Thank goodness the weather was cooler on Sunday than during the course setting on Saturday. We drank a lot of water while roaming the humid woods at slightly less than 90 degrees. Sunday was cloudy but only in the upper 70's. The rain expected Sunday night did hold off until all controls were picked up. None of the runners complained about the temperature and the times were quite fast.

Over 100 NEOCers and visitors attended and participated in one of the six courses (W,Y,O,Br,G,R). Brown was a new addition this year and was enjoyed by 8 individuals. There were 94 starting individuals or groups, 18 more than last year when the weather was very hot. Several new comers, families and scout groups ran the white, yellow or orange course. Dennis Struble, course designer, paid particular attention to both length and elevation change for the advanced courses. This paid off with each course requiring a minimum time of 50-60 minutes. The white, yellow and orange courses were designed by Betty Falxa. The courses were set by Joanne Sankus, Jason Tong, and Diane and I.

The meet was the first NEOC recreational meet to use the club's new e-punching gear. About 12 runners rented the e-punch 'sticks' while many regular A meet runners used their own gear. It was good to have Joanne, Dennis and Peter overseeing this additional task during the meet. The portable reader and printer at the finish worked well. Each runner got a print out of their split times and a second printout was attached to a regular control card for posting. A few issues need to be worked out to streamline this effort but it seemed to work quite well.

Our volunteers were gathered from the Scout-O team: Pete Beckwith and Pete Lane, and Scouts/Scouters from Troop 21 (Ian, Nathan, Alex, Deb, Lee, Diane; Tom) who I coerced into helping. We couldn't have done this without them. With 100+ visitors, their help was much appreciated. It got a little hectic during the first hour. The controls were picked up by B. Wester, NEOCer?, P. Lane, A. Coney, and D. Struble. Thanks again to all of you. Thanks to the Knox Trail Council, BSA for allowing us to use the facility.

We hope you all enjoyed the day. See you next spring at Nobscot!