Z84DpUGthbe8hH1F6sSnSdTzB9lA_GLzsO2MuSm_pUJiAUM5etuRx5COVzlsf0jZZtVZTxzJw2NirBETHY/s2334/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.36.29%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2334" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgadwzr_ueM52n8yzUyHROqyW2-T9-m1MelUzhH0HV0Xk8u8ujqb70ez3sMHWcbDVvf0TK351_FQpCzMJQ3yJQSw_1ks6Zy-2f427llHxf1Z84DpUGthbe8hH1F6sSnSdTzB9lA_GLzsO2MuSm_pUJiAUM5etuRx5COVzlsf0jZZtVZTxzJw2NirBETHY/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.36.29%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our teammates, the Lung sisters, arrived. We got our mandatory gear together for check-in.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9wbS5t0aV4Y_L4h24FkYCNKWqYVXs_MoALUQygfCjoI2RhE3kF1da0yhnSrME5AcNBl5gz_hDm8Zy8Bg0irBCQY8CMwebsrtc5gKK1lYUhB1XxgI2t8C5D6uIM_CymPJnoZippHxk4RYvDskf-Om9L7zrjBa7MJvfHLnhkt2vBr_8i9fD8ux8TwZl00/s2334/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.36.44%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2334" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9wbS5t0aV4Y_L4h24FkYCNKWqYVXs_MoALUQygfCjoI2RhE3kF1da0yhnSrME5AcNBl5gz_hDm8Zy8Bg0irBCQY8CMwebsrtc5gKK1lYUhB1XxgI2t8C5D6uIM_CymPJnoZippHxk4RYvDskf-Om9L7zrjBa7MJvfHLnhkt2vBr_8i9fD8ux8TwZl00/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.36.44%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We got the official pre-race brief, with an official demonstration of how one might fit the bikes, given by the Rev3 sponsored team.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYXzIMPnD2EwR-zjZikMvtFBnA3sY5ivIL6TOHHeHgTJXhyfSO1ukRcaj2W94d518nCDexV916Hb0L2Uwh4QxXsH_oxbm-WJ3OLRf3SBfTYPDS956kUz1DG0_KwK52_3sfybE6NCjxDMlrakd9tgH8nj-qwtZWktyp8f6qJmJhsQX_ZgPw7j5WD8J46k/s2334/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.37.16%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2334" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYXzIMPnD2EwR-zjZikMvtFBnA3sY5ivIL6TOHHeHgTJXhyfSO1ukRcaj2W94d518nCDexV916Hb0L2Uwh4QxXsH_oxbm-WJ3OLRf3SBfTYPDS956kUz1DG0_KwK52_3sfybE6NCjxDMlrakd9tgH8nj-qwtZWktyp8f6qJmJhsQX_ZgPw7j5WD8J46k/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.37.16%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxYkY8dHL3L2HJOCm4IuKznQSdwHBM_JQEqgh18LzLG6CI69pemRhOe4U-ttYcRASotKmgn224YpY8DHqNOAPxAXdr_iTb-9YfkoNHdZkoBuzcs-j6ZKQ0BdwVM1zdxvhCtC4ZPqbBq6ACWhJaATs6j9LeiA9kp_meJbxhcWkHr1xIhlko_s_rIM1UEA/s2736/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.37.33%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="2736" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxYkY8dHL3L2HJOCm4IuKznQSdwHBM_JQEqgh18LzLG6CI69pemRhOe4U-ttYcRASotKmgn224YpY8DHqNOAPxAXdr_iTb-9YfkoNHdZkoBuzcs-j6ZKQ0BdwVM1zdxvhCtC4ZPqbBq6ACWhJaATs6j9LeiA9kp_meJbxhcWkHr1xIhlko_s_rIM1UEA/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.37.33%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since this was an official North American AR series event, we got individual and team pictures taken, too. We felt semi-professional, haha.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFA1_QVKtMnDSI1An71TYTr6rBNtjjxyNxH7C7nXZmibhj4Iq71Zl_TeTggO5nl_kuT1lVGyKEmhWM0X4qp7u8BXy9iBeQJJbdELKW1XHVEzmmiX7SI71XVziZwUE1m3Fz8leEqNNV3D4XPFipJ8-yXZWLW5tBkXIRiVgG-j0b0-yzkpI2jStrWrpmJSI/s2330/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.38.00%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2330" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFA1_QVKtMnDSI1An71TYTr6rBNtjjxyNxH7C7nXZmibhj4Iq71Zl_TeTggO5nl_kuT1lVGyKEmhWM0X4qp7u8BXy9iBeQJJbdELKW1XHVEzmmiX7SI71XVziZwUE1m3Fz8leEqNNV3D4XPFipJ8-yXZWLW5tBkXIRiVgG-j0b0-yzkpI2jStrWrpmJSI/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.38.00%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Fb4XxiVKbDhpvnn0xZ60px0m7mRalTYxmw2SJFOm8N4nTDn7yrW0Vl2aBIu5qadtI20AVCm4_pQ11kYfdqx1uJFbIHZtlFq-CAHo2JbC9h80wAGS_2gSpLKL1yuq3Nn8Jmhq4OzRBSs4BcDMOnPwQN3Q_7l6sL0skvpRMkpRLwlrr6rmGfjOQm6n6jo/s2700/52908251558_ed8132b8c2_o.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="2700" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Fb4XxiVKbDhpvnn0xZ60px0m7mRalTYxmw2SJFOm8N4nTDn7yrW0Vl2aBIu5qadtI20AVCm4_pQ11kYfdqx1uJFbIHZtlFq-CAHo2JbC9h80wAGS_2gSpLKL1yuq3Nn8Jmhq4OzRBSs4BcDMOnPwQN3Q_7l6sL0skvpRMkpRLwlrr6rmGfjOQm6n6jo/w320-h249/52908251558_ed8132b8c2_o.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CGkayewJF7Tco96f0hLfoBTltrwS0M5iu6tYb9XHyiL7njLggoR7AF3PalFuHU8sr-wDpLpjcDHFYjTnd8MK-jCDDDUO6JwJ54ICBFJsym84qEITzSjDVIMxDZ7b8NkKnuT5EcOj_lQdcSw94p_MrjcE6k7yrp2YnA2PsSkxBcO3TQUS_YpXrrvf8h4/s2700/52912024585_6cddf4be8e_o.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="2100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CGkayewJF7Tco96f0hLfoBTltrwS0M5iu6tYb9XHyiL7njLggoR7AF3PalFuHU8sr-wDpLpjcDHFYjTnd8MK-jCDDDUO6JwJ54ICBFJsym84qEITzSjDVIMxDZ7b8NkKnuT5EcOj_lQdcSw94p_MrjcE6k7yrp2YnA2PsSkxBcO3TQUS_YpXrrvf8h4/w311-h400/52912024585_6cddf4be8e_o.png" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We got dinner at a Mexican place, and then went back to the hotel, with SB and I plotting points and route planning, while the sisters did final prep for their gear. Divide and conquer! It's good to have a team. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7rqd8q82SgcaJmQMWAbokCvoNzr7J7ISAAAij4U_2YLqRYqdLVWhb6ld6w7aVNiBzhA73Prkwq1_7AZcAvN3rg6FAn6YHHLAwyzfdMvUMuP0QJt10_w8yi-ECZ_JqHXQwMdWeA5RdR5x0uKEADtOlSomyWwkRCMPc_AmggplO-HOGfZSN4Z1kdqfM24k/s2330/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.51.13%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2330" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7rqd8q82SgcaJmQMWAbokCvoNzr7J7ISAAAij4U_2YLqRYqdLVWhb6ld6w7aVNiBzhA73Prkwq1_7AZcAvN3rg6FAn6YHHLAwyzfdMvUMuP0QJt10_w8yi-ECZ_JqHXQwMdWeA5RdR5x0uKEADtOlSomyWwkRCMPc_AmggplO-HOGfZSN4Z1kdqfM24k/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.51.13%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's a blessing and a curse to get maps early (the evening before is early, compared to Sea to Sea, where you get maps right before the bus ride to the start). You get to plan, but then you feel pressure to stay up as long as it takes to get the planning done. It's easier to do it from the comfort of a large, climate-controlled, clean space, with all the nav gear you want, than to do it out in the wild, though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was very mentally fatigued that night. It was hard and slow-going, plotting points. I'm glad that SB was there, to help cover down and help me through it. She was much sharper that night.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_438PagqoDJmnB8jE9XL47abNy-qYrSQjwC8tCN7R8XmmvqLA3s8HDkRWc5bO60ccbHsel3q8MkCl2kK1bXKkF5QDvIsPA7i_9ZdWZuLgjaqdssIeOxHMnB_wYn7BUOCcCbLFRBwV1l-bEpkG-yH-Y4RqKcko6MLz0d4uWdppVaxRHCCR3n5y_-LktFM/s2330/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.51.34%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2330" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_438PagqoDJmnB8jE9XL47abNy-qYrSQjwC8tCN7R8XmmvqLA3s8HDkRWc5bO60ccbHsel3q8MkCl2kK1bXKkF5QDvIsPA7i_9ZdWZuLgjaqdssIeOxHMnB_wYn7BUOCcCbLFRBwV1l-bEpkG-yH-Y4RqKcko6MLz0d4uWdppVaxRHCCR3n5y_-LktFM/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.51.34%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We reviewed the general plan with the sisters once we got back upstairs.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBzC1jC2HXS74hy6zu5YqdDYjh8JVfSkzJgwjtMtpKhqmLHJXNR2awL3yifKKc6Dt7c3mwDmKAEL1Y1-mMVxrRnGY_4w1IZcPM4iwj9Qt9JPEgIx0VDMv_Q_knouFtJAI1OrHCOwN6uNpKTmSEgwS40mI1DJvmOJYRDpAZA4jqAD5hmjeaOHIUlo0APo/s2330/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.51.50%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2330" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBzC1jC2HXS74hy6zu5YqdDYjh8JVfSkzJgwjtMtpKhqmLHJXNR2awL3yifKKc6Dt7c3mwDmKAEL1Y1-mMVxrRnGY_4w1IZcPM4iwj9Qt9JPEgIx0VDMv_Q_knouFtJAI1OrHCOwN6uNpKTmSEgwS40mI1DJvmOJYRDpAZA4jqAD5hmjeaOHIUlo0APo/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%2012.51.50%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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After that, one rabbit per team was allowed to go alone to the next point, while the rest of the team could go and get bikes ready. I was the rabbit, which was perfect, since I'm the only one on the team who says that they enjoy running. The others are plenty capable, too, but don't enjoy it as much.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifh6uvLlvLL819Idg_C24IkdM1gIApXEjweh5orBvow745GVf6r4kzw2v6TvCLeLMIAgWXqZcCpnDM6RyO0GkDyLJOX6AVhLHQ9BvsuD64ZcyWIM2V--YGBVyXilHX9YVzOIic2wSNGDRrOAEq8meNmpYHus53GSXpM6Rf2D8Gv4mO_6pLJwz367FsU6s/s2330/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%201.18.45%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2330" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifh6uvLlvLL819Idg_C24IkdM1gIApXEjweh5orBvow745GVf6r4kzw2v6TvCLeLMIAgWXqZcCpnDM6RyO0GkDyLJOX6AVhLHQ9BvsuD64ZcyWIM2V--YGBVyXilHX9YVzOIic2wSNGDRrOAEq8meNmpYHus53GSXpM6Rf2D8Gv4mO_6pLJwz367FsU6s/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%201.18.45%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PsXFAeAjQZT9sTo92RNxj3ZmDdCtyQzAlFOMTmh9TDXYRtMazmmV76dC9HiYF5Ag23jEt7RkWfxmmDeHsvc6Fdz58ddS4KvEPoJgq6eUcjov-DMj0Af8zXEOeveVcljrMZPbiwlAEUU6oCkQ96xhZ2A3q86fBYut4Yprrz-I7goTAxJz5ai5XpZbLhg/s2330/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%201.19.19%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2330" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PsXFAeAjQZT9sTo92RNxj3ZmDdCtyQzAlFOMTmh9TDXYRtMazmmV76dC9HiYF5Ag23jEt7RkWfxmmDeHsvc6Fdz58ddS4KvEPoJgq6eUcjov-DMj0Af8zXEOeveVcljrMZPbiwlAEUU6oCkQ96xhZ2A3q86fBYut4Yprrz-I7goTAxJz5ai5XpZbLhg/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%201.19.19%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We didn't go out hard... we ran at the very beginning, to show our enthusiasm, but then we switched to a fast walk. It's a 50 hour race, not a sprint, after all.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08ivzKO1AVYhNtYdRTSqTGjKivyjBTmaepR6pV9wfYq4XOnzQOHstJMwoZqUPpiGk4D4NFj4RfeyuZ6fdvgfs3ZP_MeZNGHC2_5c2ODPLAhTg2GoS_LjQsPytPCY0RqG2JiPdMWZ8q6ZJGOIGke7TtMgFXpkHmN-OSUHWZoycWReLlHsv6_xmyTQTVC4/s2330/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%201.19.36%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2330" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08ivzKO1AVYhNtYdRTSqTGjKivyjBTmaepR6pV9wfYq4XOnzQOHstJMwoZqUPpiGk4D4NFj4RfeyuZ6fdvgfs3ZP_MeZNGHC2_5c2ODPLAhTg2GoS_LjQsPytPCY0RqG2JiPdMWZ8q6ZJGOIGke7TtMgFXpkHmN-OSUHWZoycWReLlHsv6_xmyTQTVC4/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%201.19.36%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTO06si3YIWXNzAtNCIUw7EiBCzBxHUFo7Cnk-loZNGSI1oF-hpufoKXqJgC7tpAFqg7t7rtfOmdI5td0J-TQq2AxACpT-IlF2qeCOfQqH1hmMc4XFaLmvnVycbh8z4eA0shUbfYp-CAJ0xpiDTyQItidkbI1cTqSikJXRCNxctD0JlxdyefyHrAMM05o/s1742/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%201.19.47%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="1304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTO06si3YIWXNzAtNCIUw7EiBCzBxHUFo7Cnk-loZNGSI1oF-hpufoKXqJgC7tpAFqg7t7rtfOmdI5td0J-TQq2AxACpT-IlF2qeCOfQqH1hmMc4XFaLmvnVycbh8z4eA0shUbfYp-CAJ0xpiDTyQItidkbI1cTqSikJXRCNxctD0JlxdyefyHrAMM05o/w480-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%201.19.47%20PM.png" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I got back, among the last to return, the girls had already gotten our bikes, so I switched into my bike shoes, put on my helmet and gloves, and we set off on our adventure!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1O92jZ3a4H77glRWCykiwY77wk_oIl0RP4lqpQnwKgrhCyLsZU-h9Py5oM5Xrl_zpR0i0L7O1b8mfOFRH4hLSFr8PjKggSfWv6F2Z8HHU3vfrKWrzy70STIu5RTXf_4eqTEJVxFqi7YF6aC9gN0Y9bgZaR2hXlYu_8hDJWZePiDUULrUlBVOWN4jk_s/s5184/52909186756_43595dea3f_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1O92jZ3a4H77glRWCykiwY77wk_oIl0RP4lqpQnwKgrhCyLsZU-h9Py5oM5Xrl_zpR0i0L7O1b8mfOFRH4hLSFr8PjKggSfWv6F2Z8HHU3vfrKWrzy70STIu5RTXf_4eqTEJVxFqi7YF6aC9gN0Y9bgZaR2hXlYu_8hDJWZePiDUULrUlBVOWN4jk_s/w400-h266/52909186756_43595dea3f_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Leg 1 - Trek</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first leg seemed pretty straightforward, nav-wise. Teams shared ideas about how to approach it. Just a few turns and milestones on our way to a trail to go up to an overlook to snap a selfie for our first virtual CP. There was a lot of uphill, though, as one might expect for a route that goes up to an overlook. We walked our bikes a lot, and used low gears often. Based on your bike and body, you figure out whether you're better off spinning fast and rolling slowly, or walking. I tended to prefer spinning, since I could at least sit the whole time, and didn't have to bear the weight of my ruck on my legs. It wasn't a super heavy ruck, but I did bring a lot of water, because I didn't want to have to find and purify random water if I could avoid it. 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We were going to walk it, but we came across some other teams, who said that the biking wasn't actually as bad as the beginning of the trail with its rocky-ish and steep-ish uphill made it look. We decided to go for it and were glad that we did, because it really wasn't that bad... challenging at times because of the rocks and steepness, but not terrible (still upper green level by my standards, which is about as much as I feel comfortable doing). It ended up being a lot longer than I expected, too, so we were fortunate to not be stuck on foot the whole time. Eventually we did drop our bikes, at a pretty good point, because the trail did get pretty unrideable after that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I didn't think that the walk would be that long, so I kept my MTB shoes on. I also kept my helmet on, since it didn't bug me much. It ended up being a decent walk, on some rocky ground, but the shoes were fine, fortunately.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4-oQHc4CFoLc0H6_vlU_Fntk3Rk-G3wtkuolJQPPjXl1fMmAIyz-gETe0BkW8tvu8oddsQabb-_LaypvXPZInayRtxsHB6tLs6AgpOr2A3V73icvREXcCzs4EC_v9801CS6AgB9L0XELKM-6hveV6PUJLYPr_sPw-3WWbu4WpSAGgKshQItgrStUF64/s2314/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.11.36%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2314" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4-oQHc4CFoLc0H6_vlU_Fntk3Rk-G3wtkuolJQPPjXl1fMmAIyz-gETe0BkW8tvu8oddsQabb-_LaypvXPZInayRtxsHB6tLs6AgpOr2A3V73icvREXcCzs4EC_v9801CS6AgB9L0XELKM-6hveV6PUJLYPr_sPw-3WWbu4WpSAGgKshQItgrStUF64/w400-h303/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.11.36%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZBbeMFokwLUqsgRE6cK4-2yhItr0Kz0fUXgx3DuQLDk1X6RunZg-NE5SVVqLuAwN36ByOVXpyqffP6ECiEfyP19eO_h1TifahYLgGMWJ3R12SMtFBNi7gXFs0nFISblB0Mmpc3s9JqStUzHkyIYD5zrLWVT0LZiSolUia4Z3eAkCU4P2A4mDLKqVrhE/s2314/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.11.52%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2314" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZBbeMFokwLUqsgRE6cK4-2yhItr0Kz0fUXgx3DuQLDk1X6RunZg-NE5SVVqLuAwN36ByOVXpyqffP6ECiEfyP19eO_h1TifahYLgGMWJ3R12SMtFBNi7gXFs0nFISblB0Mmpc3s9JqStUzHkyIYD5zrLWVT0LZiSolUia4Z3eAkCU4P2A4mDLKqVrhE/w400-h303/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.11.52%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Near the top, we came across official race photographers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wCEc0AjB6NVv6_rqYK-vc_oFRZivsY0hdv0KCuKQDn9vAHdyc-_1eB62hbNwnd7DS3fDfB3J1R5k-Aw35FwKkC7IPMO0qWtQdGXRrKgvXt5G3Uzgz30yQlnBjWE3e6Zk1CNi96SN3ACtWJR7AsWr8WqPOu7Hkr4Ibh1ggBquCMlGs9dBeHgRM_Y4sNY/s2624/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.11.09%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2624" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wCEc0AjB6NVv6_rqYK-vc_oFRZivsY0hdv0KCuKQDn9vAHdyc-_1eB62hbNwnd7DS3fDfB3J1R5k-Aw35FwKkC7IPMO0qWtQdGXRrKgvXt5G3Uzgz30yQlnBjWE3e6Zk1CNi96SN3ACtWJR7AsWr8WqPOu7Hkr4Ibh1ggBquCMlGs9dBeHgRM_Y4sNY/w400-h266/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.11.09%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7EbIWsPfCmmOFyeCMp5Snc5qcDRK5W594qRLI5faWwqYr6mUrzW4rA_bwKDwjpezpP-ja0667EYr9S7Rh78RoW1KAJdGesvW7Kt3FQWvk9Hhj2giqeQuCAH_0NmB8wFAxyJOo7xq90znFIFl4krcrbKPm4OW1bwojavdMyT4qSUGBjMNYE879otUKDk/s2624/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.11.14%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2624" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7EbIWsPfCmmOFyeCMp5Snc5qcDRK5W594qRLI5faWwqYr6mUrzW4rA_bwKDwjpezpP-ja0667EYr9S7Rh78RoW1KAJdGesvW7Kt3FQWvk9Hhj2giqeQuCAH_0NmB8wFAxyJOo7xq90znFIFl4krcrbKPm4OW1bwojavdMyT4qSUGBjMNYE879otUKDk/w400-h266/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.11.14%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the top, we were met by Alana from the Rev3 staff. She took our picture for us to get credit for the CP. She's an adventure racer herself, which is awesome.