A pleasant day drew 132 participants for the third run on this updated map, field checked by Kroum Serguiev in 2000. With experience from my 2001 event, I was able to set courses more in the faster, open woods, with some short legs on the green and red courses to keep runners off the trails at times. At a walking pace, the Reservation can offer a remarkable sense of deep woods and quiet perspective, particularly around water features on the eastern margin, and near the large ponds. Foot traffic density, as in most parks, declines at the square of the distance from paved surfaces (cube, if the terrain is steep). But judging from the beverage containers and other debris in the woods, we orienteers are not the only off trail travelers.

Thanks to helpers Harriet Cohen, Joanne Sankus, Tim Parson, Pelle Wahlstrom, and Dean Sturtevant. Thanks also to the Metropolitan District Commission parks staff.