Perfect weather for the Highlander/Lowlander, upper 40s to upper 50s at finish; mostly sunny with a bit of a breeze. PG has posted the
maps; the Lowlander did maps 1 and 3.
The Highlander started 1/2 hour before the Lowlander, so it was fun to see some of the the other runners as legs criss-crossed. Finish was at the parking area near Kanawaukee Circle. There were about 20 of us on the Lowlander. We walked to the start up a trail past K-Circle onto the Polebrook Mtn map (S and E of the cricle). I was through the first part and back to the map exchange/aid station at about 1 hour 54 minutes, with a mistake exiting # 6 -- SSW instead of WSW -- such that I looped about 150 m too far out of the way, about 3 minutes lost.
LL segment 2/HH segment 4 was on the portion of Sebago Lake map S and W of the parking area, as far as the hill west of Sebago Beach before we headed back in.
AliC passed me on the way to 23 (my 13th); Sam and Hilary punched the subsequent control just a bit ahead of me; so I suspected Ali would be the fastest female and she was (Will Hawkins aka '
feet' was fastest male).
Fastest
male's time on the LL was around 1:45 (or maybe 145 minutes which would be 2:25), I think; fastest
female was around 2:43. Just to show the depth of field, I was second fastest female on the Lowlander (of 4 who finished; a few others DNF'd). :-) The Highlander had a dozen or so women.
FR measured 15.13 km, 528 m climb
Thanks again to HVO for a great event. I actually didn't feel too bad out there -- guess all those hikes up to the high spots at Moreau are good for something. :-)