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsQpDe5_kptsVmLP9TlCP8cfJ_WkSOlf8z5wAlKvqqBCX-Mswh4hEXw5KxzA8NHR-NPdPIwAZGtjb-qF4evL02_M_7bXgs3jaCi7_oe41zYqp_OHprIJJLARrsFMsOWftbIP6qgq6m4xSx8prpDYBkxiPuK8nHpT5jjMKZzWGF6nx1Gx_uNhfVr-S1P0/s2314/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.12.08%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2314" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsQpDe5_kptsVmLP9TlCP8cfJ_WkSOlf8z5wAlKvqqBCX-Mswh4hEXw5KxzA8NHR-NPdPIwAZGtjb-qF4evL02_M_7bXgs3jaCi7_oe41zYqp_OHprIJJLARrsFMsOWftbIP6qgq6m4xSx8prpDYBkxiPuK8nHpT5jjMKZzWGF6nx1Gx_uNhfVr-S1P0/w400-h303/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.12.08%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Zu-Bnsjbonfzaqv6vCrGDTnQ0FCpKTHaOl0L-Ru5ym3eWq5Hh1AsNPg2E8OkeFZNFzKhxnprfpRJZltG5gg628Odh8xg3RD2bCr_Fj1_rvRQtjTCV4ylds81DP-Lt6jsfm8kuelXNzfnrHqCG1w2_9QYLxs0Ji2JBpg_ceCFAChP9FW_11bDOK-bH0Q/s2314/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.12.20%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2314" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Zu-Bnsjbonfzaqv6vCrGDTnQ0FCpKTHaOl0L-Ru5ym3eWq5Hh1AsNPg2E8OkeFZNFzKhxnprfpRJZltG5gg628Odh8xg3RD2bCr_Fj1_rvRQtjTCV4ylds81DP-Lt6jsfm8kuelXNzfnrHqCG1w2_9QYLxs0Ji2JBpg_ceCFAChP9FW_11bDOK-bH0Q/w400-h303/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.12.20%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7V__v_Vpuya5Crw50KlllMcnyiAYmLsSq_TjpxLKg7WT70iFE7Tojmp29V8_WxoIZ1-6OR2vfBkUIpA1BMEJwg1S4kYYTUdWjDLjjavcDkn3RrvV-Av_6LdMOIsXNgz7thAetXz7QZddczYGKltzMbwNNyYXrFUwsura_YXmH4QdBOcI3e4BRvaOLsMA/s2314/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.12.29%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2314" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7V__v_Vpuya5Crw50KlllMcnyiAYmLsSq_TjpxLKg7WT70iFE7Tojmp29V8_WxoIZ1-6OR2vfBkUIpA1BMEJwg1S4kYYTUdWjDLjjavcDkn3RrvV-Av_6LdMOIsXNgz7thAetXz7QZddczYGKltzMbwNNyYXrFUwsura_YXmH4QdBOcI3e4BRvaOLsMA/w400-h303/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.12.29%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We made our way back to our bikes, and rode them back to the road. We had a little retrieve-the-ruck detour, but got through that, always working together!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRx03M_31lgTaUoOEIVL3qapjLLRI4zbbFYrvaQaD_HSZVu8lK1-rUw3DfyINDwtiLGiDuy5uA79HnlmIfonsSEIA3Nl2ujmaE9KUxjzQxHZGBDlU5cQCsODUjMTkKZ6JdnwfYNtHjLvfGfW0SrfleWqt-tHVgXb9IU2YhWKRrUQ5anIe0p62rXS8fmhE/s2740/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.22.45%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="2740" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRx03M_31lgTaUoOEIVL3qapjLLRI4zbbFYrvaQaD_HSZVu8lK1-rUw3DfyINDwtiLGiDuy5uA79HnlmIfonsSEIA3Nl2ujmaE9KUxjzQxHZGBDlU5cQCsODUjMTkKZ6JdnwfYNtHjLvfGfW0SrfleWqt-tHVgXb9IU2YhWKRrUQ5anIe0p62rXS8fmhE/w400-h188/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.22.45%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Leg 2 - Paddle</u></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It was a short jaunt down to the river, where we now had to disassemble our bike, secure its components well, and set off on a decent paddle. By this time, we were quite a bit behind schedule vs the original plan. A big unknown was how fast the river would be, though... if it was fast, we'd make up some time. We'd have to see!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok65bOc87q5BlXQ_zrLDcBEaPdgcBXzTpMzikCcTM4X6SwOgriXc8bIkJmbkG3xqZMj2axpjbIjtJ2aunWr9PBLTDnI2h_MOKrD7zxtf-1471GHKCfx9ZV2W3xeob8Qoe9yFS6OOLJ48miUAEk8JrKNsq835P6r117WYOh3elqO1PX1j81rOgRxrm3po/s2630/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.26.31%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2630" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok65bOc87q5BlXQ_zrLDcBEaPdgcBXzTpMzikCcTM4X6SwOgriXc8bIkJmbkG3xqZMj2axpjbIjtJ2aunWr9PBLTDnI2h_MOKrD7zxtf-1471GHKCfx9ZV2W3xeob8Qoe9yFS6OOLJ48miUAEk8JrKNsq835P6r117WYOh3elqO1PX1j81rOgRxrm3po/w400-h264/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.26.31%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYKQDYIuoEPSJ4d2K12CcpjzEg1LNPeD6Puj_VfrwdslPWz5bqHPDHbujxgbrcunEr6IOhQfI2GStIjTWeLMyWu64KFVUH3yh2NiQ8JHXDqt_ZbQgY6WkVXgEJ7_QccciJR-euFps-lgNcolLvxPIY5tp8i_an38JbOSEt3DWjVW3zouPTQkDTI_VpJ8/s2630/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.26.48%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2630" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYKQDYIuoEPSJ4d2K12CcpjzEg1LNPeD6Puj_VfrwdslPWz5bqHPDHbujxgbrcunEr6IOhQfI2GStIjTWeLMyWu64KFVUH3yh2NiQ8JHXDqt_ZbQgY6WkVXgEJ7_QccciJR-euFps-lgNcolLvxPIY5tp8i_an38JbOSEt3DWjVW3zouPTQkDTI_VpJ8/w400-h264/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.26.48%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DW_bKirp3xyles_BV8FxxFb1i1SpfR67AyP8pmeaABU_aUZckuYYgI9CuWjDaBqFap3rD1Hkr_WL3zJJaQlHZQ6vbAPQf0pTcAGsXn0YFL58ZsdJN8demT9Tqg8fhF826SiUIYw4K-3-vX6UYnFuyl1HBWu0jbEEF00MfTc1RLPN1YFxa5HrTjJPdNc/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.27.01%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2332" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DW_bKirp3xyles_BV8FxxFb1i1SpfR67AyP8pmeaABU_aUZckuYYgI9CuWjDaBqFap3rD1Hkr_WL3zJJaQlHZQ6vbAPQf0pTcAGsXn0YFL58ZsdJN8demT9Tqg8fhF826SiUIYw4K-3-vX6UYnFuyl1HBWu0jbEEF00MfTc1RLPN1YFxa5HrTjJPdNc/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.27.01%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6ohROxStjzZwbuiutl2NeRFH5FGwD3aoKtwDW_AJZKOCWuP4lSnCSaDOY1tRPl4ncZPcPcwdct_AVXnMCJT8ITWHFXLjYHHDvKvi-gMsQvl5a0c-HWp6on0SicMkhMIkF95Gfp-jOQedswRx_zvZ3NYI6vRgkbU8sHWF8OjPmCmuyjo2BUf5lYbG6NE/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.27.17%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2332" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6ohROxStjzZwbuiutl2NeRFH5FGwD3aoKtwDW_AJZKOCWuP4lSnCSaDOY1tRPl4ncZPcPcwdct_AVXnMCJT8ITWHFXLjYHHDvKvi-gMsQvl5a0c-HWp6on0SicMkhMIkF95Gfp-jOQedswRx_zvZ3NYI6vRgkbU8sHWF8OjPmCmuyjo2BUf5lYbG6NE/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.27.17%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were mile markers on the water, so after a few miles, we figured out our average pace. It would not be a super speedy paddle, so we were going to be in it for a while. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was in a boat with Meg, and Jenni was in a boat with SB. That worked out well, since each boat had a strong paddler in the front. Meg was more experienced with reading the water and pointing out rocks and which way to turn. SB did that for the other boat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jenni's probably stronger than Meg, and SB is stronger than me, so their boat was typically ahead. They took a break a couple times while we caught up, but once we caught up, they'd get moving again, so I got flashbacks of <a href="https://fit360.blogspot.com/2021/04/team-assessment-2020.html">Team Assessment</a>, having to roll from one evolution to another without breaks, as "it pays to be a winner". Endlessly paddling hard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTaFMV0oZ1FVARI2gO_JCwgorxLXgKLbeiZpPjA_xpGNdaDLDFDHJWj38I-dNA5xsXo0NmwgW95ebFj5Ty_mzi195u6lPODTY_hTBl7powx-S3eD1xWslCMxH0-8pHJMA-ZDecT2dN8SGrUtv5Uf31SlWUf8WZO2xrcAYZrFwDByxSWAAPwXZOJzya3Bo/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.29.40%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2332" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTaFMV0oZ1FVARI2gO_JCwgorxLXgKLbeiZpPjA_xpGNdaDLDFDHJWj38I-dNA5xsXo0NmwgW95ebFj5Ty_mzi195u6lPODTY_hTBl7powx-S3eD1xWslCMxH0-8pHJMA-ZDecT2dN8SGrUtv5Uf31SlWUf8WZO2xrcAYZrFwDByxSWAAPwXZOJzya3Bo/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.29.40%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUnnV3CJOLcOTwIS-nZlGDO5LrZSkhLIgBdrF2O5sveq6NCSRALA9QwOpOr7p06mHiiv8UpIFfrplVPaVpMvOj_zsL08QVc03n0JFPdWQtpJ4Es_j_ubevIsoQhgliUYb6wMnbaMBZ6KSZZT9pnj6CSUGZQJ6JFOcBlwEs4EDLphK7ZWiCzamXoI_rE8/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.30.03%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2332" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUnnV3CJOLcOTwIS-nZlGDO5LrZSkhLIgBdrF2O5sveq6NCSRALA9QwOpOr7p06mHiiv8UpIFfrplVPaVpMvOj_zsL08QVc03n0JFPdWQtpJ4Es_j_ubevIsoQhgliUYb6wMnbaMBZ6KSZZT9pnj6CSUGZQJ6JFOcBlwEs4EDLphK7ZWiCzamXoI_rE8/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.30.03%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">SB did a great job keeping track of the turns, so that we knew where we were at all times. We knew where to stop to get points along the way. We came across one team who had blown past one of the points by 2 miles or something, and had part of their team go back on foot to get the points... that's a long way to bushwhack on the very slanted and uncleared riverbank! But more power to them for wanting to continue clearing the course. The RD had designed the course to be clearable and expected almost every team to be able to clear it, so we were going to keep that goal alive for as long as possible. Course clearers would earn a belt buckle, while non-clearers would get a more generic medal.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qh9L5mxt-9uqE-mBeEN5GOs7zwQKu-q41Dz1-jZzAQV9JOHucjeiplG7Yr-gHJ8YJFROcnKO0wUNOU3TyyzIGQ-llZGXIqtTL0x5U5XJpMgu6WsFXnuhlWbIUoScR2UHYxIqF9bllU9ksxALdIQv-mb0s3BNp7u5b-jk9wh9KqYgDesyxVUrZPo3Y1Q/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.30.24%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2332" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qh9L5mxt-9uqE-mBeEN5GOs7zwQKu-q41Dz1-jZzAQV9JOHucjeiplG7Yr-gHJ8YJFROcnKO0wUNOU3TyyzIGQ-llZGXIqtTL0x5U5XJpMgu6WsFXnuhlWbIUoScR2UHYxIqF9bllU9ksxALdIQv-mb0s3BNp7u5b-jk9wh9KqYgDesyxVUrZPo3Y1Q/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.30.24%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxk7i3ig9MvMlGyGrF3zxdPXV-tJXNpmefYkyfLBzOCWYtrzij2RmTSZ9sDWAueBGpRnnNsr8xHsOu51ZPqLnFlQBKGFwd2NmxF-xqgm8d17nVq4iOxOixdc1bvadibCv0ypneqNevKbMozOmyf0SwMTzetGU0F14zj_SfFatPoXQung8iBH_AWoEy_HQ/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.30.32%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2332" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxk7i3ig9MvMlGyGrF3zxdPXV-tJXNpmefYkyfLBzOCWYtrzij2RmTSZ9sDWAueBGpRnnNsr8xHsOu51ZPqLnFlQBKGFwd2NmxF-xqgm8d17nVq4iOxOixdc1bvadibCv0ypneqNevKbMozOmyf0SwMTzetGU0F14zj_SfFatPoXQung8iBH_AWoEy_HQ/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.30.32%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We kept paddling, and it was getting a bit later as we did our first on-land boat detour. These more land-oriented ones along the paddle route were placed by the RD to give us a chance to walk a bit and give our sit bones a break. There were a couple of options on how to approach the point. We decided to go the more sure way, using trails. It was longer, but you always have to weight risks vs rewards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The point took a bit of extra searching, but we found it. We also came across another team that had taken a more direct route. The gamble had paid off for them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOhzaKXy_KLhvsjpJUaYNcPV3uvYcGZ5D8YKBnwQ4oBC1qfrP3IMSUtqmpHJdotjXEcAnByviqthpLWKjmE7qFowNlF63XmelK-adnielBJCIVALWy7BHs2fSUmZaKyphHs1_UntXVfhTKYYCDd7nKHf7PGjGKQ3tSKrao55IxDwhGpb_SR9kl8GM-A4/s1672/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.36.27%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOhzaKXy_KLhvsjpJUaYNcPV3uvYcGZ5D8YKBnwQ4oBC1qfrP3IMSUtqmpHJdotjXEcAnByviqthpLWKjmE7qFowNlF63XmelK-adnielBJCIVALWy7BHs2fSUmZaKyphHs1_UntXVfhTKYYCDd7nKHf7PGjGKQ3tSKrao55IxDwhGpb_SR9kl8GM-A4/w500-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.36.27%20PM.png" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTBrBf5UVUPdUOrUyu9YaPhl0Xmdassd5zqKaVTyQdxPessg6IDACbp1zzMadL_c49P1xAe0TQIte09Ik0rHt-V5Su3Re-1q1ugsukwu1PajP291I5Sbgb2Ov2CQrUmSecjaVn8yNzDwC9Dc6fQalF3KK9YQc4Ptoz4wDm4oqRfWbV5NE0oSym556XaM/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.38.17%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTBrBf5UVUPdUOrUyu9YaPhl0Xmdassd5zqKaVTyQdxPessg6IDACbp1zzMadL_c49P1xAe0TQIte09Ik0rHt-V5Su3Re-1q1ugsukwu1PajP291I5Sbgb2Ov2CQrUmSecjaVn8yNzDwC9Dc6fQalF3KK9YQc4Ptoz4wDm4oqRfWbV5NE0oSym556XaM/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.38.17%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuffxi7xC5BGrnTFjq628_5f5p6zDO82CDQGOlNhFjyQxTZuqdtbCJVtSTSbcVyRhbHZndd0t-o73mvGcJ2H7YHmChVnN1TMsAwoD3yNrTZml0zl6UCbA-NanPkrGl20CB75ffsAjWbS-wIL8LQzeZvrkSQtsrrUY0OhSXt3Z5lBtIdF_I_1q3G_m9ocg/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.38.27%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuffxi7xC5BGrnTFjq628_5f5p6zDO82CDQGOlNhFjyQxTZuqdtbCJVtSTSbcVyRhbHZndd0t-o73mvGcJ2H7YHmChVnN1TMsAwoD3yNrTZml0zl6UCbA-NanPkrGl20CB75ffsAjWbS-wIL8LQzeZvrkSQtsrrUY0OhSXt3Z5lBtIdF_I_1q3G_m9ocg/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.38.27%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We pushed on, wanting to make it past Compton's Rapids before it got dark. We were warned to stay on the far right side, to avoid the risk of having the rapids tip our canoes over. Some boats didn't listen and lost their bikes at the bottom of the rapids and had to drop out of the race because they had no way to continue!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went through very cautiously and slowly, and made it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next point was nuts... a bunch of team struggled with it. It was difficult even finding the right boat landing point. Once we figured that out, it was still hard. It was at an abandoned campground, but with lots of odd trails in the mix, and many opportunities to miss turns, at least at night. The RD didn't disallow phone use, so that got some teams through. You'd think that a place with man-made structures would make it really easy, but it didn't. We at up a bunch of time, but we were still on track to clear.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQsnMxRL65v8kehS28bhcMXlzXOop0yD3q8L780Y22c9N_QqgEB5O8hFH1TjQPdZ4NehvUVpF9-xXLEVuTHnUvYdaGCRCCpjVCp9ApvUcq8BbOZe8qmq1OJthezxGbOszEvtfofUdhsvhB6Ty0-Z4j520J-ctRUHT5qGVdJ3ZRLUCKzFZC_fEG2snhe0/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.41.14%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQsnMxRL65v8kehS28bhcMXlzXOop0yD3q8L780Y22c9N_QqgEB5O8hFH1TjQPdZ4NehvUVpF9-xXLEVuTHnUvYdaGCRCCpjVCp9ApvUcq8BbOZe8qmq1OJthezxGbOszEvtfofUdhsvhB6Ty0-Z4j520J-ctRUHT5qGVdJ3ZRLUCKzFZC_fEG2snhe0/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.41.14%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We finally got to the end of the canoe leg, where we had the more challenging task of re-assembling our bikes. The chain part makes it difficult. It was dark now, too. The intention had been for everyone to be off the water before dark, which is why they completely removed the second paddle leg, but quite a few teams like us were still on the water after dark even during the first paddle leg. My waterproof pants had completely shredded during the course of the paddle, somehow, so I tossed them. We had been racing for about 12 hours now, too, which isn't nothing, so that fatigue also affects your mental state as you try to do something challenging like putting together bike wheels and executing your priorities of work.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Leg 3: MTB</u></b></div><div><br /></div>We went to the boat house to fill up on water, and then began our mountain bike leg. We had a pretty good plan for how we wanted to tackle the points. We didn't have the full plan mapped out, because some of it would be dependent on how dense the vegetation looked and how bad the terrain was once we were there.