Chilly, yet sunny day, difficult courses, fields of blooming wild daffodils.Also first time we used 2.5m map (thank you, Dave!), that revealed true steepness and ruggedness of this place. Huge thank you to Brian Pike, who finished Red course and immediately went back to pick all far away controls, and that’s extra 5K on top […]
Read MoreEveryone is welcome to our event at Eno River State Park on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Please register here before 6:00 PM on Friday, February 28, to ensure we have enough maps. On the day of event, you will first head to check-in at the Fews Ford shelter, just west of the loop parking lot […]
Read MoreIt was nice and chilly and we had a good crowd for this time of the year. The course were pretty fast with several runners showing very impressive times. Special thanks goes to Brian Pike, Sandro Gisler, William Allen and Matt Craig for the help with controls pickup. Tatyana and Vladimir Umstead North, Dec 14, […]
Read MoreWe will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park (North) on Saturday, December 14, 2024. Take Glenwood Ave to the park entrance. Go south past the visitor center to the parking lots at the end of the road. Registration and starts will be in the large picnic shelter to the east of the parking area. […]
Read MoreIt was a great day for being in the woods. Autumn at its best. The courses were quite technical and presented challenges to runners. #7 on Green and Red courses turned out to be the trickiest one to find. Huge thank you to Joe Halloran, William Allen, Ian Shields and Imre Polik who helped with […]
Read MoreWe will have an OPEN event at Umstead Park (South) on Sunday, November 3, 2024. Everyone is welcome. Don’t forget to register and pay here . Registration is closed. The entrance of the park is off Harrison Avenue, called the Reedy Creek entrance. We start from the lower shelter, North of the parking lot. You […]
Read MoreIt was a very nice day for orienteering. We had good turnout and challenging courses. Thank you everybody for coming! Unfortunately, control #34 on Green and Red courses was misplaced (by about 100m), which caused results to be skewed. Depending on a chosen approach, some competitors found it quickly, which others had to wonder around […]
Read MoreEveryone is welcome to our event at Eno River State Park on Sunday, September 15th, 2024. Registration closed. Please register here before 6:00 PM on Friday, September 13, to ensure we have enough maps. On the day of event, you will first head to check-in at the Fews Ford shelter, just west of the loop […]
Read MoreWe had our first real summer day of the year, which added an extra challenge for competitors. And 80 mins for this Reveal-O turned out to be not nearly enough. No one was able to clear the course (55 points). Nick Anderson, who won, ended up with 36 points, with next six competitors getting 35, […]
Read MoreWe were fortunate that all the rain went down on Saturday. And Sunday was pretty much perfect for orienteering. We had 100 individual starts! Looking at Livelox, it appears that different controls gave troubles to different runners – always a good sign 🙂 The results follow along with a picture of red tail hawk taken […]
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