November Urban-O Event Results

Thank you everyone for coming out on a perfectly amazing November morning!  We had 36 participants of all ages attend on a rather chilly morning, but with the sun out it felt warmer and was perfect for today’s event. 

While living in Washington I participated in one of their Urban O events and after talking to John decided to bring it back to the CTOC club (last one was 2017!).  After reviewing some of the previous event maps and clue sheets I put some map boundaries out and began my plan of attack.  I was trying not to use too many (if any) points from previous years and being an avid geocacher I had a leg up on some control ideas.  Dad and I spent many mornings/early afternoons walking, driving and researching potential locations.

I realize now my course did not lend itself to a “race” setting (note for next year!) as some controls required some reading or taking in your surroundings, however the overall feedback was positive. With less than a year of events under my participation belt I agree with Kirsten that the learning curve to host vs participate is a bit steep, even on a simpler type of event, but it was fun. Hosting my own event I have MUCH more respect for other directors as a lot of work goes into the course setup, maps, control settings etc.  I want to give a huge Thank You to John for all the help he provided in getting the map finalized and ready for print for all the hints/tips he provided over the phone and via email.  I have a better understanding of the process and the subtleties that are required for event directing! 

After a mini speech from myself the mass start (socially distanced of course!) started at 10, except for John who was frozen in place or distracted by something and started a few minutes after the pack.  14 people left on bike while the remaining people left on foot.

John was only going to tackle what he could in an hour and in 1:01 he returned with an impressive 55 points. 4 foot groups returned within the 2 hour mark and everyone else made it back within the 3 hour max time limit came in with smiles on their faces.  Even Carrie who had an unfortunate bike tire incident shortly after the start was still in good spirits upon checkout. 

Karen and her pup Clipper who drove down from McCall(!) sat after her finish and chatted with us on how she has hosted this event in the past and how living in McCall can make things a tad difficult.  She had some stories and advice to share while she rested up for her drive home.

Bike

Name	# in Party	Race	Time Out	Time In	Total Time	Total Points
Melanie/Innes Wright	2	Bike	10	12:57	2:57	245
Doug Lamot	1	Bike	10	12:54	2:54	175
Mattsons'	3	Bike	10	12:08	2:08	110
Thomas'	3	Bike	10	12:08	2:08	110
Carrie Magnuson	1	Bike	10	11:09	1:09	40
Arron Banner	4	Bike	10

Foot

Name	# in Party	Race	Time Out	Time In	Total Time	Total Points
John Murray	1	Foot	10:03	11:05	1:02	55
Leslie	1	Foot	10	11:48	1:48	55
Jennifer Smackey	1	Foot	10	11:59	1:59	145
Zack Clayton	1	Foot	10	11:59	1:59	145
Donna P	1	Foot	10	12:00	2:00	30
Alecia Murray	3	Foot	10:32	12:34	2:02	115
Karen Didisse	1	Foot	10	12:08	2:08	90
John & Eli Arambarri	2	Foot	10	12:14	2:14	25
Darla/Randy	2	Foot	10	12:17	2:17	55
Kim & Roy Tsuda	2	Foot	10	12:17	2:17	55
Nick Collias	3	Foot	10	12:26	2:26	Didn't turn in score sheet
Heather Steele	2	Foot	10	12:28	2:28	Didn't turn in score sheet
Nate Ramsey	1	Foot	10:04	12:57	2:53	50
Jerry Stewart	1	Foot	10	12:56	2:56	60

The only people we didn’t see return was the Banner family, hopefully they didn’t freeze while out on the course and just stopped for lunch or a warm drink!

The hint sheet has been posted on the Meetup page along with the maps and answers.  I appreciate everyone’s feedback about the event and took away several items of things to do differently as I’m already starting to plan my next hosted event!

Meet director,

Christy Morris

Image of the map used for the event