<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66UK_jxj8Zqaokmzjx2EOEE7HFXEV2EeukrJ4ymgGBQu59iG5Jq1x36REds1KrhitZMtrTVab100na653CYQ5dWbjxotka6PjTxQEyM03Pdh42I8SKUaQHXDwFTO6RRM7xRUqFMdN-VLDxCuZM9oe7BcuuUmoLZ5AH6o9kXltM5j6FfH3DYEezlCwZmY/s1676/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.39.34%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="1298" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66UK_jxj8Zqaokmzjx2EOEE7HFXEV2EeukrJ4ymgGBQu59iG5Jq1x36REds1KrhitZMtrTVab100na653CYQ5dWbjxotka6PjTxQEyM03Pdh42I8SKUaQHXDwFTO6RRM7xRUqFMdN-VLDxCuZM9oe7BcuuUmoLZ5AH6o9kXltM5j6FfH3DYEezlCwZmY/w496-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.39.34%20PM.png" width="496" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We were tired, but we pushed forward, knocking out one point at a time. Nobody ever complained, and we all worked together well. We went on gentler routes when we had the option, to match our bike skills. One team gave us a park map, which was helpful. </div><div><br /></div><div>We did spend a while on one point, which we're pretty sure based on where we eventually came across it, was mis-plotted. </div><div><br /></div><div>We ended up finding a good, safe spot for a nap in the early hours of the night, which was a good time for it, since you want to be able to wake up as the sun rises. There were no restrooms here, which was the only downside.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ao4ow4elFD3sC6kZE_fTFj8-QcuGrokDo2DxRSyixjdAkOl0U0LtcNEZZk8EKUXuY9-g8w3Wbv8cGqk_Gc6auNFKzoLyd7xVvno1ukw-54WYDyAl5pNTBlZPgab_8sc7IPo9k5Whd8GZ-3xweNwEINYuk9Ok0JFwokhXbklPcPuXuLru16ALBocm-Ik/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.52.59%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ao4ow4elFD3sC6kZE_fTFj8-QcuGrokDo2DxRSyixjdAkOl0U0LtcNEZZk8EKUXuY9-g8w3Wbv8cGqk_Gc6auNFKzoLyd7xVvno1ukw-54WYDyAl5pNTBlZPgab_8sc7IPo9k5Whd8GZ-3xweNwEINYuk9Ok0JFwokhXbklPcPuXuLru16ALBocm-Ik/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.52.59%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgYriFVt1L78zA_v-3aC58Ci2AICe2_-izbm81PXqu7v3rvLN5a-IhWawLrHH66T9YDAyVljGMkl43V4i42bcF6UqZlSCz1XgzUpgg-UGIGeLlsOsW6Di5glxWntkE713rue75ts1VHq6aU0dRZ8kZAhMao_zjet2anUjiLVSQ6NsdYj_R3vW8JNoXgk/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.53.14%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgYriFVt1L78zA_v-3aC58Ci2AICe2_-izbm81PXqu7v3rvLN5a-IhWawLrHH66T9YDAyVljGMkl43V4i42bcF6UqZlSCz1XgzUpgg-UGIGeLlsOsW6Di5glxWntkE713rue75ts1VHq6aU0dRZ8kZAhMao_zjet2anUjiLVSQ6NsdYj_R3vW8JNoXgk/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.53.14%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvdoX6p_Ja583nxG3q6vpyxeg9oG09d2AeVFFJl7UdLr1CIu2wxA0bk6vNZhPCI0w3IL548njTkchNzV2n2QrdX0uhhDHDZ9gmVuprl9tUohCmOhR5RTo1rcLxoLIZsG3-bE6axWTK6D8eAreWT80ZvRH0rcXCVHVHnlgWMa-33Aa8H99MtsY4J5-K7c/s2624/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.53.36%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2624" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvdoX6p_Ja583nxG3q6vpyxeg9oG09d2AeVFFJl7UdLr1CIu2wxA0bk6vNZhPCI0w3IL548njTkchNzV2n2QrdX0uhhDHDZ9gmVuprl9tUohCmOhR5RTo1rcLxoLIZsG3-bE6axWTK6D8eAreWT80ZvRH0rcXCVHVHnlgWMa-33Aa8H99MtsY4J5-K7c/w400-h189/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.53.36%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Like with GORUCK events between events, it's very difficult to will yourself to get up when you're tired and only got a couple of hours of rest. You do it anyways, though. The team is counting on you. It's always better with a team.... more motivation to not quit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We kept going, trying to wrap up the points on the MTB course. We came across another team trying to do the same thing. They were much better MTBers, though. There are some very impressive racers out there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpwLdsdLHEntVySUYVNavqon2zkKpBJusw-dE3OIaJdnuv97KJOGeEH0VfLGg4Q4VVQGU3uu1OqhSKRyozGbh9D4gBy1cnWW0N6-UCvy782LUuRIPTCiiv37OM4qOYSM_3s1-YrD6ZZBdxudiaTgQ97pUfCnvu-0607cY29p95Mut5ODTEyNEpfPHkY0/s1744/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.58.07%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpwLdsdLHEntVySUYVNavqon2zkKpBJusw-dE3OIaJdnuv97KJOGeEH0VfLGg4Q4VVQGU3uu1OqhSKRyozGbh9D4gBy1cnWW0N6-UCvy782LUuRIPTCiiv37OM4qOYSM_3s1-YrD6ZZBdxudiaTgQ97pUfCnvu-0607cY29p95Mut5ODTEyNEpfPHkY0/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.58.07%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went on foot completely, for one section where we knew that the way up and the way down wouldn't be rideable for our skill level, which was a good move. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back to the whole food thing... with my original race plan, I had accounted for 16.5 hours of food to get through the prologue, bike, paddle, bike, and bike, as I had planned to get to TA1 by 3am the first night. I had started rationing my food when I was still on the paddle leg, at the abandoned campground. I had been living off of crumbs from a packet of freeze dried cheese since the beginning of our MTB leg. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were now about 6 hours past where my food plans had stopped. I asked the team how everyone was doing on food. Jenni and Meg both still had healthy supplies, fortunately, and were more than happy to share honey mustard pretzels and some kind of bar with me. It was the most amazing thing ever, and kept me going until we were able to get to TA1. I think I could've squeaked through to TA1 if I had to, but it would've been a close call, because I was running on fumes, so they definitely saved me!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQ-rwbUB-NqhDf9hQKRsNfa42FK9kHlIm1OxTN8P1RfST41hTW1drEp9PMpwnA3wzJIuIjGF_tMfwS1K0zZkzQ2GmmE9I-c5FpZqos4T53BbWcRIcEh_7-5YIErhrzRpHcNsHtR3qUo5cqbLcHsCnBeTLD54Q_msZPSahDM6i3Bn5BxUjqqOdNHaRPEs/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.58.18%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2332" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQ-rwbUB-NqhDf9hQKRsNfa42FK9kHlIm1OxTN8P1RfST41hTW1drEp9PMpwnA3wzJIuIjGF_tMfwS1K0zZkzQ2GmmE9I-c5FpZqos4T53BbWcRIcEh_7-5YIErhrzRpHcNsHtR3qUo5cqbLcHsCnBeTLD54Q_msZPSahDM6i3Bn5BxUjqqOdNHaRPEs/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.58.18%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the very end of our MTB journey, we found a nice and flat riverside trail that we probably should've taken much earlier during the leg, too. At least we were taking advantage of it now.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemDVHltxciFE8BwKJCPMomvD-V9nrLbjXHOKrsWcOlkjyio6PARwXZ1WBvX5lzM7JBP5okSY77WRe9xJhgI5Qsrjr-91ohoP6NiCVP9IQJ4HuQOOnZfoyuNTplC4zUrO3pbMcWHYQjWduIaJiFrA8soxVVhj7H3MWeguQLR_m29M1L2QSJFsOcRx75uI/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.58.28%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2332" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemDVHltxciFE8BwKJCPMomvD-V9nrLbjXHOKrsWcOlkjyio6PARwXZ1WBvX5lzM7JBP5okSY77WRe9xJhgI5Qsrjr-91ohoP6NiCVP9IQJ4HuQOOnZfoyuNTplC4zUrO3pbMcWHYQjWduIaJiFrA8soxVVhj7H3MWeguQLR_m29M1L2QSJFsOcRx75uI/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.58.28%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We took a quick break, and even got to use the boathouse's real restrooms, before we set off on the next road-based bike leg.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsw4QMdTxC-08HMVrMpW_bGqn2UsI4k-OEsx7_-ooozeOX69Z4XJwA7X0GyuoBBM_9z50U5rMgjbYA5u28z4Fjp9ij-M8YNWosTVbRWia0GwxSv8qXvEtqiiH_AIL5Xjvu-Mf_DjuyvJXs6ca4JRXZDzOT3BGxgWIE4ZC5yr5dVXNBDuNqWZeHGNHk4Q/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.58.34%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2332" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsw4QMdTxC-08HMVrMpW_bGqn2UsI4k-OEsx7_-ooozeOX69Z4XJwA7X0GyuoBBM_9z50U5rMgjbYA5u28z4Fjp9ij-M8YNWosTVbRWia0GwxSv8qXvEtqiiH_AIL5Xjvu-Mf_DjuyvJXs6ca4JRXZDzOT3BGxgWIE4ZC5yr5dVXNBDuNqWZeHGNHk4Q/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.58.34%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijP3Z-UNoov6xmWfeD0_ZpldZjtx2HjukyEO-WbZyZqLZjJ7hdb1YZ5vO3fNiozbcd5VF89SZBsFfY_0PNdu5kiDdVRI-L_j-Zj20j6hWnomCJxN2IrnJTNwP_J3YAi6aBOuHyy6QcIollL5bmAWfipYZn0UArPRtCCO1H-x2dSoC4t3wI-Dj78HszSCw/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.58.39%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2332" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijP3Z-UNoov6xmWfeD0_ZpldZjtx2HjukyEO-WbZyZqLZjJ7hdb1YZ5vO3fNiozbcd5VF89SZBsFfY_0PNdu5kiDdVRI-L_j-Zj20j6hWnomCJxN2IrnJTNwP_J3YAi6aBOuHyy6QcIollL5bmAWfipYZn0UArPRtCCO1H-x2dSoC4t3wI-Dj78HszSCw/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%202.58.39%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Leg 4: Paddle #2 Removed</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Looking back, it's now crazy to think that anyone could've done Legs 1-3 plus an additional paddle leg before dark on the first day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>Leg 5: Bike</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were glad to be off the MTB trails, and making our way to the TA. Pete would be meeting us there, and based on the original race plan, had been waiting since the previous day. The poor guy is the most patient and faithful and persevering man ever, not knowing at any minute whether we'd be coming or not, when we were really like a whole day away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We ground through the steep roads leading to TA1. Since we were moving away from the river, it was largely uphill.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQ8ame08sxyw1dJQkG2jKWNMzbxNSpHa4KUdn1VKYndsVtsYyYrpxqoxQTNJErr3QN5_bn1uyDSoyqBYyXnazeUcY4W_p4lvzgmG7V3r0OFMSC9pojjPUe7RppxdfLa3ueiEcjTPFb3SrnU8Z7H_T8h0PxpZucYTLcacO7g3LS5L2TwWpaiE98mJ9N5E/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.23.49%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2332" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQ8ame08sxyw1dJQkG2jKWNMzbxNSpHa4KUdn1VKYndsVtsYyYrpxqoxQTNJErr3QN5_bn1uyDSoyqBYyXnazeUcY4W_p4lvzgmG7V3r0OFMSC9pojjPUe7RppxdfLa3ueiEcjTPFb3SrnU8Z7H_T8h0PxpZucYTLcacO7g3LS5L2TwWpaiE98mJ9N5E/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.23.49%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u>TA1:</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>At last, we reached TA1, where Pete and our bins were waiting for us.</div><div><br /></div><div>I devoured a bunch of food that had never tasted so good before, and changed into fresh clothes. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTtjE4uEwFvHj-Q9PNBPmcwrQqCtcqoEE__iWh-Ot-eoErERiCM9mgqyGM8I4Y5NHPSoF19R2DVpFKgWI7uTgO-3DY8anddjK1HQLmdGg6gKzktha_BnklmPb-oG3UbbOSxkU0Lgn6ozbVhd4YO4CeAMq8W5FZdNwpdmH4-u9ZpffMBGv_CgZrjFRKuI/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.23.59%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2332" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTtjE4uEwFvHj-Q9PNBPmcwrQqCtcqoEE__iWh-Ot-eoErERiCM9mgqyGM8I4Y5NHPSoF19R2DVpFKgWI7uTgO-3DY8anddjK1HQLmdGg6gKzktha_BnklmPb-oG3UbbOSxkU0Lgn6ozbVhd4YO4CeAMq8W5FZdNwpdmH4-u9ZpffMBGv_CgZrjFRKuI/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.23.59%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We completed mini-challenges to get CP credit. We divide-and-conquered, with SB and me doing the tangrams challenge while the sisters did the water bucket challenge.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3LhwnD582CxcJVPw4H8wGBKNpvPJU8g8GOIllRGhAAmWGVTZHpZy0Y6AmmcmMUcawOryU0QUutHFMQkv-7p7iUAw65--zh9wNmDfFR22Jsv6fl-TT03ebgIpnRWdruBRUPwTKxWQ4Y6d_l0aWXPm1ceXvQPLcxjVlYQa-CdRZTziiLHPdFcKysEF5uk/s1744/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.29.01%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1310" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3LhwnD582CxcJVPw4H8wGBKNpvPJU8g8GOIllRGhAAmWGVTZHpZy0Y6AmmcmMUcawOryU0QUutHFMQkv-7p7iUAw65--zh9wNmDfFR22Jsv6fl-TT03ebgIpnRWdruBRUPwTKxWQ4Y6d_l0aWXPm1ceXvQPLcxjVlYQa-CdRZTziiLHPdFcKysEF5uk/w480-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.29.01%20PM.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLeFE_6cceJUo9HID2JwBpMy3qJ_2mUqCC9jAD9G1lDf6mZZwXtvVrdBqFsN7TgVdxO9-o5pYLCTm0PclcxqVMbjBfWfsxBqGfCCizUt8tTmv7LXWf-P7-3tYP-6xfWSb2dhZmw_lUzoZaRMDrMGLpLzq1t7OwlFIhMjsKbbbBQYhiYtCa3c77OH7rx0/s1744/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.29.12%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1310" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLeFE_6cceJUo9HID2JwBpMy3qJ_2mUqCC9jAD9G1lDf6mZZwXtvVrdBqFsN7TgVdxO9-o5pYLCTm0PclcxqVMbjBfWfsxBqGfCCizUt8tTmv7LXWf-P7-3tYP-6xfWSb2dhZmw_lUzoZaRMDrMGLpLzq1t7OwlFIhMjsKbbbBQYhiYtCa3c77OH7rx0/w480-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.29.12%20PM.png" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We said goodbye to Pete for now, and then set off on our trek adventure. We were glad to be off of bikes and on foot again. Trekking is my favorite, since I come from a running and rucking background, and feel more in control speed-wise.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGF2T9a4jCQ6luJWHQrx-Xp7eRgaO05z0wN9kWY1IUWlVgYuWyQXtSrv9g9mXG4rsDX6-XpbuLEaj96nyhGEi635hrwk8emsymk0s70zzQP-moH3tZGVFCl2jzpCbOlyBhXcu1EiAllUWPhcTzq0C2atSgbWA30aBFpG0jdr9_S7jctDyDZBlM3ryElM/s1752/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.34.41%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGF2T9a4jCQ6luJWHQrx-Xp7eRgaO05z0wN9kWY1IUWlVgYuWyQXtSrv9g9mXG4rsDX6-XpbuLEaj96nyhGEi635hrwk8emsymk0s70zzQP-moH3tZGVFCl2jzpCbOlyBhXcu1EiAllUWPhcTzq0C2atSgbWA30aBFpG0jdr9_S7jctDyDZBlM3ryElM/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.34.41%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><u>Leg 6: Trek</u></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now it was my turn to navigate. Pressure's on! You don't want to mess up, since it means that the whole team has to do extra distance. SB and I came up with a good plan, though, where we'd tackle some easy ones first, and then go for the harder ones based on time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht12vky8Pe9yx5bXUJQYSAtwzuW2if_DsuWKR8BdX7Bt_RRFn9lB3z4GdYJ2mbIkZZ-3HssDiH6e-ABDtiZ_Zz5j_9SqmLPmKK3WQfkGMUs9XnF0pV4YYVLBBG8RwsvM-A4bSgU11necsNtmKhIi71jIY6GyzoEneEuWUt-vHmRhfIBpXJdje3dBnNtDQ/s1676/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.40.15%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="1298" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht12vky8Pe9yx5bXUJQYSAtwzuW2if_DsuWKR8BdX7Bt_RRFn9lB3z4GdYJ2mbIkZZ-3HssDiH6e-ABDtiZ_Zz5j_9SqmLPmKK3WQfkGMUs9XnF0pV4YYVLBBG8RwsvM-A4bSgU11necsNtmKhIi71jIY6GyzoEneEuWUt-vHmRhfIBpXJdje3dBnNtDQ/w496-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.40.15%20PM.png" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a little tricky finding the trail into the first point, but once I found it, it was a confidence builder. We came across another team who had given up on it and turned around, but I knew that we hadn't gone far enough yet, so we kept going and found it! I'm glad I stuck to my guns on it and didn't get influenced by them. They later turned around when they realized that they probably didn't go far enough.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XP6wV3VVMrZWYloUO3mb5v65zvyKEAMYPL_j25M3XsMkjYIlGy0MnNsnNrAE8dARbiTCai2_4ltsRrI_l8Nub0pFe_jyzNUCetknuRSCU8RStCgbDDCYa_UVQYqoLm6tUjiXMkHFq-0cltCtI3nc9q6eGv0VewvfmciPS3hCP3p7dMEpZUUaMggCHuI/s2714/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.36.42%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="2714" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XP6wV3VVMrZWYloUO3mb5v65zvyKEAMYPL_j25M3XsMkjYIlGy0MnNsnNrAE8dARbiTCai2_4ltsRrI_l8Nub0pFe_jyzNUCetknuRSCU8RStCgbDDCYa_UVQYqoLm6tUjiXMkHFq-0cltCtI3nc9q6eGv0VewvfmciPS3hCP3p7dMEpZUUaMggCHuI/w400-h225/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.36.42%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQ2-jkw9pAkY_xBZckZuUrBy1FkKK8VSVUs5RMiYr_Jv5RXsxwzF5JQpZg7bNfTOMBEZpSnyLluQsFxPsuEWvo0Qk2jcL9mcGU2Z94HzXjqI0aKu2eenw8eN-wzqDoYlWntJxBmz3np811WfzeYaFHMGWbi_D8TEGTtwfjUt5ENa5nawy4y-RHX-kc9c/s1744/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.35.02%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1310" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQ2-jkw9pAkY_xBZckZuUrBy1FkKK8VSVUs5RMiYr_Jv5RXsxwzF5JQpZg7bNfTOMBEZpSnyLluQsFxPsuEWvo0Qk2jcL9mcGU2Z94HzXjqI0aKu2eenw8eN-wzqDoYlWntJxBmz3np811WfzeYaFHMGWbi_D8TEGTtwfjUt5ENa5nawy4y-RHX-kc9c/w480-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.35.02%20PM.