We finally had a sunny, warm weekend. In fact, it may have been a little too hot for running (93)! Oh well, I don't think anyone complained, too much. We all sweated a lot. We consumed 6 gallons of lemonade and 5 gallons of water at the finish. Five of the eight gallons of water in the field were also consumed.

One hundred twenty six (126) NEOCers and visitors attended and participated in one or two of the five courses (W,Y,O,G,R). There were 74 starting individuals or groups. The median times for all courses ranged from 40-100 minutes so I guess most people ran at their appropriate level. The top competitor (William Hawkins) on the Red course certainly showed great speed, endurance and accuracy. The courses appeared to be reasonably challenging as indicated by several comments. That was good!

The red/green course had a couple of features that precipitated discussion about the level of fine detail on the map. Major features are accurate but very small boulders/cliffs may need checking. The white, yellow and orange courses were designed by Betty Falxa, and the red and green (subset of red) courses were designed and set by Dennis Struble. Thanks to both of them. Demolition and new construction at Nobscot continues to make map updating a challenge. However, most changes are quite obvious in the field and don't present a problem. The Nobscot Scout-O provides an impetus for regularly revising the map and Bob Dangel has continually updated the OCAD file.

Our volunteers were gathered from the Scout-O team: Paul Windt; Pete Beckwith, and Scouts from Troop 21 (Brian, Steve, Jeremy, John and Eric) who I coerced into helping. We couldn't have done this without them. They continue to think I'm a little "obsessive" about orienteering but it does build self-confidence and navigation skills. Joanne Sankus visited at the end and helped pick up some controls. With over 100 visitors and many beginners, their help was much appreciated. It got a little hectic at times. Thanks again to all of you.

We hope you all enjoyed the day. See you next spring at Nobscot! We'll try advertising next year.