Tyler Park
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Topic created by WindWalker on Sun May 15, 2011 at 10:41 pmWhat a cool course, another job well done by the DVOA crew. A bit wet for sure. On the plus side in a few minutes you were drenched either from rain/mist/dew/sweat so the creek crossings didn't matter. Another neat thing about Orienteering - I don't have no bike to maintain after riding is such wet muddy conditions. Just put the sneakers on the boot dry and maintanance is done = very nice.
Lots of wide open running today, although most of the controls were within 100 meters of a trail, some of them were tucked nicely into the underbrush. This created a go fast and attack slow attitude. A few wrong turns and a few less than best route choices, but all in all I think I am improving on my accuracy. I will blame some of my poor choices on aging eyes - as I'm sure most will agree, in the darkness of the woods in the rainy misty conditions it was hard to see all the detail on the map. I may need to carry a magnifying glass...
Mike
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Reply by DSevon on Mon May 16, 2011 at 7:09 amThanks for everyone who came out for what turned into a challenging day in the woods. Anyone who has ever been an event director or course setter knows that questionable weather decreases attendance (plus an event in Connecticut this weekend drew some of the club regulars) so Jim and I appreciate your attendance. The advanced courses turned out to be harder than I anticipated plus my hanging a control in the wrong spot didn't help matters. Please accept my apologizes for these novice course setter mistakes (still lots to learn!).
Many, many thanks to the folks that helped with this event: Kathy and Dave Urban, Andrea and Roger Hartley, Matt (Jim's brother-in-law), Bob Burg, Anne Sevon, Fred Krusei. If I've missed anyone, I'm sorry about that, and I'll let Jim correct me. -
Reply by DaveDarrah on Mon May 16, 2011 at 9:09 amAdding my thanks to all who helped make this event a success. Like WW says, it didn't take long to get pretty soaked, but it was warm enough so that didn't matter. I wouldn't have adjusted an outdoor thermostat, if there were such a thing. Another good day to spend in the woods.
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Reply by markwalsh on Tue May 17, 2011 at 4:06 pmNice venue, easy access of major roads, and varied terrain composition. PA has some great parks and lots of active folks.
After a few weeks of courses with little or no trails this course had trails all over the place.
To bad I was still thinking no trails and was in cross country mode running through fields and woods ...but after watching some of the route gadget routes by the fastest runners I saw the errors of my ways.
Both took the trails across the brook to see 5 and 12 on the red course .......of course I tried hitting them from above wasting time and energy.
I also ran across fields and along fields while others usued the paths and trails which looked a little further but probably had an easier time of it even if a longer distance.
Nice covered bridge crossing up near 7,8,9 and 10 on red.
Also tough time finding 8 ? with all the downed trees in that area ...root stock was the clue.
Some tough finds with all the growth.......most of my events so far in my rookie experience have been winter and fall.
I'm happy to have picked up the shin things at west point meet.
hardly any blood this week.
hot and sticky though ......hard time using magnify circle on compass kept fogging with moisture etc.
Map was huge as well .
Thanks for setting the courses and holding another great event.
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Reply by JimPuzo on Wed May 18, 2011 at 2:27 am
Doug probably expressed it better, but I’d also like to thank all the volunteers who made the Tyler day possible: Kathy on computer, Dave who was a jack-of-all-trades, Roger as expert trainer, and a wonderful surprise volunteer Andrea, who hadn’t signed up but did more than her fair share at Registration. Thanks too to Ron Cook and Udaya Bollenini who both arrived early to help in that critical launch period, and Bob who stayed late. Special thanks to two people who weren’t previously Orienteers, but gave most of their day to help all of us have a good time: Matt Frederickson and Anne Sevon. Also to our behind-the-scenes gurus who print maps and post results and update the web page every time we make a change. Finally the highest thanks to Doug, who spent all that time and effort planning and running the Tyler event.