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We continued on, getting a point on a bridge that didn't have a trail leading up to it like that map had suggested, but we bushwhacked our way in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We followed a trail that ended up going directly through a water crossing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQ0n0s7S0q_ESmhpuYSglplbTR2h89fblF4IJHa4ywZFMxMRZpCFCsIsMK11ABk6DURjE97Mr3IAWCQG5WDja8_LeSWXa-tKK8Z7Cx_FzAbxTD5UAsr8e64Whxdd9baMKtha13xtfSHYo9dbSOcBze6KbwDeLC866jZbhFjo_bAyn12w5pSDMbdSB--4/s2308/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.42.06%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2308" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQ0n0s7S0q_ESmhpuYSglplbTR2h89fblF4IJHa4ywZFMxMRZpCFCsIsMK11ABk6DURjE97Mr3IAWCQG5WDja8_LeSWXa-tKK8Z7Cx_FzAbxTD5UAsr8e64Whxdd9baMKtha13xtfSHYo9dbSOcBze6KbwDeLC866jZbhFjo_bAyn12w5pSDMbdSB--4/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.42.06%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnE7sMYCd4Z2xP8LoPidg2qed3VAu8ibt4SGd8kjQtvIk62nAo2Qnj4M0uQ7eHywbys8m4YikcyEQ-vdF00I_JxParcNR0HqtmMXLY1xHx7pLlvn7RAaqbp5Gc5L6LHZmFRWzLOTxYFKtKjUsulC2_Xgg63rjOWntWznvN22gFVdiveLLs3SvoYdy-EWI/s2308/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.42.19%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2308" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnE7sMYCd4Z2xP8LoPidg2qed3VAu8ibt4SGd8kjQtvIk62nAo2Qnj4M0uQ7eHywbys8m4YikcyEQ-vdF00I_JxParcNR0HqtmMXLY1xHx7pLlvn7RAaqbp5Gc5L6LHZmFRWzLOTxYFKtKjUsulC2_Xgg63rjOWntWznvN22gFVdiveLLs3SvoYdy-EWI/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.42.19%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>We crossed a road to get to another point which ended up being very mind-boggling... real life didn't match the trails on the map. It did give us a little bit of recon for where we'd be going later on bike, but we did eat up a lot of time looking for point G. </div><div><br /></div><div>We went for one more point, before deciding to give up on clearing the course and move on, since we had to get to the finish line before 50 hours, first and foremost, and if we weren't going to clear, we'd maybe have a better time vs points ratio at the later part of the event than we did in this forest terrain. It started raining, too. The "easier" points had already taken a long time, and the other ones were supposedly much more challenging.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZooWDJeILM5wmJvdBD8mGMn3APm4rzzN-On4EtEn5WTogGwr2bAO2agEa2bslbFNm-qi3Y2ldcPLMAuXzb3PHNqMwoVU--46hsUF4Aogz_eDARCm9iHYmlV8tiem-io8yd9RXdlEL8dN6ewgHVTLBaOLkd8giOyp7ibZpCldhCOSiGAdeOQV4RIhoG4/s2308/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.43.27%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2308" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZooWDJeILM5wmJvdBD8mGMn3APm4rzzN-On4EtEn5WTogGwr2bAO2agEa2bslbFNm-qi3Y2ldcPLMAuXzb3PHNqMwoVU--46hsUF4Aogz_eDARCm9iHYmlV8tiem-io8yd9RXdlEL8dN6ewgHVTLBaOLkd8giOyp7ibZpCldhCOSiGAdeOQV4RIhoG4/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.43.27%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b><u>Leg 7: Bike</u></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We decided to take a rest now, before making a big push overnight. This spot was known, had water sources, had shelter and civilization, so it was a good decision.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBu7TjPkmFwtB0_pQEeGnS0Uw1WkXzrWqp3iBomZEAr4mXyFKC8egFPJoKM3AK9PcsA_r7RaRBsUhheNOdGXIpk2-vTi0iZnIzatIndVCtwcBdepDecQe-2COjle5oiC2ICDEMq7Sv1RMoeaXQzTbrEsItKIA-oexPAPY1V8_Ikwoe76-FCePQyc5RfM/s2308/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.47.26%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2308" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBu7TjPkmFwtB0_pQEeGnS0Uw1WkXzrWqp3iBomZEAr4mXyFKC8egFPJoKM3AK9PcsA_r7RaRBsUhheNOdGXIpk2-vTi0iZnIzatIndVCtwcBdepDecQe-2COjle5oiC2ICDEMq7Sv1RMoeaXQzTbrEsItKIA-oexPAPY1V8_Ikwoe76-FCePQyc5RfM/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.47.26%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdzncciVGQ9srsJ57RE2FiyLtuPgTj96sFuRm74jVQY8t_fM8XCo5EdKOmiHLJ0FAypHei7QvIaVIvY-7gmVoB3cUjNqb_qlBprVrbIbNHL92DsABUhIror_Yw-k0YOdA65N9WexbbSnAm2XqNYdx6wMqxXNwct-PMC5kl_dP4kgK8GaVinmBYy9I9lw/s2308/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.47.31%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2308" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdzncciVGQ9srsJ57RE2FiyLtuPgTj96sFuRm74jVQY8t_fM8XCo5EdKOmiHLJ0FAypHei7QvIaVIvY-7gmVoB3cUjNqb_qlBprVrbIbNHL92DsABUhIror_Yw-k0YOdA65N9WexbbSnAm2XqNYdx6wMqxXNwct-PMC5kl_dP4kgK8GaVinmBYy9I9lw/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.47.31%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We woke up a little while later, and got ready to go.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We'd be riding on these service roads. It was nice to not have to deal with traffic, and the roads were gravel, but pretty well-maintained. We had to stay vigilant for points, to not miss them as we were screaming past on our bikes. As usual, Meg did a great job with bike nav. In my mind, bike nav was like air force, paddle nav was like navy, and land nav was like army.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The service road did turn into a trail at some point, and it was narrow and rocky, so we walked it. There were some really cool stream crossings. It felt like a real adventure, as we carefully carried our bikes over the rocks that gave us a land bridge. This was my favorite part of the event.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bT_TRQFP8CpkkVp3AsmaWYzba8M8bx08uOvXWHF3ayoIXrq71iWyt2dr2svyDI_TfKg5kOleF2wbl_z5UFuM0W9Y8W-51lci0Yht1XnE-J5N-VzjIhJYth7mfuHVmOOrOA5m7HCv0Ke-BnRzMLXSNzSXtf_ORL6n6ltlrw3H4axf82ev8ybewmrGO5g/s2308/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.51.46%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2308" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bT_TRQFP8CpkkVp3AsmaWYzba8M8bx08uOvXWHF3ayoIXrq71iWyt2dr2svyDI_TfKg5kOleF2wbl_z5UFuM0W9Y8W-51lci0Yht1XnE-J5N-VzjIhJYth7mfuHVmOOrOA5m7HCv0Ke-BnRzMLXSNzSXtf_ORL6n6ltlrw3H4axf82ev8ybewmrGO5g/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.51.46%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was also one part of the trail with a downed tree, and it was cool to see the team automatically know what to do to help each other get all the bikes over. Nobody I'd rather have around than GRTs!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWDDFwG6stA8Mdsdyns_l9AMSySFPoRrYw4WBlNv20dJmJId1xL3881AFMyzkHAGcRXcOyTrMNrKXy2a52VfmMy52Y47ePZrOj4xfyTcFnS4tVdAFB_PVypGHMPTQOQk3_rcSKdXoPFGsQJLiRAZLbXnFD7tf8u8str_afUW6ma4wT8eSI8EK6sES0d0/s2704/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.53.38%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1570" data-original-width="2704" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWDDFwG6stA8Mdsdyns_l9AMSySFPoRrYw4WBlNv20dJmJId1xL3881AFMyzkHAGcRXcOyTrMNrKXy2a52VfmMy52Y47ePZrOj4xfyTcFnS4tVdAFB_PVypGHMPTQOQk3_rcSKdXoPFGsQJLiRAZLbXnFD7tf8u8str_afUW6ma4wT8eSI8EK6sES0d0/w400-h233/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.53.38%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>There was one point that we blew past, but when we stopped to reassess, SB thought to go back to the water crossing to check, and spotted the point! That would've been sad if we had missed it!<div><br /></div><div>There were some strange areas that we went through, even stranger at night. It was like an old mining town, with houses along the gravel road, and people actually live there.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5IuTgFxL3BIvVGoeX6sw4_k8RAF1VSLk8ffk2fbHLPD-ZnvldCCMVTK9qpGiocgxO_U0bDDB33MnO8L_UkF3UTtgn5_17bvn34cPhC4rIAn4CnHYONj-gRRdd3zEfpmAaOFVzAisdwPMLmjinenvYW1dHLRhyLrb6LyUfA4MHt4Wq8flt392yHMtgQo/s1730/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.56.20%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="1304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5IuTgFxL3BIvVGoeX6sw4_k8RAF1VSLk8ffk2fbHLPD-ZnvldCCMVTK9qpGiocgxO_U0bDDB33MnO8L_UkF3UTtgn5_17bvn34cPhC4rIAn4CnHYONj-gRRdd3zEfpmAaOFVzAisdwPMLmjinenvYW1dHLRhyLrb6LyUfA4MHt4Wq8flt392yHMtgQo/w482-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.56.20%20PM.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We were finally getting close to the tower, which we'd climb up to snap a selfie for CP credit. It probably would've been an interesting sight during the day, but we were there at night, so the selfie had less of an impact. We did see fog and some lights in the ground below, and it was peaceful for the few moments we stayed up there, taking in the view.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOTiNO1qHmsay5PPrG7rL24C_cQlLsCfoIOQC6K_pbOIqG-9ldaRYd5nMUFqY3kdIM1F3Ez1_pMaOFS6YcojTGFoi40XOoPkiVF7FKhMHGrWPuI5gOxCX3ldmGH12M0D-t_uj_u18J4-gvWoJOWVrCTX9AFE8AN9MMdkQCXYgtticx6ANpsiCpO6gZBE/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.58.28%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="2326" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOTiNO1qHmsay5PPrG7rL24C_cQlLsCfoIOQC6K_pbOIqG-9ldaRYd5nMUFqY3kdIM1F3Ez1_pMaOFS6YcojTGFoi40XOoPkiVF7FKhMHGrWPuI5gOxCX3ldmGH12M0D-t_uj_u18J4-gvWoJOWVrCTX9AFE8AN9MMdkQCXYgtticx6ANpsiCpO6gZBE/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.58.28%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCd7ZIcXJzJIDvx9OgeoG4LUSXtOKXKlYFdTJAfX4z3-OG7tZYqJGzxBLjf9fQ3gVGXaDOerlZeja-5M3nrvTZsusFFvVhn-NHjbwG5ARZKDdZ9vhNxgKDJASkJY1pP5fOM_5bKmFuF7kqgnMbBCXsLn0Um8OM_y07Bx75240hbdXmjmKVkkjQo4LLgaU/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.58.33%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="2326" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCd7ZIcXJzJIDvx9OgeoG4LUSXtOKXKlYFdTJAfX4z3-OG7tZYqJGzxBLjf9fQ3gVGXaDOerlZeja-5M3nrvTZsusFFvVhn-NHjbwG5ARZKDdZ9vhNxgKDJASkJY1pP5fOM_5bKmFuF7kqgnMbBCXsLn0Um8OM_y07Bx75240hbdXmjmKVkkjQo4LLgaU/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.58.33%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUGPCtauQO_Db2uyGh9Q0wKD4zyBu5L6YQNdk42IY688-zWwnICviozLplp_HIKRc4GyK3eyYNKY2BI5hEG7loiaO3efZb2sKN5-908ZYpJAkbzU39kdeVSSLAWeU0vnPCqHQosvf1RW5bbSvildAZJEwu9ThruEodI_KhgsjiLJlFolVtHSfjfJXzbI/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.58.45%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="2326" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUGPCtauQO_Db2uyGh9Q0wKD4zyBu5L6YQNdk42IY688-zWwnICviozLplp_HIKRc4GyK3eyYNKY2BI5hEG7loiaO3efZb2sKN5-908ZYpJAkbzU39kdeVSSLAWeU0vnPCqHQosvf1RW5bbSvildAZJEwu9ThruEodI_KhgsjiLJlFolVtHSfjfJXzbI/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%203.58.45%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We came across another team when we were at the fire tower. They were struggling physically, and with equipment (no working bike light for one of them, I think?) and morale. They asked if they could follow us down the mountain, which we were fine with. We were only miles away from the start/finish/TA2 now, where the final orienteering leg would take place. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The way down involved a crazy descent on a road with lots of switchbacks. I rode my brakes hard, the whole time. I wonder how scary it is at night vs in the daytime. Maybe it was easier to go down at night, since you couldn't see how fast you were going as easily. It was quite an experience! We all made it down safely, and rode the last couple miles into the TA.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>TA2:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">We checked in some time in the middle of the night, did another tangrams challenge, and then decided to get a couple hours of rest before our final leg. Car access was fair game at this point, so we changed clothes and slept in our cars. It always goes by really quickly, and before you know it, it's time to wake yourself up again. It's chilly and you're tired, but you must go.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Leg 8: Orienteering Trek</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was my turn to take point on nav again. Fortunately, my mind was very sharp and turned on at this point. I had a plan mapped out for getting easy points, before taking on different possible sets of far points based on how time was going.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsTqYAH25t6HtmuUuD4sDQkfBhVl3A9BdaKgbWfL9_-yk3KTv1UUrE6pZo2xAOkeUyDj744PaqgG73iSGcvU9klheTe-QRtqVIjzrNOagfP1L52aWwdCEL7K6Pz1hdJgsblZTY2V_bTYaL9R3rVMSV74MS0Ucv7A6kxT-fLm_AWUel_DHPLc1jfXDnAk/s1732/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.10.57%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="1298" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsTqYAH25t6HtmuUuD4sDQkfBhVl3A9BdaKgbWfL9_-yk3KTv1UUrE6pZo2xAOkeUyDj744PaqgG73iSGcvU9klheTe-QRtqVIjzrNOagfP1L52aWwdCEL7K6Pz1hdJgsblZTY2V_bTYaL9R3rVMSV74MS0Ucv7A6kxT-fLm_AWUel_DHPLc1jfXDnAk/w480-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.10.57%20PM.png" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The trails were pretty straightforward and accurately mapped. Pace counts worked out, and we found every point pretty quickly. It always helps at night when the points are reflective, and you have a powerful light that can help you see the point from far away. As one fellow racer said in her Youtube recap of the race, "they sure like their bridges in this town".</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYOKnKLiBMBszeOPnJhSg4qZ36o_0husQWKjLjDXvyZ7lETLSMxCe2dmM0FJNzGqw3N5CElr_mA8nXJ9WgNRQXootT8ULXd6Mq6-1ypHjAf65xkfHafEiV-Ag_q8SWHUwob7GmRMm7W_UWjPpFZOyLM1-c3OVb0I6_c42tjuCRlf-0_O6FehSk292L-4/s2728/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.07.13%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2728" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYOKnKLiBMBszeOPnJhSg4qZ36o_0husQWKjLjDXvyZ7lETLSMxCe2dmM0FJNzGqw3N5CElr_mA8nXJ9WgNRQXootT8ULXd6Mq6-1ypHjAf65xkfHafEiV-Ag_q8SWHUwob7GmRMm7W_UWjPpFZOyLM1-c3OVb0I6_c42tjuCRlf-0_O6FehSk292L-4/w400-h221/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.07.13%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The sunrise meant that we'd no longer benefit from the reflective material, but it was pretty.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLca4T-sI-7EGy9vElxYI4yrpC7BPm__fCeqmhIjUYKtb6Nqhve8WzQYjiY8ti-TWo-ZhNa4oqUEbZncVQp_H1AjPxJEphEyZueuKebUwwyNMyvAemkg-Zzdw0mrVMtk_cEIwveT9nPYEideD-AKnHAhAkfKhjyO0sVdJ1sEPjqzHfb2AJ0kZLpRcjBk/s2718/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.12.28%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="2718" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLca4T-sI-7EGy9vElxYI4yrpC7BPm__fCeqmhIjUYKtb6Nqhve8WzQYjiY8ti-TWo-ZhNa4oqUEbZncVQp_H1AjPxJEphEyZueuKebUwwyNMyvAemkg-Zzdw0mrVMtk_cEIwveT9nPYEideD-AKnHAhAkfKhjyO0sVdJ1sEPjqzHfb2AJ0kZLpRcjBk/w400-h223/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.12.28%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We did go on quite a trek with a decent amount of distance and uphill, but the plan was to bag as many points as we could before time was up, so everyone powered through, despite the fatigue. You don't know how many points the competition has, so you keep doing the best you can...</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzip2Buy_R4jK1HDgVw761XBGCCXx--23nZqU5xXMyp9Xj7-q77mxltNjrZ8zQBQY_ZwtKX4nPsv6fCOqoYLXRx5SpC6BonhXFwNFDvvyL9LOFxpl61Y12DaBWc3106_AxGceIXQsLcpVXkLgfWX7HA9UqRmg52Y6cPvBtFA7oiVEhss_ND8SCckm16f8/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.17.57%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzip2Buy_R4jK1HDgVw761XBGCCXx--23nZqU5xXMyp9Xj7-q77mxltNjrZ8zQBQY_ZwtKX4nPsv6fCOqoYLXRx5SpC6BonhXFwNFDvvyL9LOFxpl61Y12DaBWc3106_AxGceIXQsLcpVXkLgfWX7HA9UqRmg52Y6cPvBtFA7oiVEhss_ND8SCckm16f8/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.17.57%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Near the end, we had some fun points to get... we felt pretty good about time management. We had 2 water points that Meg grabbed by kayak. She was feeling good and didn't mind getting wet for the team.