First of all I want to thank everybody who helped with this event. So many people contributed, even a few people who weren’t able to come to the actual event! Joseph Huberman and Ruth Bromer – designed courses, printed map, provided overall organization. Joseph also taught the beginners class Ian Shields – set ribbons Kelly […]
Read MoreWe had perfect weather for the Mother’s Day Sprint at Lake Johnson and we started early to get ahead of the heat. Ruth designed the courses so the pace would be fast. The difficulty was mostly Orange and Vladimir topped the speed at 8:20 per K for the best run of the event. We started […]
Read MoreEarly May gifted us with another fine day to be out in the woods with map and compass. Cool morning temperatures gave way to a warm (but not terribly hot) afternoon. Some pollen still lingered in the air, and leaves presented their usual obstruction to long distance visibility through the forest for our area […]
Read MoreThanks to everyone who came to the event! It’s gratifying to see people come so far away from home to compete in an orienteering event. Birkhead Wilderness is our most remote location (1.5 hours drive), but it is also one of the most beautiful and interesting ones. If you weren’t able to come this time, […]
Read MoreIt was a lovely day at Umstead, apart from the small matter of a lot of pollen. We had a good turnout with 60 starts. The advanced courses might have been a little easy because I reversed the direction after I designed them and then forgot to move some controls that were now after a […]
Read MoreThe day started out cool but pleasant, and early runners got to finish their courses under near-prime conditions. However, an incoming weather system brought threats of precipitation and much colder temperatures as the day progressed. By around 12:45 we had abandoned the open picnic tables (where we had started) for the shelter as the rain […]
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 MoreLots of apologies for the late start – I had printer difficulties. But I did enjoy the confusion of finding an empty parking lot and then a bunch of people coming out of the woods, yelling at me 🙂 Other than this, everything went very smooth; the weather was great during the day, even if […]
Read MoreWe had a remote start for the advanced courses with a 2k walk to the start/finish. This allowed us to use a rarely used part of the park. We lucked out on the weather, because the forecast called for rain/snow, but the front slowed down and we had perfect weather. The sun even came out […]
Read MoreUmstead South 01/26/2014 results:
We had a really nice weather and a decent turn out (bur not over the Park’s limit)
