November Course - New Map!

 

I must admit, when I woke up event morning and looked at the weather and it said “17 but feels like 11” I wanted to crawl back under the covers. But instead, I headed out to lay controls for event.  Arriving on site it was very quiet, even the geese were still asleep huddled together to keep warm. We took this time to move around campus and enjoy the morning as the sun welcomed us with a sea of frosted sparkly grass. 

Despite the chilly morning several brave souls (most waited for more sun) came out and participated.

I was a little overzealous this month and created 3 standard courses (Beg, Int & Adv) and one Urban course.

The advanced course consisted of 20 controls and when placing them this morning I had to call a last minute audible and move one due to an unforeseen water feature.  I didn’t figure anyone was up for some wading on a 17-degree morning.  We had 4 runners who were up for the challenge, and all gave impressive times, all finishing with 10 min of each other.

Name	Course	Out Time	In Time	Duration
Jason Russel	ADV	11:17:00 AM	12:07:00 PM	0:50
David Bergset	ADV	10:38:00 AM	11:31:00 AM	0:53
Melanie Wright	ADV	11:06:00 AM	12:03:00 PM	0:57
Dustin Thomas	ADV	11:23:00 AM	12:23:00 PM	1:00
Bill L	ADV	DNS		DNS

 

The Intermediate course consisted of 14 controls.  While many of them overlapped the Advanced course I tossed in a few different ones and had runners going in different directions. However, that didn’t stop participants from making quick work of this course.

Name	Course	Out Time	In Time	Duration
Innes	INT	11:05:00 AM	11:37:00 AM	0:32
Marcella	INT	11:00:00 AM	11:54:00 AM	0:54
Michail	INT	11:13:00 AM	12:16:00 PM	1:03
David B	INT	DNS		DNS
Johnny S	INT	DNS		DNS
Janice McEnroe	INT	DNS		DNS

 

We had 11 teams participate in the urban course with 5 getting all the answers.  While this year was a little tamer than last year there were still some “tricky” questions.  These questions just show how different people think (I focused on the words while others on the images/pictures)

Name	Course	Out Time	In Time	Duration	Points
Fords	Urban	10:13:00 AM	11:06:00 AM	0:53	34
Ashley	Urban	10:11:00 AM	11:18:00 AM	1:07	34
Chaitanya	Urban	10:33:00 AM	11:59:00 AM	1:26	34
Cat S	Urban	10:42:00 AM	12:13:00 PM	1:31	34
Pete P	Urban	10:20:00 AM	12:12:00 PM	1:52	34
Karin D	Urban	10:47:00 AM	11:46:00 AM	0:59	33
John S	Urban	10:55:00 AM	12:19:00 PM	1:24	32
Leslie	Urban	10:55:00 AM	12:19:00 PM	1:24	32
Donna P	Urban	10:10:00 AM	11:57:00 AM	1:47	32
Kim/Roy	Urban	10:10:00 AM	12:15:00 PM	2:05	30
Darla	Urban	10:10:00 AM	12:15:00 PM	2:05	29
Lynette	Urban	DNS		DNS	DNS

 

Last but not least the Thank You list:

·        A big thank you to April Rice and the Department of Admin leadership team for allowing us to host this event on their campus.  We are hoping to use it again in future years.

·        John Murray:  This was a new area for us which meant a lot of map work needed to be done but as always John stepped up to the plate and got us a workable map in a very short amount of time.  He also took many phone calls from me and had a side by side tutorial on using the mapping software.  His knowledge was extremely valuable in understanding what may make some good control locations to force some route choices.  We will see how much I retain come Nov next year!

·        David Bergset: After finishing the ADV course in a great time he hung around the start/finish and kept me company while waiting for everyone else to finish.  It was good to catch up with him since we no longer work together.  Then he offered to help pick up controls while he drank his still warm coffee, which was appreciated!

·        Karin Dedisse:  She arrived at the parking area before I had and graciously helped set the CTOC sandwich boards and carried some of the equipment to the starting area while I frantically finished putting out the last controls.  Also, a thank you for taking the lead on ordering new CTOC jerseys (the first in 10 years I’m told).

·        Scott Cockerham: As his daughter I have gotten him into some weird adventures and Orienteering is no exception.  He helped scout campus with me several times over the last few weeks with no complaints – even when we went out the afternoon it was snowing like mad!  I appreciate all the hours he spent walking and suggestions while putting this course together – now you don’t need to worry about it for another year!