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovsARVmM8hcJ2zE_SgRfkQuhIEjcxJhpAL0rYA6ZSN-4aFhK22iG-m1j7ff3-Gj7YWcIUzZs2KG-GqElxK3Yem8zQsZxvqtPDv41jLn691D9YazIgIJpP8ZHPU_zT62MbG-XhxlgeOCKelLafHFbBlyS5937dXrFCSnN2t4iCbLkvrY1jd6zuEprKikQ/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.19.52%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovsARVmM8hcJ2zE_SgRfkQuhIEjcxJhpAL0rYA6ZSN-4aFhK22iG-m1j7ff3-Gj7YWcIUzZs2KG-GqElxK3Yem8zQsZxvqtPDv41jLn691D9YazIgIJpP8ZHPU_zT62MbG-XhxlgeOCKelLafHFbBlyS5937dXrFCSnN2t4iCbLkvrY1jd6zuEprKikQ/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.19.52%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcGqCDL0qfhsrd0dG0Lj7w096pByjOYS_05IneiLVU74P-FQJAA4l7D7WcYCrXPX3vena9jQtUB8LC_uaWBtuyT78DnpYo_GkcVaa4vEaaR-yh4twZ3w8PfGmks-9meQr89ow2W-Z2AmIP8VsAyK45f8jUsRUidVfJH8jpl_sosuiND-Y88W7WdB71Qc/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.19.57%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcGqCDL0qfhsrd0dG0Lj7w096pByjOYS_05IneiLVU74P-FQJAA4l7D7WcYCrXPX3vena9jQtUB8LC_uaWBtuyT78DnpYo_GkcVaa4vEaaR-yh4twZ3w8PfGmks-9meQr89ow2W-Z2AmIP8VsAyK45f8jUsRUidVfJH8jpl_sosuiND-Y88W7WdB71Qc/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.19.57%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPH3bb3gh1jRjWSABhptAgXYjBue6yUz3WMNKjje7ZXiCYF9fuFeB4CQSmCD5L1xLzBLDkLfFK2mIlxNYsx1Gtrxszei8-yJ74ClblalF-HKiBv87MjcEGeA7wZPHiI2GWtZToSXlxJYq-CJljaYWC4OBVbOahB9m2psLpYrWB8Zh5C3QeFiYOF7Uzzk/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.20.09%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPH3bb3gh1jRjWSABhptAgXYjBue6yUz3WMNKjje7ZXiCYF9fuFeB4CQSmCD5L1xLzBLDkLfFK2mIlxNYsx1Gtrxszei8-yJ74ClblalF-HKiBv87MjcEGeA7wZPHiI2GWtZToSXlxJYq-CJljaYWC4OBVbOahB9m2psLpYrWB8Zh5C3QeFiYOF7Uzzk/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.20.09%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXO3crC2dVO9iGW-A1bqWkwmDt_IUq80R13JC6VUK_vYYLebFbrOqp7X2KYR2kBPtUQP9Pg1qnUfde9jFOlHr_W3eDLjwepDzm9drJ3dD9Ey7S9FiJRHuq7QDm8TOb8UgKGFQeTpSfGoXZDKppsGZmiZRyFhkfkZ-waQ1CUQjaom0jOxVFuphi3DJh1c/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.23.55%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXO3crC2dVO9iGW-A1bqWkwmDt_IUq80R13JC6VUK_vYYLebFbrOqp7X2KYR2kBPtUQP9Pg1qnUfde9jFOlHr_W3eDLjwepDzm9drJ3dD9Ey7S9FiJRHuq7QDm8TOb8UgKGFQeTpSfGoXZDKppsGZmiZRyFhkfkZ-waQ1CUQjaom0jOxVFuphi3DJh1c/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.23.55%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We backtracked a little bit to go for point R, since we had a bit of extra time. We searched for quite a while on a steep spur, but no luck. It turns out that it was ground level, by the stream. The MACV2s were doing very well, though!</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBaeY3V6oQwHQMEpfTzQ3KnwETvc5IH5P8NjJnGzUGnVK-23JazGTdwyDUIyjMf87xQLv2194Hyd--xGFt6jSBo53cf-mA6JfAKkKfP_EtQOY5HPf3BH9aAxScjH8csLZvoAVzMWOyGVoDY5xc5tEYq_jiOO8V5OH4_30YTsvbkYB255MMXx-J3c8iZM/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.25.17%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2326" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBaeY3V6oQwHQMEpfTzQ3KnwETvc5IH5P8NjJnGzUGnVK-23JazGTdwyDUIyjMf87xQLv2194Hyd--xGFt6jSBo53cf-mA6JfAKkKfP_EtQOY5HPf3BH9aAxScjH8csLZvoAVzMWOyGVoDY5xc5tEYq_jiOO8V5OH4_30YTsvbkYB255MMXx-J3c8iZM/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.25.17%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisfOxK8Vej40MVrsH_rhFe-ja3-xaPwRYrdsHnd5pKx9J-TR3h7SzyMcfGbd380KBmucxEftmORKhHvPTyXMNzZRCNHq2WI4qxBPZOFVKGt_ku62cxCjVjNAFNzA-YsVp5MhF7XevC72eV214h66KxAIJeeHC_bJOWbIYGCYrpxcqj2Nw_f830Rm0DnOQ/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.25.23%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We need to cross the finish line before the 50 hour mark, first and foremost. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfGasq-r7_SXwl70Srjw07Bol6-0MkiqoMdlyh8ekSVbdPKK6D2N5OVTkc_J8Ki0TtHheuOL9hjkThmXpbN992fUwUbHmq8fia8Lr2xNMj4UDuEnbAp75P3eYx0f1J8efiPIveNqXm0ZTX9WJ8-Mbg4VoRsTpxjf8NqzImscwchhnU7eCY-8iMiUKl2o/s2630/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.29.23%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="2630" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfGasq-r7_SXwl70Srjw07Bol6-0MkiqoMdlyh8ekSVbdPKK6D2N5OVTkc_J8Ki0TtHheuOL9hjkThmXpbN992fUwUbHmq8fia8Lr2xNMj4UDuEnbAp75P3eYx0f1J8efiPIveNqXm0ZTX9WJ8-Mbg4VoRsTpxjf8NqzImscwchhnU7eCY-8iMiUKl2o/w400-h266/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.29.23%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3Ux-w0U5A3mCUmSSDjSGxWILDZuThUbwKKxtOgV9PYzcWJ6daIZXx7qx8sH7Ue_IXmzz6Db7F_yJMjk4H9pjhdD85XLKqOnNwMPohHniSOBGzCABKrJ4UuI9DFOgBqGxy7HnoIuAIviXyrU_zlzOgilozI-QOjLi36WGPH71T2ZIlRZRsaXSLlEePCo/s1752/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.38.37%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3Ux-w0U5A3mCUmSSDjSGxWILDZuThUbwKKxtOgV9PYzcWJ6daIZXx7qx8sH7Ue_IXmzz6Db7F_yJMjk4H9pjhdD85XLKqOnNwMPohHniSOBGzCABKrJ4UuI9DFOgBqGxy7HnoIuAIviXyrU_zlzOgilozI-QOjLi36WGPH71T2ZIlRZRsaXSLlEePCo/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.38.37%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We hung out at the end, swapping stories about the race experience with other teams. Pete and his son were there to welcome us in and help us as we recovered.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBpVwUv2-9S33PLcWBJkZw5mYKYNH70lA9hRANEVzWRBoHOWkx51_qv4_DHWxPRIn6FnsB-_Y_o5hGcnsU0MiL8lkfF0r9vvMeEeErbdFxplQNsn3VwGJWcsxY4T7Krs71AKjsaydsOfYbhWd0bHnyHidz6aHe1OLOAIV8twOCftCT2NsAee-3GB6vzM/s2328/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.31.58%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="2328" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBpVwUv2-9S33PLcWBJkZw5mYKYNH70lA9hRANEVzWRBoHOWkx51_qv4_DHWxPRIn6FnsB-_Y_o5hGcnsU0MiL8lkfF0r9vvMeEeErbdFxplQNsn3VwGJWcsxY4T7Krs71AKjsaydsOfYbhWd0bHnyHidz6aHe1OLOAIV8twOCftCT2NsAee-3GB6vzM/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.31.58%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBp2cZ2ymyO3_C5wcQPo60luT_33aEDfm671kbvMa7PWCxl_jAC-oplSKry20MIRPdBAneztm0gFP5x8WL62ZVFMWgo_9-acZ5lnV_zEgVCRIOsXnXtXVAaJDkiLvTjsbD9nZYZCwNekDLF-6zPzgIBonZFdA4v1S0X1BXgvOUZCwheAaFs2lmbusKbg/s2328/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.32.02%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="2328" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBp2cZ2ymyO3_C5wcQPo60luT_33aEDfm671kbvMa7PWCxl_jAC-oplSKry20MIRPdBAneztm0gFP5x8WL62ZVFMWgo_9-acZ5lnV_zEgVCRIOsXnXtXVAaJDkiLvTjsbD9nZYZCwNekDLF-6zPzgIBonZFdA4v1S0X1BXgvOUZCwheAaFs2lmbusKbg/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.32.02%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDKRRG4iBRPvyCip4M9pXEvghm1FSSzTtFc_vC7Nzt7u5Te46ww5Se3-dqbmFUx5EGaCugSieq-bePKID1Nkke0PlKEDJpe2bTXngSXS6LJ6gCq2E4KgEtWiMn6DDhtajPmz4f36cLuCs2SQHgFa1siVTR8_ZdJ2F_763GB8mDUFfcrDY9RGlYdqmwBw/s2328/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.31.47%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="2328" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDKRRG4iBRPvyCip4M9pXEvghm1FSSzTtFc_vC7Nzt7u5Te46ww5Se3-dqbmFUx5EGaCugSieq-bePKID1Nkke0PlKEDJpe2bTXngSXS6LJ6gCq2E4KgEtWiMn6DDhtajPmz4f36cLuCs2SQHgFa1siVTR8_ZdJ2F_763GB8mDUFfcrDY9RGlYdqmwBw/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.31.47%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were psyched to learn that we placed 1st in our division. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0q2Vz8kHsHjiGWGAHkhjUymfmONDmImzEgIfXeZ9n-9AB5o5kHRx031jadQUVUHOtoK_rw9k1nE3wPmiypOcRVVHnK4v0dpZjdlXO774iZtW98Dz1PczKxWNV_2dQufDh5IE0vTt1OzrXECdLV00VcUYBMhd6AZU4ZwJCe9DRUaT6mB1g-A8u_mGwKvo/s1752/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.34.27%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="1308" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0q2Vz8kHsHjiGWGAHkhjUymfmONDmImzEgIfXeZ9n-9AB5o5kHRx031jadQUVUHOtoK_rw9k1nE3wPmiypOcRVVHnK4v0dpZjdlXO774iZtW98Dz1PczKxWNV_2dQufDh5IE0vTt1OzrXECdLV00VcUYBMhd6AZU4ZwJCe9DRUaT6mB1g-A8u_mGwKvo/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.34.27%20PM.png" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our willingness to keep going until the very end and get every point that we could within the time limit, got us to the top. </div><div><br /></div>I'm so proud of this team, and to have been a part of it. We each come in with different strengths, but the same kind of stellar work ethic and grit, and an ability to work together through whatever situations we came across.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5ZX8W4wm-qPDffXxeymb_FjTIwecLGFM_C00UqQsWjh3CV5Oyk3goBda8LFOqzM4Q48sIX1KlD2YOpyxoN14sMXop57fHlmPMImUMvNiP1rnfRnddZ2xNLevbeb_dTql-YZui7mKOdEm9eYRCZkaUevzGEARGtauesBYB-8ctgQ1QvSKetrnQHGI75I/s938/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.39.40%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5ZX8W4wm-qPDffXxeymb_FjTIwecLGFM_C00UqQsWjh3CV5Oyk3goBda8LFOqzM4Q48sIX1KlD2YOpyxoN14sMXop57fHlmPMImUMvNiP1rnfRnddZ2xNLevbeb_dTql-YZui7mKOdEm9eYRCZkaUevzGEARGtauesBYB-8ctgQ1QvSKetrnQHGI75I/w552-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.39.40%20PM.png" width="552" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuerX_H5i7H7995FvRbszTE0VpAg0i0iHYNS7HcCgngE8Osh2eIi_Wudz11h81cXMh7z-3F5qFGJJTKMnb9s9JFEVkx8yHwOyV8UmssG21xVGOYxI_vdujrdGDUctEQNuDa9v7VDdEWvAM5tiaP4WLEHEeWqPXUGQ7bIKCjwfzumI2rPPNaO7eH3pKGW4/s938/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.39.44%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuerX_H5i7H7995FvRbszTE0VpAg0i0iHYNS7HcCgngE8Osh2eIi_Wudz11h81cXMh7z-3F5qFGJJTKMnb9s9JFEVkx8yHwOyV8UmssG21xVGOYxI_vdujrdGDUctEQNuDa9v7VDdEWvAM5tiaP4WLEHEeWqPXUGQ7bIKCjwfzumI2rPPNaO7eH3pKGW4/w552-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.39.44%20PM.png" width="552" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcsfsOb8zOAplRV08Jrbr_9IzxE1F1GDkKJ6HsTR9Bih1R6mPLY5oYav3R9hE-VEvz4wCIvEFLr7VlRPgr1yXiHXlgwaX9Zi2HkvCW_JBHtOcUfEUL06dVOZrAUgd7VDOWHzvjG7i7NJ-yyLbndyIk9XaMBQvo8WGSWu55R_BJpiMyLRZxdg6C67Wb3I/s938/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.39.49%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcsfsOb8zOAplRV08Jrbr_9IzxE1F1GDkKJ6HsTR9Bih1R6mPLY5oYav3R9hE-VEvz4wCIvEFLr7VlRPgr1yXiHXlgwaX9Zi2HkvCW_JBHtOcUfEUL06dVOZrAUgd7VDOWHzvjG7i7NJ-yyLbndyIk9XaMBQvo8WGSWu55R_BJpiMyLRZxdg6C67Wb3I/w552-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.39.49%20PM.png" width="552" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>The next day after I got home, I put together a video recap of the experience, while the excitement was still very fresh in my mind:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QbUWWE2ioUk" width="320" youtube-src-id="QbUWWE2ioUk"></iframe></div><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Another team's experience... it's fun to see what other teams went through during the same journey... Each team has their own dynamics, but we're all athletes and humans, going through similar physical and mental struggles...</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mds_51ERjLE" width="320" youtube-src-id="Mds_51ERjLE"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>THE END</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91FPWavX9TK-ea4TabjGwpvCiQQG0Ypg_tcUWyva3z4IyWQ06RFnWY-1Dk7iVXuAQirUzZPfCrmPWH9KtBQAyC-cqevXBsmMUzhXLr_OANLzI1vRxVMFtZafinbiArBwaqgikFnnq6XSYI7AQDFKX6hWEaIU68kG-FRAfBQHulJfnWzdpi0_dmoyzLxk/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.39.13%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2332" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91FPWavX9TK-ea4TabjGwpvCiQQG0Ypg_tcUWyva3z4IyWQ06RFnWY-1Dk7iVXuAQirUzZPfCrmPWH9KtBQAyC-cqevXBsmMUzhXLr_OANLzI1vRxVMFtZafinbiArBwaqgikFnnq6XSYI7AQDFKX6hWEaIU68kG-FRAfBQHulJfnWzdpi0_dmoyzLxk/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%204.39.13%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-26651423694036931552023-08-12T07:59:00.005-04:002023-08-12T08:04:04.707-04:00GORUCK Bragg Deception Weekend<p><b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b></p><p><b><u>Monday, May 1:</u></b></p><p>Total Body Yoga | Deep Stretch with Adriene. Good after doing the South Fork Sampler on Saturday.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Tuesday, May 2:</u></b></p><p>APFT with 47/45 pushups, 79/76 situps, 14:05/15:54 2 miler.</p><p>Then a 2 mile ruck with a 30#RPC in 28:16 around work, which had bad air quality because it was near a major road during rush hour. I've rucked at that time of day before, so maybe it the wind was blowing the smog my way that day.</p><p>Afterwards, I rode the Peleton, doing the "30 min World Mental Health Day" challenge with Kendall Toole. It sounded like a friendly, gentle class, but it's been the most difficult yet. I was only able to keep up with the commands half the time. It was good content, though, kind of like how yoga instructors will make the class not just about stretching but also frames of mind. It was not the active recovery I had planned on getting, though!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6DakYtCrvlz7hHXbEKrSz2beTFUc8Gy0OyK-5-XZErEDr9JiY6DkNTzMbvKZqjqsu4aOR3nGIAnobq2cKzwFIf06CbR4W2YKR5C9WHj6rWjczWDlxf3Wad7IR_sn67K1DFg_r_L5wo6bv2ia_m4AIxH21z3XYE_0M-7cx-2o18pMMCHjNedZR4_FWp8M/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%206.54.16%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2326" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6DakYtCrvlz7hHXbEKrSz2beTFUc8Gy0OyK-5-XZErEDr9JiY6DkNTzMbvKZqjqsu4aOR3nGIAnobq2cKzwFIf06CbR4W2YKR5C9WHj6rWjczWDlxf3Wad7IR_sn67K1DFg_r_L5wo6bv2ia_m4AIxH21z3XYE_0M-7cx-2o18pMMCHjNedZR4_FWp8M/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%206.54.16%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Wednesday, May 3:</u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Range day at Blackstone with the G19C, plus dry fire at home.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>BRAGG DECEPTION PATCH HOLDER WEEKEND</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">This is the biggest event on the GORUCK FAD calendar. It's geared towards those who have completed a certain series of courses already, so that we can jump right into more advanced techniques. They did open it up this year and disregarded the Deception Patch requirement, though, to get numbers up.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, May 5: </u></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><i>CAS-P</i></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Always start with the fundamentals...</p><p style="text-align: left;">- Clearing procedures, disassembly, insert barrel plugs</p><p style="text-align: left;">- 5 fundamentals</p><p style="text-align: left;">- Mag change practice</p><p style="text-align: left;">- Tap rack bang practice</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">1. Walk in a circle while doing mag changes using your peripheral vision</p><p style="text-align: left;">2. Shoot 5, reload, shoot, diagnosing peoples' issues and getting good tips along the way</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXlDlwuwlJPBvoiTLDsL3yTvJEs6h23Uhnf2I4YW7l3Ow17TYfBclYdEulfcbtSfdXTpM91lqQLkI5fNUTqLQRLADdRsVsAy2Q_3VA8UztCS9v7FCOkggpUUOmUy3vOI-A1TmsQxFbXT18h6wvMQWr8SQpB6EAbD82eEybO4BKhfX-Vk9Yt9b-jbiFzQ/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.16.42%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2332" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXlDlwuwlJPBvoiTLDsL3yTvJEs6h23Uhnf2I4YW7l3Ow17TYfBclYdEulfcbtSfdXTpM91lqQLkI5fNUTqLQRLADdRsVsAy2Q_3VA8UztCS9v7FCOkggpUUOmUy3vOI-A1TmsQxFbXT18h6wvMQWr8SQpB6EAbD82eEybO4BKhfX-Vk9Yt9b-jbiFzQ/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.16.42%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">3. Cadence with 3-5 shots, focusing on just getting that first sight picture.</p><p style="text-align: left;">4. One-handed</p><p style="text-align: left;">5. Turn and shoot</p><p style="text-align: left;">6. Triple Bull Quals - as a fun twist, the patches that we'd earn were put in the middle of the target, so that it would get shot up (if you're accurate)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TT4OzIqYDLbK650EpkYmWDVMpZeHJ_exsxSTPCCGkq0DDLseSif-U0cQHgGFR7gzDc5nkEA8zVN3wUjNWM8G4Efxzxc7KemrRnqXTeZlGBdjlFli8XpbAaNRT3IQxhQu5Jiq2LqZPoxxhsQWXpkC3oF5PzYh542_8bUCW40KWS71iTtBoh2S-cO0uYM/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.13.47%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2332" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TT4OzIqYDLbK650EpkYmWDVMpZeHJ_exsxSTPCCGkq0DDLseSif-U0cQHgGFR7gzDc5nkEA8zVN3wUjNWM8G4Efxzxc7KemrRnqXTeZlGBdjlFli8XpbAaNRT3IQxhQu5Jiq2LqZPoxxhsQWXpkC3oF5PzYh542_8bUCW40KWS71iTtBoh2S-cO0uYM/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.13.47%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53F4507G9nmqH17-tegTu0H42SgPTYybItWS4o3nJITHE97xy-G849UGpByKw9wAKgArG7hgFubBRXaOM0-u1ewbO5B_HSLTtXUEC-WWqD4H-ncwa_WGQTa-QBSEBO_WtPiSgXCUEh099rwfgzIfLzlwfFuvycG95hQbbKoyx4C-oNE4Wcp0GCVcOixc/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.14.39%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2332" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53F4507G9nmqH17-tegTu0H42SgPTYybItWS4o3nJITHE97xy-G849UGpByKw9wAKgArG7hgFubBRXaOM0-u1ewbO5B_HSLTtXUEC-WWqD4H-ncwa_WGQTa-QBSEBO_WtPiSgXCUEh099rwfgzIfLzlwfFuvycG95hQbbKoyx4C-oNE4Wcp0GCVcOixc/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.14.39%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">7. See how many consecutive hits you can get after setting first sight picture then closing your eyes to test NPA and recoil management</p><p style="text-align: left;">8. Stations where we can work on the plate rack, pairs on multiple targets from standing, kneeling standing, and mixing in one-handed shooting</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oRTi7X_VF-4" width="320" youtube-src-id="oRTi7X_VF-4"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Fight</i></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">This was a bonus class led by a BJJ instructor. We learned tips on how to get out when attacked against a wall, or if you find yourself pushed to the ground. Setting your feet parallel instead of perpendicular is a big one, and not super intuitive, but it works!