This event is for advanced orienteers (BOK members who have completed a brown, green, or red course). The event is in Birkhead Wilderness Area, Uwharrie National Forest, Asheboro NC. We’ll start from the Birkhead Wilderness Robbins Branch Trailhead. Directions are here. Don’t forget, you must pre-register. There will be Brown, Green and Red courses available. […]
Read MoreKudos to everyone who came to the event despite a dismal weather forecast! 100% chance of cold rain – we wouldn’t blame anyone for staying home, but rain or no rain, orienteering is always fun! And, as it turned out, the rain was more like a drizzle, and the cold wasn’t really that bad, and […]
Read MoreWe will have a REGULAR event at Umstead Park (North) on Sunday March 16, 2014. Everyone is welcome, and we will have a beginners class at 12:30. Enter the park through the Glenwood Avenue entrance, follow the signs to the furthest parking lot and from there to the big shelter. The event starts at noon […]
Read MoreWow, what an event! We had 121 starts and probably close to 200 people! And why not? the weather was perfect, the forest – beautiful, and the courses – quite hard. One of the main trails on the Yellow course almost disappeared under the autumn leaves, which provided additional challenge. And runners on the red […]
Read MoreWe promised heat, ticks and spiders. We definitely delivered on the spiders 🙂 Hopefully, ticks spared the runners and the weather was blessedly cool for this time of the year. Many people showed up and we had a great event! The courses proved to be very challenging (hence long times) with different controls causing trouble […]
Read MoreThis event is for advanced orienteers (BOK members who have completed a brown, green, or red course). Don’t forget, you must pre-register. There will be Brown, Green and Red courses available. The courses will be a bit shorter than usual, due to expected heat and humidity: 3.7KM, 4.8KM, 5.7KM respectively, but with a fair amount […]
Read MoreThe weather was great and the courses very difficult. Kudos to all who came and competed! It’s hard to pinpoint the hardest control. Based on the responses we got, there were many. Which is a good thing for an advanced event 🙂 The general idea for the course was: start with a few tough controls […]
Read MoreThis event is for advanced orienteers (BOK members who have completed a brown, green, or red course). The event is in Birkhead Wilderness Area, Uwharrie National Forest, Asheboro NC. We’ll start from the Birkhead Wilderness Robbins Branch Trailhead. Directions are here. Don’t forget, you must pre-register. There will be Brown, Green and Red courses available. […]
Read MoreWhat a weather we had today! Roman’s prediction “Chilly, overcast and raining… Great day for some orienteering!” came true. Kudos to everyone who came and ran in the rain! The courses were quite challenging, too. Control #4 on Green and Red proved to be the most tricky and lured several runners off the map. Also, […]
Read MoreWe will have an advanced event at West Umstead on March 24. Advanced events are for expert level BOK members only (Brown/Green/Red courses). In addition you must have your own Finger Stick and you must pre-register before Noon Friday. The start will open at 12 noon, and the courses will be closed at 3pm. Old […]
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