We managed to pick about the best day in the last few weeks to hold this event. The temperature was great, the skies were mostly clear, there was light breeze to diminish the presence of bugs, and it was just a delight to be outdoors. So we had a nice turnout, as many wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to walk/run on a good map on a great day.

Our Meet Director Cynthia set some interesting courses using all the intricacies of the lower part of the park with minor modifications by me. Given the relatively open vegetation and mostly dry running, I may have cut them a bit short, but the times weren’t way out of line (other than Joe, a many-time OUSA Team member).

Several people noted some map update issues, which I’ll record and hope to fix before we use this map again. The Park has made a lot of improvements since this map was originally made, only some of which has made it to the map. It’s sometimes hard to keep up.

Thanks to all who attended. Your presence and participation is why we keep on going. In addition, talking over the route choices, problems encountered, and other general social interaction is a big part of making events fun, and I know I had a good time with all the post-race talk. A further BIG thanks to Cynthia, who did 99% of the work: course setting, most control placement, handling registration, and all the control pick-up.

Next up: Partridge Run WMA and SF, on Sunday, June 16. This event will offer both a Mountain-Bike (MTBO) course and some Foot-O courses. More details will be forthcoming, so stay tuned. I hope to see you there.

--Phil H-T