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdomvH_CJvq1oulngHBVWURQ5CYbYOgD96I-ZPPA16qbfdQ8TKPyGSsLs12jIwOf_Y6jzxyHLveaW_7kPLzPl69LooQeqMuR3gh1OfIBbjEcXrgJUz4i00g1EAoSI0pWIS1IfsVvhc_pMBJN9iClX-N3GUqXv8bIRCGcI-NnT4ONlTWAKR7ukO2OQTgas/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.18.24%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2332" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdomvH_CJvq1oulngHBVWURQ5CYbYOgD96I-ZPPA16qbfdQ8TKPyGSsLs12jIwOf_Y6jzxyHLveaW_7kPLzPl69LooQeqMuR3gh1OfIBbjEcXrgJUz4i00g1EAoSI0pWIS1IfsVvhc_pMBJN9iClX-N3GUqXv8bIRCGcI-NnT4ONlTWAKR7ukO2OQTgas/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.18.24%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7s-v1eSyrT5oozgfdIkM01XDibFtclJEAA0rtkD_by-6zrKfDBzdJzyXnVxzudgbPos_7N5KgUaI2XZr1Cr-pITEe33D18UJjVIh9DEWim4tSWBTyKqc2rYCdso2Iso1ZP_NcRmda7Jo6quB88sut5zLepm8ULK-ejTUtgvZ7G_5cK4E6JlrBSk8siwg/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.19.00%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2332" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7s-v1eSyrT5oozgfdIkM01XDibFtclJEAA0rtkD_by-6zrKfDBzdJzyXnVxzudgbPos_7N5KgUaI2XZr1Cr-pITEe33D18UJjVIh9DEWim4tSWBTyKqc2rYCdso2Iso1ZP_NcRmda7Jo6quB88sut5zLepm8ULK-ejTUtgvZ7G_5cK4E6JlrBSk8siwg/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.19.00%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Night-P</i></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">In May, it's not like in winter, where it gets dark early, so we did a lot while there was still light out.</p><p style="text-align: left;">1. Shooting warmup (slow aim fire, cadence, shooter's choice)</p><p style="text-align: left;">2. Shooting from seated, standing, kneeling. Seated on a chair isn't an obvious one, but if you're at a restaurant or some venue, it's definitely a possibility!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEA9PFLfHJUbKFnqmfKvhsTZVSYT8N6jI_vpjmfgJSfUBz3PynWkbYMYr-NMzxvsX-BTFjNDMc1BPnV74YPd_-jewfbSUectpCJBykbYhbvhEEitkpDJuHBGcoXOiouvbaF3dUPd714Yqgp-B54IyWWMhfD5gFLxfCqDrg13H_kxnZ4jm2L9DShNxC27E/s2706/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.24.54%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2706" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEA9PFLfHJUbKFnqmfKvhsTZVSYT8N6jI_vpjmfgJSfUBz3PynWkbYMYr-NMzxvsX-BTFjNDMc1BPnV74YPd_-jewfbSUectpCJBykbYhbvhEEitkpDJuHBGcoXOiouvbaF3dUPd714Yqgp-B54IyWWMhfD5gFLxfCqDrg13H_kxnZ4jm2L9DShNxC27E/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.24.54%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">3. VTACs with buddies. VTACs with pistol tests fundamentals.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqbsMfRNk7jqT522ioYAP-9xOh2JzBik4uRGar8b8bXjsRCQCXLTwf95BvrgVzMMU0rdRj2ClNCVSp6sggxFzwWFGX7TCuifEIWxz5ipiZdoChkXwHCCmFr3PdSwcczTO3rPHoYK8n3rXCkZ1hDEU4X97vdBue1Y0ga4FRZCp_5AbeMXxNpVRUtW1_kk/s2306/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.25.45%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="2306" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqbsMfRNk7jqT522ioYAP-9xOh2JzBik4uRGar8b8bXjsRCQCXLTwf95BvrgVzMMU0rdRj2ClNCVSp6sggxFzwWFGX7TCuifEIWxz5ipiZdoChkXwHCCmFr3PdSwcczTO3rPHoYK8n3rXCkZ1hDEU4X97vdBue1Y0ga4FRZCp_5AbeMXxNpVRUtW1_kk/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.25.45%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">4. From the hollow body position, as if you had just been knocked down.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5A0CS2QDFVAukjq96Q7FJnQjmm7waOlXyLPRumhmjj5tLmGHRyD-oP6uV2GhIVrfuuFWSwvImw1PFBKcYgIbTWy9YKo8ErNGB0qM_tdh8cAs6n90zBQhPd2myXzxqF76sCJd9UqgoQhVgDL0RL2IA19rcqulyjxd-b3MCAsAfWST8qMz8GM5EP-rFWs/s2306/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.27.48%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1730" data-original-width="2306" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5A0CS2QDFVAukjq96Q7FJnQjmm7waOlXyLPRumhmjj5tLmGHRyD-oP6uV2GhIVrfuuFWSwvImw1PFBKcYgIbTWy9YKo8ErNGB0qM_tdh8cAs6n90zBQhPd2myXzxqF76sCJd9UqgoQhVgDL0RL2IA19rcqulyjxd-b3MCAsAfWST8qMz8GM5EP-rFWs/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.27.48%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">5. From supine, to demonstrate how fundamentals always work, with double-tapped multiple targets for an added twist, with mag changes from prone.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRthh5S7fPSFV4t6Ca_Q9pstvgtGCt5BOmEYu1aH7QBr53tEXi6DdBRgBcmneO7qDkgTe2jVO6LWlODwCtL5kvoTv1b4cvSH8ypHQAnFEuAD69g-cfSiJWxfUU9-tx-oALIN1ERh3ScQYd0WaEvdaECYBeLBRgSKNCg1kzBrg8hrvC9pb-JdftHTFBAp0/s2710/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.29.28%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2710" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRthh5S7fPSFV4t6Ca_Q9pstvgtGCt5BOmEYu1aH7QBr53tEXi6DdBRgBcmneO7qDkgTe2jVO6LWlODwCtL5kvoTv1b4cvSH8ypHQAnFEuAD69g-cfSiJWxfUU9-tx-oALIN1ERh3ScQYd0WaEvdaECYBeLBRgSKNCg1kzBrg8hrvC9pb-JdftHTFBAp0/w400-h225/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.29.28%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">6. O-course to shake out our gear</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ15yhrMmBPkGncQetyBTni25oRMvKu2q6jwyChQMLElTXOh5HR5oYr0VU4EO-C5mtaeY8GYGp6p4pEouB1tn4qnIB1mbty5vIfTlVETecaxpIdAwI2siwprZaoD4EpqLHR0s9MVH6EU5GeVlbuvdrIjhChEhyaCc18zBh6YAmW8oM85G0nq5Aof7iYpU/s2322/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.33.22%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2322" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ15yhrMmBPkGncQetyBTni25oRMvKu2q6jwyChQMLElTXOh5HR5oYr0VU4EO-C5mtaeY8GYGp6p4pEouB1tn4qnIB1mbty5vIfTlVETecaxpIdAwI2siwprZaoD4EpqLHR0s9MVH6EU5GeVlbuvdrIjhChEhyaCc18zBh6YAmW8oM85G0nq5Aof7iYpU/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.33.22%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">7. Shooting with handheld flashlight </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-EBSWjql8TEIhtn1BdyIh3ks_aeFZqxsp2ceTL8-AGyP-bcaHIcSj3tKRPmzd5rH0cTcbDnCaHkWYSYOgH1wjHTyMql_IUjoUPPjXB0j9uMhXRZtwvNLOd9Zosxb2ag2mblINiDmXhLRLxTaZEbpJ_kxjMpgIQtmI_0h-7HcHZ2Q7WqKyA9XIjkQomA/s2322/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.34.42%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2322" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-EBSWjql8TEIhtn1BdyIh3ks_aeFZqxsp2ceTL8-AGyP-bcaHIcSj3tKRPmzd5rH0cTcbDnCaHkWYSYOgH1wjHTyMql_IUjoUPPjXB0j9uMhXRZtwvNLOd9Zosxb2ag2mblINiDmXhLRLxTaZEbpJ_kxjMpgIQtmI_0h-7HcHZ2Q7WqKyA9XIjkQomA/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.34.42%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">8. Walk, stop, threat, back to low ready, repeat, advancing towards the target.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><b><u>Saturday, May 6: </u></b></p><p><b><i>CAS-R</i></b></p><p>1. Position overview, with a neat car trick that I hadn't seen before.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_OIhx39GxyjRprxJDDEWYwWTlq29jLN0CuXryDvz4zQDy4QGHZ9IM75ZRL3ZiBH9dlV1wubaVeI3wIByyGxfaFQAGDktDwfSIzeKKIN0CT8Nuljhwj6HTLEPEqNRk7lquGz9QsVaSRbciOTL4GDRGqUVGYtUumAWfGgsocjcleHHd4fM1gDkFrN0Cuc/s2322/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.36.35%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2322" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_OIhx39GxyjRprxJDDEWYwWTlq29jLN0CuXryDvz4zQDy4QGHZ9IM75ZRL3ZiBH9dlV1wubaVeI3wIByyGxfaFQAGDktDwfSIzeKKIN0CT8Nuljhwj6HTLEPEqNRk7lquGz9QsVaSRbciOTL4GDRGqUVGYtUumAWfGgsocjcleHHd4fM1gDkFrN0Cuc/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.36.35%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_t86DKOK-NP8QKkZsaUcM5KmGBwpsBq8SSdonhNicrQEgdZwZgiLXv55TfmE3S2VqAS31eH9QVVEdpw-Vo5FYxeWNG40IM7KL8ticm6a5-_7TzVbaQD4Jcus9nUWGXDxo9nAcXbIl0Xi1ZDqX83dnrK1h4tJbrOlT5k2WVC2r4KRp1wcRwzBr08QS20/s2322/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.37.07%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2322" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_t86DKOK-NP8QKkZsaUcM5KmGBwpsBq8SSdonhNicrQEgdZwZgiLXv55TfmE3S2VqAS31eH9QVVEdpw-Vo5FYxeWNG40IM7KL8ticm6a5-_7TzVbaQD4Jcus9nUWGXDxo9nAcXbIl0Xi1ZDqX83dnrK1h4tJbrOlT5k2WVC2r4KRp1wcRwzBr08QS20/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.37.07%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3UM6RqxRj3zmI4kYd2LEdJr7wqlNjaSs89vfHk2DL2JI8GYABlqBy7AfKmjOw8G3DIQ1O35FGfe8FF9tCJsOGvx9z-DVeyPSzgiA9iijIdAv4ZpA37bl7OeFXLUJwg95cXjgKEpXrFzjRZFxlKZUu3DbKRJ3ZhLwSFvNeLarjCo48chkRlozKK7P3rs/s2322/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.37.12%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2322" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3UM6RqxRj3zmI4kYd2LEdJr7wqlNjaSs89vfHk2DL2JI8GYABlqBy7AfKmjOw8G3DIQ1O35FGfe8FF9tCJsOGvx9z-DVeyPSzgiA9iijIdAv4ZpA37bl7OeFXLUJwg95cXjgKEpXrFzjRZFxlKZUu3DbKRJ3ZhLwSFvNeLarjCo48chkRlozKK7P3rs/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.37.12%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">2. Zero</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Gei0amwr1SMpfoIH9qC0EpzBM3DQYmS0mcKdDomAB-XcXgG5yLnhxy_T4mLJ1GN11tGS622VxPHkEOFctU7Nsd72EvRX5YLdT-JC-aMOtGpTDEiH1FQBfP0_G9-UwkOaFZApkeDCFzLK-RWpq_SVNgHDqtjToVKMxRIhYM10fyLc5Vf8WAglu6X3rCY/s2322/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.42.05%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2322" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Gei0amwr1SMpfoIH9qC0EpzBM3DQYmS0mcKdDomAB-XcXgG5yLnhxy_T4mLJ1GN11tGS622VxPHkEOFctU7Nsd72EvRX5YLdT-JC-aMOtGpTDEiH1FQBfP0_G9-UwkOaFZApkeDCFzLK-RWpq_SVNgHDqtjToVKMxRIhYM10fyLc5Vf8WAglu6X3rCY/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.42.05%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">3. Slow aim fire to know your hold, then cadence</p><p style="text-align: left;">4. Real world qualifier, to get a taste of it... quite challenging to shoot that fast! (15yd standing with 5 and 5 in 15s, 10yd with 5 and 5 in 10s, 5yd with 10rd in 5s, all standing)... I got 199/300.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngTvY3S41GS76_PAVngIm9Y7kPv_HxYPjqbIQwQwDHWUrJeSva0sOGGEZ4nnciffoy2qfW-VCO8XBSlFtxG8_g4-KdBSInVIhIlh2jHE5ZlSKiI0_mbj9Ep7NRJuh_IvQUuUu7InLI2ltj0VjEfjP_TLMVq20aQE9mW62uF26CCNrCN_pPCF-inpf04c/s1738/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%208.01.57%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="1298" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngTvY3S41GS76_PAVngIm9Y7kPv_HxYPjqbIQwQwDHWUrJeSva0sOGGEZ4nnciffoy2qfW-VCO8XBSlFtxG8_g4-KdBSInVIhIlh2jHE5ZlSKiI0_mbj9Ep7NRJuh_IvQUuUu7InLI2ltj0VjEfjP_TLMVq20aQE9mW62uF26CCNrCN_pPCF-inpf04c/w478-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%208.01.57%20AM.png" width="478" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">5. Bill drill at 10yd on paper</p><p style="text-align: left;">6. Turn and shoot Bill drill</p><p style="text-align: left;">7. Advance, stop, shoot, back to low ready, repeat.</p><p style="text-align: left;">8. Horizontal move and shoot, both directions, with Mozambiques</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZGOz_EMZFQzmTRN2evQDG99neQuEEqJbLxqUAwEPHYW0dTLOUo_CiNlR8k8KtfX821SaJueDn__PIN0jPNqKThCgf7OrVNtxeo0_6iRWjHal0tmi5kyqzUDdAlCHrPAQZkWsIiKjQrfJF1ib0lWVJsE1wDZ_2ggpm3S9JWDtNj2UjRVrAX19387AFqw/s2322/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.42.17%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2322" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZGOz_EMZFQzmTRN2evQDG99neQuEEqJbLxqUAwEPHYW0dTLOUo_CiNlR8k8KtfX821SaJueDn__PIN0jPNqKThCgf7OrVNtxeo0_6iRWjHal0tmi5kyqzUDdAlCHrPAQZkWsIiKjQrfJF1ib0lWVJsE1wDZ_2ggpm3S9JWDtNj2UjRVrAX19387AFqw/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.42.17%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">9. 100yd from standing, kneeling, seated, prone... I had trouble getting hits today.</p><p style="text-align: left;">10. VTAC (squares are good for easing into horizontal since you have more space)</p><p style="text-align: left;">11. O-course with random buddy and a sandbag</p><p style="text-align: left;">12. Shooter/spotter communication challenge (failed), lesson in growth mindset</p><p style="text-align: left;">13. Culex: Bounding away</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgmMqJydpzCY8VPO5tVxGIgT44DI8sDMOzdL8Puuq5X3pFw6BTPrqGmGEey6Qcwvgi5LRML7bYFf3mZz99W_Q3lWGrleekQx9PA2APSGbmmtt59WlU-MZoVtE0TKvp8xbe3-Y993Aj-rR9htbtdxPv8RAVqX9L3_UxdRcwoDZXZiwI9n-k53duzwOsnE/s2322/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.42.42%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2322" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgmMqJydpzCY8VPO5tVxGIgT44DI8sDMOzdL8Puuq5X3pFw6BTPrqGmGEey6Qcwvgi5LRML7bYFf3mZz99W_Q3lWGrleekQx9PA2APSGbmmtt59WlU-MZoVtE0TKvp8xbe3-Y993Aj-rR9htbtdxPv8RAVqX9L3_UxdRcwoDZXZiwI9n-k53duzwOsnE/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.42.42%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">14. Quick patching before switching gears over to Night-R</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8jVDImGaDxc5A6Mo-bOoWVLr0eKnFTc4Ox7vZTrnL5pP7g9mYvCiq3XHfdoAwlX6tRGDwOGdAeG0ynRBCzeg0fB3ZCiyK0yZZkA1bMnu6JsTETo9Z0SrandhRzlEvxkgMSiBu8GGRhB8jwT2pYsvmj0hUzbobWGP1-NrbSjmMRII1n9nrfZWWuFoDdk/s2322/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.42.51%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2322" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8jVDImGaDxc5A6Mo-bOoWVLr0eKnFTc4Ox7vZTrnL5pP7g9mYvCiq3XHfdoAwlX6tRGDwOGdAeG0ynRBCzeg0fB3ZCiyK0yZZkA1bMnu6JsTETo9Z0SrandhRzlEvxkgMSiBu8GGRhB8jwT2pYsvmj0hUzbobWGP1-NrbSjmMRII1n9nrfZWWuFoDdk/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.42.51%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Night-R</i></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">1. Transitions to pistol</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGjBpDVtJ78eI0ca3KFQjeYnWYtoXDYTWO9qXgIfGkBBQF3b0tVnx_YqiqgdhP3dfAsnCmnmwcnvrfRLpMgDI6TzTHgiQZ4BQpkHH5puUxjRZqa1swTBQmpFHdS0lUwDhk2fbuYwV9rHq-LGBR7vensqC7HqV9a-EWiOIjpM3yZfGb6ve1JzKOJePpQs/s2318/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%208.01.16%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1720" data-original-width="2318" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGjBpDVtJ78eI0ca3KFQjeYnWYtoXDYTWO9qXgIfGkBBQF3b0tVnx_YqiqgdhP3dfAsnCmnmwcnvrfRLpMgDI6TzTHgiQZ4BQpkHH5puUxjRZqa1swTBQmpFHdS0lUwDhk2fbuYwV9rHq-LGBR7vensqC7HqV9a-EWiOIjpM3yZfGb6ve1JzKOJePpQs/w400-h296/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%208.01.16%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMN1eCPFugPDersBVINoY15X7V238ODvRcEJEwAmyUstX6IDF1CvqqFMTfcyjdJWfrhwah64edjjg8eCQfRIPM_mLFF13bDdxWx0xFAWgUYuC5uKf7uw8tsUXaPeDtShwVcSxsgA4SCA7s7P5XvJxvgWaGVeyQbG5xcKTl2HjpwGHY2l6rRbC_5FfNkfI/s2682/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.47.47%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2682" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMN1eCPFugPDersBVINoY15X7V238ODvRcEJEwAmyUstX6IDF1CvqqFMTfcyjdJWfrhwah64edjjg8eCQfRIPM_mLFF13bDdxWx0xFAWgUYuC5uKf7uw8tsUXaPeDtShwVcSxsgA4SCA7s7P5XvJxvgWaGVeyQbG5xcKTl2HjpwGHY2l6rRbC_5FfNkfI/w400-h230/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.47.47%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">2. Advance, threat, stop, shoot, back to low ready, repeat, with controlled pairs. It was cool to see the range lit up like an airplane runway.