SLOC Back to the Woods

October 2, 2005

A very warm September extended into October, making the annual return to woods orienteering a bit tougher than usual. The normally lightening fast woods of Cuivre River still had a fair bit of undergrowth. That, combined with temperatures in the mid 80's meant a long day for those doing the 9K advanced course.

Map

Aside from the usual local crowd, we also had a contingent from Kansas City: Michael Eglinski, Mary Jones, and Fritz Menninger.

Yvonne Deyo and Rick Armstrong designed a course that featured three legs where route choice was critical (2, 3, and 6). The most interesting of these was leg 2 where the top four runners each took a different route. That leg proved decisive and the finishing order matched the results of that leg (Buckley, Eglinski, Frei, Wagnon).

For more analysis of the course, see this month's blog entries.