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdhCEbjasD1pRTBSPlqlrMjTXeD5oF5dAxuRh9fonxzFDtuKlO8lEbaUTyIYbQZRoDKBA8FTipE2fgnmMM7RMeJ6h_X01zARveh_hahexW1jNWGbiHLKjHxrSGD0xtv2rM_wghroLE-YGKSboC2JRbA7QMeTcHs98zz0tHtnAZ4ngDmYkdGH_32x9B-o/s2310/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.48.49%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2310" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdhCEbjasD1pRTBSPlqlrMjTXeD5oF5dAxuRh9fonxzFDtuKlO8lEbaUTyIYbQZRoDKBA8FTipE2fgnmMM7RMeJ6h_X01zARveh_hahexW1jNWGbiHLKjHxrSGD0xtv2rM_wghroLE-YGKSboC2JRbA7QMeTcHs98zz0tHtnAZ4ngDmYkdGH_32x9B-o/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.48.49%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Dynamic clearing of shoot house</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyhJ_xlji5weE7Y2Dz-QJYzdmYX5xW4_dLZDNOc-OOW0ULtCYAGkRRzxzUNJeALVCq0I-yF4pGFUkIaRKNcyYJPlQgYloWew0xPrE0YtDS7rVqTmt6EQkstf9AeSOPG4mw60WYvNZk0lmMRWGvGfe1-vpTi13AagMK9Pm5UpC_CdrdNrtyiD1WNR0BVU/s1728/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.56.00%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyhJ_xlji5weE7Y2Dz-QJYzdmYX5xW4_dLZDNOc-OOW0ULtCYAGkRRzxzUNJeALVCq0I-yF4pGFUkIaRKNcyYJPlQgYloWew0xPrE0YtDS7rVqTmt6EQkstf9AeSOPG4mw60WYvNZk0lmMRWGvGfe1-vpTi13AagMK9Pm5UpC_CdrdNrtyiD1WNR0BVU/w482-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.56.00%20AM.png" width="482" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">3. Room processing after you say "go deep"</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUqdhUmySWYNffin532zKKN2MEznrUcs6uKkYNCbd9o-XGhvSKVvry6c7e2ZOTLrsuyR2GGzFTRFTNs4OjCCCqVxyIh1ncfDb0DoNVrs6Fzcdfjz8IgJ1f5zGLalAx6xtv17qg3FhMY2wXrK3kq5G6o2BA1RZUDlyD0gln6Q-mTOPk4Vfj7FjbNOMOAQ/s2330/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.55.35%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2330" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUqdhUmySWYNffin532zKKN2MEznrUcs6uKkYNCbd9o-XGhvSKVvry6c7e2ZOTLrsuyR2GGzFTRFTNs4OjCCCqVxyIh1ncfDb0DoNVrs6Fzcdfjz8IgJ1f5zGLalAx6xtv17qg3FhMY2wXrK3kq5G6o2BA1RZUDlyD0gln6Q-mTOPk4Vfj7FjbNOMOAQ/w400-h296/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.55.35%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">4. Tracking crows and canaries, designate when "eagle coming in"</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFtD6Wl_8hni6-H_gk4t41BWdWt_d6DJqButW9Z063bPkk9CVYBGsBkTOHSRDsbqiJoAGCgpdIX_jp2ePivEjmcmVH-m8c5XIyPR4ZEf4L7uQPNkEaLjG4Zjzf9qkD10xuI-lyju-n03LzY-wGx8yGd2pjiHUXv4HOB3JF9aVEVGa9Jlx_VRVpomjgu4/s1720/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%208.01.04%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1720" data-original-width="1304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFtD6Wl_8hni6-H_gk4t41BWdWt_d6DJqButW9Z063bPkk9CVYBGsBkTOHSRDsbqiJoAGCgpdIX_jp2ePivEjmcmVH-m8c5XIyPR4ZEf4L7uQPNkEaLjG4Zjzf9qkD10xuI-lyju-n03LzY-wGx8yGd2pjiHUXv4HOB3JF9aVEVGa9Jlx_VRVpomjgu4/w486-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%208.01.04%20AM.png" width="486" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">5. I got to be OPFOR for one evolution, which was sooooo much fun. I had the advantage, since I was the trap that was set, but it was awesome, and I shot better than I expected. Close range, but it was a literal blast.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJ5nFcoYXGCrj9hYRG18r5uiGSgc6RTJhbJB5F-O-Pw2u7ohkAfDJtwAZbIunREGr0gbwq7W_f_7NvXOYO_tKNIM7_Jn1hbJyN6NfW-idYDsbYzsNfsZadw4bAJGg_KeMHg9yQDjHN-1kl1o1kPjTjmKidlMa7JROySg_gpDHvJuQqA8iEXZ7LaTq8c0/s1728/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.56.09%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJ5nFcoYXGCrj9hYRG18r5uiGSgc6RTJhbJB5F-O-Pw2u7ohkAfDJtwAZbIunREGr0gbwq7W_f_7NvXOYO_tKNIM7_Jn1hbJyN6NfW-idYDsbYzsNfsZadw4bAJGg_KeMHg9yQDjHN-1kl1o1kPjTjmKidlMa7JROySg_gpDHvJuQqA8iEXZ7LaTq8c0/w482-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.56.09%20AM.png" width="482" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAi6948Eu_Ja5pKFFkKQnO0gHSDy3BgdEcseZ68kZehhxyKDk200qCh1crxo_byJMeUqFqXR3uUiAtdK_yHjCXT63AAQYX-4tsNPfpX2KNk_P0Q40Tw0Q7k01nZn8KCcJGqXDi-Tk3i2OE5iIxrIg7I76QZU8r7XJVWZB7LMieieHKQCXWx3FDG7759k/s2318/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.56.27%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2318" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAi6948Eu_Ja5pKFFkKQnO0gHSDy3BgdEcseZ68kZehhxyKDk200qCh1crxo_byJMeUqFqXR3uUiAtdK_yHjCXT63AAQYX-4tsNPfpX2KNk_P0Q40Tw0Q7k01nZn8KCcJGqXDi-Tk3i2OE5iIxrIg7I76QZU8r7XJVWZB7LMieieHKQCXWx3FDG7759k/w400-h299/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.56.27%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">All the patches!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMZoox7gBW1vxU7lDh38YMs9zhu_ECntyYoG1T_JDmwiNdjNeDMYYNUo6Cf8EpmJ-wBO0J0nbmydNqHvt4qskej_fjMCUaZUojCqC2j19Z2hUqeJ8Dw8TnbnhzqkhrkVeZJYExXeSrP2NoWuuniDtPnsf4bZSQrLNrpli1Au3So9KbXe9CeKtNlYjmiE/s1674/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%208.00.33%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1674" data-original-width="1304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMZoox7gBW1vxU7lDh38YMs9zhu_ECntyYoG1T_JDmwiNdjNeDMYYNUo6Cf8EpmJ-wBO0J0nbmydNqHvt4qskej_fjMCUaZUojCqC2j19Z2hUqeJ8Dw8TnbnhzqkhrkVeZJYExXeSrP2NoWuuniDtPnsf4bZSQrLNrpli1Au3So9KbXe9CeKtNlYjmiE/w498-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%208.00.33%20AM.png" width="498" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItohgaBuf1lTdLmnqoL3bfNGGQyEsCXMABc2sZEE4YTwtRxvtPx3SquLySVJSOQQPGgiGp7jy54ksrrCVqTF4KWZnP1whTmGQtljCKu-JX7zLW-85pZxMheqHDo_oo5rWDM-IgWyUDOLWcgN_QkLmH-Apsj1XvMD3526K2rV6NINMjFaF4k5IWBwDYGs/s1728/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.57.02%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1286" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItohgaBuf1lTdLmnqoL3bfNGGQyEsCXMABc2sZEE4YTwtRxvtPx3SquLySVJSOQQPGgiGp7jy54ksrrCVqTF4KWZnP1whTmGQtljCKu-JX7zLW-85pZxMheqHDo_oo5rWDM-IgWyUDOLWcgN_QkLmH-Apsj1XvMD3526K2rV6NINMjFaF4k5IWBwDYGs/w476-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-12%20at%207.57.02%20AM.png" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08349893656331668260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752787079238401156.post-71630521848361709442023-08-06T11:21:00.001-04:002023-08-06T11:21:13.499-04:002nd Annual South Fork Sampler<b>TRAINING LEAD-UP</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><u>Monday, Apr 24:</u></b></div><div>I did the 4/24/23 dry fire workout for 14 min. Gets you surprisingly sweaty!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0QYgmbbnOZ7EzFuBMEyIZ3BDLJ38hvCexVVaNFen43uPT67AqfWQ53vde5VqOY5Dv8Smy5PV8TPcf95QrVAYRWWV1fusTJ-409pJq2CogOVsPDNhilKtswr8moU4RQXO11nSW62dWXKlXz9Osjaf_8g6PtknLKEBdFdCbLkFW-G2XNaP7gauVKkJ63E/s2330/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.50.53%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2330" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0QYgmbbnOZ7EzFuBMEyIZ3BDLJ38hvCexVVaNFen43uPT67AqfWQ53vde5VqOY5Dv8Smy5PV8TPcf95QrVAYRWWV1fusTJ-409pJq2CogOVsPDNhilKtswr8moU4RQXO11nSW62dWXKlXz9Osjaf_8g6PtknLKEBdFdCbLkFW-G2XNaP7gauVKkJ63E/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.50.53%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIp_LqcjYQcw36VUgRSS5muVWRLP22_CX-F0spsPIbMh0FhLcTlPsLafqAj9xrCudSk7aguaordXREGGtcYVbHjLKTNu_2XeOQQBpXooTp6QqC6dydJO2cL87L-mA6gNjDnKv8RR9lxkyH8Cl13tI_xCH0eUPjTWPttv8rrO2zWUa04VayYMHdNqBL4fs/s2718/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.51.08%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2718" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIp_LqcjYQcw36VUgRSS5muVWRLP22_CX-F0spsPIbMh0FhLcTlPsLafqAj9xrCudSk7aguaordXREGGtcYVbHjLKTNu_2XeOQQBpXooTp6QqC6dydJO2cL87L-mA6gNjDnKv8RR9lxkyH8Cl13tI_xCH0eUPjTWPttv8rrO2zWUa04VayYMHdNqBL4fs/w400-h224/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.51.08%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Then HDT IR34-35.1.2 (core and legs) in 33 min. It was good active recovery after Sandlot.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Tuesday, Apr 25:</u></b></div><div>I explored the trails of Renaissance Park in my lime green Kinvaras wearing the 30#RPC, going until my watch batteries were running dangerously low. I could have physically kept going, but I wouldn't have gotten mileage credit for it! I covered 4 miles in 1:31:34, in cloudly and slightly drizzling weather. My shoulders could feel the RPC, although it felt better when I was moving fast.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmOCCGDUKdShVszVeZggKs4ebnQjYZsk2WFcd1MtGMb_ZzaGcD2wVyUk34I9yps2k2kfjw_5eGsxjV4uFBUBjxs5Jt7EPIQhUrkS4bK0k1G7Eqt5R9s-bHWzRq13wjg5hN8Ax8FLxNnwsGWMk43dSOnsBsGoRFKYT_x-szVIR0VW1zCstP88QtwezE1I/s2332/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.53.12%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2332" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmOCCGDUKdShVszVeZggKs4ebnQjYZsk2WFcd1MtGMb_ZzaGcD2wVyUk34I9yps2k2kfjw_5eGsxjV4uFBUBjxs5Jt7EPIQhUrkS4bK0k1G7Eqt5R9s-bHWzRq13wjg5hN8Ax8FLxNnwsGWMk43dSOnsBsGoRFKYT_x-szVIR0VW1zCstP88QtwezE1I/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.53.12%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The park is close to work, so I figured it could be a convenient spot to get some mileage in on more forgiving ground, while getting some benefits of forest bathing.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Wednesday, Apr 26:</u></b></div><div>I went for 3 miles around the campus at work wearing the 30#RPC in MACV2s. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gKSxFJv2z0SBdRUE3uZCE-QIFr5rgJyGXWD2dsShvDGdnWTNDbKHSLU6A14Le2HMi_XikdAyJZCwguxZnuU9x9_zQy_WVJ1lff5w3_3yZkepUp6IZY4_6_geyZEjShG8Azk7eR7REvondVQf3yhAY-BW86YRwgu5ALAJrFK15fOGs3Ig7GSQW6JIPZ4/s2718/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.54.11%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="2718" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gKSxFJv2z0SBdRUE3uZCE-QIFr5rgJyGXWD2dsShvDGdnWTNDbKHSLU6A14Le2HMi_XikdAyJZCwguxZnuU9x9_zQy_WVJ1lff5w3_3yZkepUp6IZY4_6_geyZEjShG8Azk7eR7REvondVQf3yhAY-BW86YRwgu5ALAJrFK15fOGs3Ig7GSQW6JIPZ4/w400-h223/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.54.11%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Afterwards, I did the 10/2/22 Tiny Apartment WOD for 30 min, and then I did 2x (100 situps, 50 leg raises, 3 min low plank) for 20 min while watching the new <a href="Grunt Style / Vortex Optics Mammoth Sniper Challenge 2023 - Episode 1">Mammoth Sniper Challenge 2023 - Episode 1</a> video that dropped.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Thursday, Apr 27:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Super Spine Yin Yoga with Travis Eliot. My right butt and lower back were tight today.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Friday, Apr 28:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Range day with a bonus buddy:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZI8WLzOTN53DwwTFCAOwJJ3bKJLwei2QRU9g3iafd0YcH8CRkOLgtAqVn6WlAxvLSnwL59ykaiUYCg6UMO-6KZNpNaLELYN-0SqLJfZDeUEj1g9HR_z3Dvs3MAMki9eRofsexy1jKp7Ki45FTQOqa2zXjxDi6v-compPfhwAJqLOAamADnigZV0xS6I/s1498/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.56.30%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1296" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZI8WLzOTN53DwwTFCAOwJJ3bKJLwei2QRU9g3iafd0YcH8CRkOLgtAqVn6WlAxvLSnwL59ykaiUYCg6UMO-6KZNpNaLELYN-0SqLJfZDeUEj1g9HR_z3Dvs3MAMki9eRofsexy1jKp7Ki45FTQOqa2zXjxDi6v-compPfhwAJqLOAamADnigZV0xS6I/w346-h400/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.56.30%20PM.png" width="346" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5zvy1UMUslS1lP32ZXD00V4slia8CP8Ua0GzkTc3_IyxE6cCnRXknff_V8HZYakcLMhYtbluXE8X9NjtYxDefgFy-2ODdjcpH2SI26029D7nq9hU66tHU3ReedGVF6buzNDc5am_Gd8Cdycc65BJ_hrzxuzuFF2nUpK7PccPVECuPL60g-0Gs7ft17U/s2020/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.01.38%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1630" data-original-width="2020" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5zvy1UMUslS1lP32ZXD00V4slia8CP8Ua0GzkTc3_IyxE6cCnRXknff_V8HZYakcLMhYtbluXE8X9NjtYxDefgFy-2ODdjcpH2SI26029D7nq9hU66tHU3ReedGVF6buzNDc5am_Gd8Cdycc65BJ_hrzxuzuFF2nUpK7PccPVECuPL60g-0Gs7ft17U/w400-h323/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.01.38%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And gear prep for the following day's race:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmsNsO1nRfeW5H9eQkplDloxUd4JeSbPXjasNr2lrvJMV95PC1Bt9ZLIbApjeKdFVyAN6TiwqWG6CE8LFnr1z-Uh2-w8kdo3QjOjDmuFLBhItyyzHxlM9LAfEKATEg4sg5nAhD3jISx4egZENCa2e6JXhStzaJU9tYKoa1pCmhpj-FCxZRpPZrE5pHlg/s1498/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.56.47%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1296" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmsNsO1nRfeW5H9eQkplDloxUd4JeSbPXjasNr2lrvJMV95PC1Bt9ZLIbApjeKdFVyAN6TiwqWG6CE8LFnr1z-Uh2-w8kdo3QjOjDmuFLBhItyyzHxlM9LAfEKATEg4sg5nAhD3jISx4egZENCa2e6JXhStzaJU9tYKoa1pCmhpj-FCxZRpPZrE5pHlg/w346-h400/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%208.56.47%20PM.png" width="346" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>SOUTH FORK SAMPLER 2023 - 8 HOUR</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Since Mammoth had been our primary training focus since July 2022, we hadn't been able to dedicate as much time towards adventure racing training this past year. With the Rev3 50 Hour adventure race coming up, we needed to get tuned up quickly. At least we had kept up some orienteering.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">SB and I had done the first annual South Fork Sampler the previous year. It was unique in that it was very beginner-friendly, yet it still offered a fun enough challenge for more experienced racers (not that we're super experienced). For example, you didn't have to plot coordinates - you got a map with pre-plotted points, plus a passport that had photo-based clues.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There was significant rain leading up to the race, which caused the river to swell to some insane levels. The RD made the absolutely necessary call of removing the paddle portion. It wouldn't have been safe, but even if it had been safe, it would've been physically impossible to paddle against the current, and even if we could paddle against the current, all the water-based CPs had been swept away long ago. The final call was made in the morning.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OKW3z7l7pwxvGNchqG6oYr2b2dr9OHlM5XneFfyU_iC4NJTuBT1dSkqtGnqaklTUF4kSRaPRSSwJjrrSw-Dxz8ararGXRP63r_-YgARRUMFBqsS_E7eCpbk3Dk4ZAm-2eNXDuDDdBAlucU1IablMsMWRT2nQqn6ChQlquPQDkEiKhKX_qQ8tsI_8M2A/s1750/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.07.23%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="808" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OKW3z7l7pwxvGNchqG6oYr2b2dr9OHlM5XneFfyU_iC4NJTuBT1dSkqtGnqaklTUF4kSRaPRSSwJjrrSw-Dxz8ararGXRP63r_-YgARRUMFBqsS_E7eCpbk3Dk4ZAm-2eNXDuDDdBAlucU1IablMsMWRT2nQqn6ChQlquPQDkEiKhKX_qQ8tsI_8M2A/w296-h640/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.07.23%20PM.png" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVK6VupZ8FnsD-Az8N6PdnNxNtf5uCqcokWqOH_KJYmA09U09Yr8zK8Bo3psEKezMDhQxsI19rpJI9h9mOFO-VM2LG2vbfD_qzmmT7pOa9kIWxtW4Jhs3ECbHLPclQSFSV_XgoWZ_MhdPt3_TWANj49NmbAR2DETT6lYFpObHHUdpwn6WqhQNbjhrJjUM/s1750/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.06.58%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="808" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVK6VupZ8FnsD-Az8N6PdnNxNtf5uCqcokWqOH_KJYmA09U09Yr8zK8Bo3psEKezMDhQxsI19rpJI9h9mOFO-VM2LG2vbfD_qzmmT7pOa9kIWxtW4Jhs3ECbHLPclQSFSV_XgoWZ_MhdPt3_TWANj49NmbAR2DETT6lYFpObHHUdpwn6WqhQNbjhrJjUM/w296-h640/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.06.58%20PM.png" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGl74UTHAJEqUmHzT-sggxexKXzBIJG5Ut1lmNUB22n1FIykQLjNfrCafP-cjGbT9EjrrujXkAtHYMU47hkeGWlfeneJucgtKI4vNUWAKznCHz3zkJKeP6tpto9b7YPKGKbI-IiyWREYjAJ28mHr4udeASdKp387IztBgzDdnAlOFEwKG9DNCtaO3-znI/s1750/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.07.07%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="808" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGl74UTHAJEqUmHzT-sggxexKXzBIJG5Ut1lmNUB22n1FIykQLjNfrCafP-cjGbT9EjrrujXkAtHYMU47hkeGWlfeneJucgtKI4vNUWAKznCHz3zkJKeP6tpto9b7YPKGKbI-IiyWREYjAJ28mHr4udeASdKp387IztBgzDdnAlOFEwKG9DNCtaO3-znI/w296-h640/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.07.07%20PM.png" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As a result, the MD had to adjust his plan. Removing all the water points meant that the race would've been significantly shorter, unless he found a way to add more points. Adding points isn't so simple, because to actually make the race longer, you'd have to go to new areas, which require scoping for safety and other factors, get permissions, make sure that the new route is still clearable by the top teams, plus update maps and passports. His creative solution was to have the first 2 hours of the event be on foot only, where you'd get points for one of the passports. After that, you could go onto your bikes, but once you did, you had to give up any points that you didn't get on foot. But then once on bikes, you could go back and earn credit for all of the points a second time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUl4_1vkaGtYdzDyfEGSBqimjNsTPKyFh4lbOjey5R8QN04ygHRgoh20YU2e4qwYMhkspU9qobNui0jhQ1cJMYV3sZxtODIsFzv3vELCdSlg8SLjiCYHtkKs25P4NIZDFLb1UVoDK_mwsl0rOUiWXV8KRdtQ-632ucZ0-a46dLHxEBS13GWY1xfmq4vwc/s1750/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.07.02%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="808" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUl4_1vkaGtYdzDyfEGSBqimjNsTPKyFh4lbOjey5R8QN04ygHRgoh20YU2e4qwYMhkspU9qobNui0jhQ1cJMYV3sZxtODIsFzv3vELCdSlg8SLjiCYHtkKs25P4NIZDFLb1UVoDK_mwsl0rOUiWXV8KRdtQ-632ucZ0-a46dLHxEBS13GWY1xfmq4vwc/w296-h640/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.07.02%20PM.png" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The race started off on foot, but with a mass start. We ran out to an old schoolhouse (a point from the previous year) to read a date and come back with the year to get our passports and maps. Once we had the maps, we could get to planning.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8SjY3bnJS_Dx7C1IwE-fs1ifwFoquTMUFlHjaYVYQt_-YC6uS5wdclMJIVqpdJj2y72mPU_rI8TQDh7iFjjt50Qluf9mDPTEHbcy2znfjN93aPuY-A8ildB3YkzA8b9wp4uDYs7rgjmN4xYxza59KIjnktFQbm4cyM1yvuATwWoAlxd6qCwbTm1W9Es/s2322/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.15.07%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="2322" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8SjY3bnJS_Dx7C1IwE-fs1ifwFoquTMUFlHjaYVYQt_-YC6uS5wdclMJIVqpdJj2y72mPU_rI8TQDh7iFjjt50Qluf9mDPTEHbcy2znfjN93aPuY-A8ildB3YkzA8b9wp4uDYs7rgjmN4xYxza59KIjnktFQbm4cyM1yvuATwWoAlxd6qCwbTm1W9Es/w400-h301/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%209.15.07%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were essentially three directions we could go... three spokes from the hub, and we were strategic about which one we wanted to tackle first vs leave for last, to give us the most flexibility in case we needed to modify plans later on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We first went into the city and found the point at the mushrooms, which we had visited last year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2AcaFylRw9aAdzvDKMEvzKUMBjhF0vzCZRPX2pDAYA8FUM4IORjUvZdp0AotuBci1521lc2bCPN7hRgCPovZ0E7NxsLW8IyJn54qBqnrGQpKXGQ5p5HuxEvQEzeuzeN1T5ceUBLuPJEyTP4_S9ZuIqMI-mS0AoleONA5bClAgMuo_wvARAvLSs5Ha8SA/s2048/349345452_1202799796977870_6355894892369135197_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It showed a sign a couple streets off where it actually was... like a parallel error. We suspected something was wrong, because the city wouldn't put a big sign in an off-street neighborhood. We got a tip from a local and found the point.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifygPHPAMpVEBsBhbCdQAG5yv96wtM1Vttgs0zsWN2HJxuHHQRiUkIG1_CGDi7R0cu7DjTfI7wb7a15L2CKxfb0mx6ArhyLjpOjbVd_7v5jSJjsfnt4x8qEN-XmBmON4FvaxLoDOfFdd42UVL7WwyLl0tZeCMc_BQzWE9xORnSJar8rxVj1PNntbiWwc8/s2558/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2011.08.39%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="2558" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifygPHPAMpVEBsBhbCdQAG5yv96wtM1Vttgs0zsWN2HJxuHHQRiUkIG1_CGDi7R0cu7DjTfI7wb7a15L2CKxfb0mx6ArhyLjpOjbVd_7v5jSJjsfnt4x8qEN-XmBmON4FvaxLoDOfFdd42UVL7WwyLl0tZeCMc_BQzWE9xORnSJar8rxVj1PNntbiWwc8/w400-h231/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2011.08.39%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For our next spoke, we went to Rocky Branch Park, to an archway that we had been to last year, and then I went on my "secret path" to get to a point on a pipeline by a greenway, not too far from where a point was last year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeU87VriLLu92u9YxDiXFV0ivcjnsZt-R_mNHG3HbcDsMMxhEtfR3Fc3bSCjob1KX5kVS1jlgFD5FhklZWZ27YchNFz0lEV5rHwbZr6ktVC2OvXxQfN9Y0w3m4bDzuo27JiyfGuAC06AacBgXGqCQhMmjjr_fV3nJ_Da8yJ1OlMlqMXKnC_wvQrZL16Q/s2048/348636652_1355632315168264_5877185075262205267_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeU87VriLLu92u9YxDiXFV0ivcjnsZt-R_mNHG3HbcDsMMxhEtfR3Fc3bSCjob1KX5kVS1jlgFD5FhklZWZ27YchNFz0lEV5rHwbZr6ktVC2OvXxQfN9Y0w3m4bDzuo27JiyfGuAC06AacBgXGqCQhMmjjr_fV3nJ_Da8yJ1OlMlqMXKnC_wvQrZL16Q/w426-h640/348636652_1355632315168264_5877185075262205267_n.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had been keeping distance info to myself, to not alarm SB, but I did ask her how long her longest run had been previously. It was about 10K.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We decided to go for the third spoke to continue our streak of clearing the course. It was a gamble, but we didn't want to give up on the opportunity to clear so early, by turning in our on-foot passport and switching to bike. That meant going out to the church (same point as last year) and near a pier (near a point from last year) to grab 2 more points. We ended up doing 11.82 miles on foot! That was way more than we had imagined ourselves doing on foot, prior to the race. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we turned in our passports, info on bonus point opportunities weren't available yet. It was still 30 min before noon, but last year, the bonus points were stand-alone spokes that you had to do on foot or by boat, so I didn't think it would matter whether we got this info now or later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now, it was time to venture off on bikes. We'd see how far we would get with the rest of the course before the 8 hour time limit ended.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We first re-did the spoke that we had just done going to the church, but on bike.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went back over to Rocky Branch Park and the greenway. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieY3X3LeyUIGnKfBFkQSqSK2a3maBxDKj2ZTgGXsRL897LDtGi9bwTvjlQ9Wd2ufneDvFVmR5sN6AZfTm9A195xLK67PunpEXfLZ6BdKMAWG22uzmpcB01j5qWq4U0oxDe6gtXJbyWYIzLOuUV7KourmPJXfALb-krZTgWjW822thYjraV7BExz3fGLNQ/s2344/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2010.47.32%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2344" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieY3X3LeyUIGnKfBFkQSqSK2a3maBxDKj2ZTgGXsRL897LDtGi9bwTvjlQ9Wd2ufneDvFVmR5sN6AZfTm9A195xLK67PunpEXfLZ6BdKMAWG22uzmpcB01j5qWq4U0oxDe6gtXJbyWYIzLOuUV7KourmPJXfALb-krZTgWjW822thYjraV7BExz3fGLNQ/w400-h297/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2010.47.32%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fortunately, SB reminded me that there was also the point by the river to grab. The photographers happened to be around when we were coming up to a number of points, which was cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkxr9YvQo6qSp7Zus5AZ8Ez2pfIBunJEPyjvUATs0HMw5ns41-tiXEL_XGXaesrK2EokVrevAxU9f2hsgEnzrDmOaWgjtRLeBlORHDpQW056Lk9veQuNxJg-IvHE0YmpZ7aZ0cfn_Rhlsu73vqa4jCepCkRUV9WkcxvFWW5otPzQ_su4y45qYnOALpUI/s2048/349073470_1215486842456627_7584413694538950460_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkxr9YvQo6qSp7Zus5AZ8Ez2pfIBunJEPyjvUATs0HMw5ns41-tiXEL_XGXaesrK2EokVrevAxU9f2hsgEnzrDmOaWgjtRLeBlORHDpQW056Lk9veQuNxJg-IvHE0YmpZ7aZ0cfn_Rhlsu73vqa4jCepCkRUV9WkcxvFWW5otPzQ_su4y45qYnOALpUI/w400-h266/349073470_1215486842456627_7584413694538950460_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">We then ventured off into unknown territory.... well, still generally known from last year, but it would be our first time going into that area for this year's race. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We knew about the trail behind the neighborhoods in McAdenville this time. Last year, we circled around for a loooong time trying to find a point before realizing that there was a greenway back there. The trick is knowing where to access it. Fortunately, SB had a sharp eye and saw the point after I had blasted past on my bike.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went back to the bridge on the other side of the neighborhood and got that point again. SB did encourage us to give the other side of that bridge a try, since it seemed like a trail, and it did lead us back into the city more quickly than backtracking would have.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvpH8xfV1ddSk1epoOztkshpel7FWfiWFpQmyce6eBFMMyiqW6VnW_NEt4ukCV_0lR5GKP7VApZFfcujY9vn8yYHKqPxExwu5iugUb9O-cNJRODZbdyrFk7PmH48fTSGLNoIg8-EftFNywUw4LavTL-K1HXqv9ITdsCbh7EOtd_TpGJFtreoenp-NyEU/s2718/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2010.47.56%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="2718" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvpH8xfV1ddSk1epoOztkshpel7FWfiWFpQmyce6eBFMMyiqW6VnW_NEt4ukCV_0lR5GKP7VApZFfcujY9vn8yYHKqPxExwu5iugUb9O-cNJRODZbdyrFk7PmH48fTSGLNoIg8-EftFNywUw4LavTL-K1HXqv9ITdsCbh7EOtd_TpGJFtreoenp-NyEU/w400-h221/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2010.47.56%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The park near Confluence that had been under construction last year was now more built up and had a building where we found another point. We then rode on to Confluence, where there was a point.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went back to the Gazebo, and then out to Poston. We got the paved loop trail point, where we realized that the counterclockwise way is waaaay shorter than the clockwise way, even though the map makes it look like the point is right at the halfway point. We got the pump track point, which was a bit more hidden this time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdX4FcGngfPxc3y8A_coLxldxXIQrqJ1f2MQZkUzjIXTNOtjw3hElq3-CCR3Ap26G9yzQ1682sSFMOxi2fUKnwq7oxuR8tBIFiMvr95CcMnYfsuc1Vl1OQwnZ3eH56ptgf2ruKRPZdrmP2Vn2HEiWVQprgKc9EtVKNefwuZv_GHLjn6Y1n_TFcaVzWaY/s1740/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2011.08.20%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="978" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdX4FcGngfPxc3y8A_coLxldxXIQrqJ1f2MQZkUzjIXTNOtjw3hElq3-CCR3Ap26G9yzQ1682sSFMOxi2fUKnwq7oxuR8tBIFiMvr95CcMnYfsuc1Vl1OQwnZ3eH56ptgf2ruKRPZdrmP2Vn2HEiWVQprgKc9EtVKNefwuZv_GHLjn6Y1n_TFcaVzWaY/w360-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2011.08.20%20AM.png" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then, we rode one MTB trail to get a point, but had enough of that, and chose not to continue riding for another MTB point which was supposedly placed on an even more difficult trail. The one that we did was mostly rideable, but there were a couple spots with sharp declines that took you onto a narrow bridge. You'd hit the end caps of the bridge hard, if you didn't thread the needle as you dropped at sharp speeds after a turn. There was also one downed tree that was kind of fun to find a way over. For time's sake, we didn't decide to walk to the other point, either. In Adventure Racing, if you don't get back in time, you get zero credit for anything you've done, so we played it more safe. We figured that there were bonus opportunities in case we had extra time, anyways.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzKIja7j9ARaPDq9nMcmN4dreIj90qkw_Ddd5rsyFr89EMRmmy45FfrfziVvpvy5R4QSLZcL-l48wonGvEZu8Lt99-8BdGJKf3PlcSapAr-m0vlykFMyiFXsZo8mU-7buCfXkvjYstAn0AP-cVPTbJnEFdsUAGJrlR6tsdDTZ4H350gpzxMQjJKk7zzM/s2324/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2010.54.57%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="2324" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzKIja7j9ARaPDq9nMcmN4dreIj90qkw_Ddd5rsyFr89EMRmmy45FfrfziVvpvy5R4QSLZcL-l48wonGvEZu8Lt99-8BdGJKf3PlcSapAr-m0vlykFMyiFXsZo8mU-7buCfXkvjYstAn0AP-cVPTbJnEFdsUAGJrlR6tsdDTZ4H350gpzxMQjJKk7zzM/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2010.54.57%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Nc9fj6qGaEs-gFUD1NCDq-I93E0ilYBTP4uyf5XagCo421oByKLFM-CcqQR7G4X9fnUxOA4Nynd1bR0NOY-CoLu0ZE3uyFh8owC5EhV0LVKHFv9jWCGlj_HUgCXONgzoD4oVA5OEBDf9kFIo6DhsI41gnJ-mwXY_rpDR3G4qXGr-M0MkAh5eRm8phFE/s2612/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2010.56.09%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="2612" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Nc9fj6qGaEs-gFUD1NCDq-I93E0ilYBTP4uyf5XagCo421oByKLFM-CcqQR7G4X9fnUxOA4Nynd1bR0NOY-CoLu0ZE3uyFh8owC5EhV0LVKHFv9jWCGlj_HUgCXONgzoD4oVA5OEBDf9kFIo6DhsI41gnJ-mwXY_rpDR3G4qXGr-M0MkAh5eRm8phFE/w400-h225/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2010.56.09%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmaVMXi-jwfRK0jc57A-d8o8jCsjyEwl1Y7a5DuO-EmlSZxLpV-CtJ203DsUf-j_6_ELTq_CncXI59DBL2ibLIW9sCK_7B42fVPCrV9gDsEV31Kc7-urBhe4DH4BqvENl5fZe3PB1r9M8tVaJKavNVkQq51SJekHRVYrUVTKiKOuzRMjpwSfGfcNRukg/s1746/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2010.56.29%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="1298" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmaVMXi-jwfRK0jc57A-d8o8jCsjyEwl1Y7a5DuO-EmlSZxLpV-CtJ203DsUf-j_6_ELTq_CncXI59DBL2ibLIW9sCK_7B42fVPCrV9gDsEV31Kc7-urBhe4DH4BqvENl5fZe3PB1r9M8tVaJKavNVkQq51SJekHRVYrUVTKiKOuzRMjpwSfGfcNRukg/w476-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2010.56.29%20AM.png" width="476" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the long ride back, we swung by Fryeday Coffee Shop in Lowell, then made our way back through McAdenville and the long intersection light through Wilkinson. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1s6d682n5GisY7lRJGK67VPFf0eObsw4Loe8iiYMXdmJFj5VQnvhFuJ9WdUZNCWwb8jUuW7sfrLEv2-fAj5ClqCFv2HT-DCLJtwcWqCXfxaYVWGLvySzDSvzwoMheuNQcDTiNuZYWJCJPOI4jAe_0WmvFDVrSrhrqiCimk4YG5A6unqRfWJSVRg3GyA/s2048/349664026_932281018079655_4461048672020078716_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1s6d682n5GisY7lRJGK67VPFf0eObsw4Loe8iiYMXdmJFj5VQnvhFuJ9WdUZNCWwb8jUuW7sfrLEv2-fAj5ClqCFv2HT-DCLJtwcWqCXfxaYVWGLvySzDSvzwoMheuNQcDTiNuZYWJCJPOI4jAe_0WmvFDVrSrhrqiCimk4YG5A6unqRfWJSVRg3GyA/w426-h640/349664026_932281018079655_4461048672020078716_n.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we got back, we got info on the bonuses. There were three points we could go get. One was in Poston, another was not all the way to Poston, but it still involved going back past McAdenville and Wilkinson, and the other one was at the HS that was fairly accessible. We'd just have to snap selfies for these. We decided to go for the HS only.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisnA6QCqN1wLybtVU-NKQZeJOH2VgZoU-emkeq1ycd5QonxHaGO1vzPj59zXG9yi_5Lsxwn9TdvMGS1JA6KcZdlCm5VYNW5muK31v0WBtL5pXzcm6pT4qliHpXnkkaaqgLsJvzFRszDQUWfg7kUkPrampW1NTBtjwoPPmXZsfkx0pAm1vBezgyZQ3_NAg/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2011.02.12%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2332" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisnA6QCqN1wLybtVU-NKQZeJOH2VgZoU-emkeq1ycd5QonxHaGO1vzPj59zXG9yi_5Lsxwn9TdvMGS1JA6KcZdlCm5VYNW5muK31v0WBtL5pXzcm6pT4qliHpXnkkaaqgLsJvzFRszDQUWfg7kUkPrampW1NTBtjwoPPmXZsfkx0pAm1vBezgyZQ3_NAg/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2011.02.12%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We still had maybe an hour left when we got back, but we decided not to risk it with another venture out for the far bonuses, in case something held us up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSE6eexBfQHpa0AzZzdThLZxOWUgVWK1A6mAkEA_eIgrCp5HLCY-mjMSP3yfaPWPwjC2-l5ZTvgpn0xdcD6e9l2P8Pj_u-B3XHpRgfe2_ndawcvhWASp830rf_BgL-hQ9Xq8l7TV2CMyVtkPc6F_GpI5mgv1Iz1Jv3eF_WgMAuWu83FJxIhuf7jAiN6_M/s2332/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2011.06.56%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2332" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSE6eexBfQHpa0AzZzdThLZxOWUgVWK1A6mAkEA_eIgrCp5HLCY-mjMSP3yfaPWPwjC2-l5ZTvgpn0xdcD6e9l2P8Pj_u-B3XHpRgfe2_ndawcvhWASp830rf_BgL-hQ9Xq8l7TV2CMyVtkPc6F_GpI5mgv1Iz1Jv3eF_WgMAuWu83FJxIhuf7jAiN6_M/w400-h300/Screenshot%202023-08-06%20at%2011.06.56%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As far as results go, it didn't go quite the way we had hoped. There were 2 female teams, and we had been optimistic about how we'd do, when we realized that they hadn't cleared the on-foot portion. However, we later learned that they had been around basecamp when the bonuses were announced, so they knew what selfies to take when they were out on the far bike portion, AND the key is that double-dipping ended up being allowed this year. You didn't have to do a dedicated out-and-back for the points. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To me, that's not a matter of being more strategic... it was luck that rewarded being slower, and the situation where the rules, which were planned and announced mid-race when most teams had already been long gone on the main part of the race, wasn't the best. I know it was a lot for the RD to deal with, though, with all of the changes that he had to make to adjust for the water level situation. That part was handled well, but the bonus point scenario gave the slower teams a big advantage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was still fun, though. We ran the best race we could. We made decisions that I felt good about. We balanced risk and reward pretty well. 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