NEOC day of the a-meet weekend, on Baldwin Hill in Ashburnham, MA; set by Dean Sturtevant. Nice brown course, though some could argue some of the controls placements were orange-ish (1, 2, 4). The 5-6-7-8 loop was a nice test.
Another good run, surprisingly. I didn't want to jinx myself yesterday, but I managed to pull off a decent weekend--all three races with minimal errors. Last time I did that was at the Sycamore Scramble last February. :-)
Only control I had a bit of trouble with was 7, the water stop. Got in the area, thought I crossed the larger reentrant SW w/rock in it and headed mostly north but didn't see next reentrant -- I kind of looped around it. Lots of other people around, including Sharon who'd passed me coming out of 6. I never saw here again after 8 and she finished almost 10 minutes ahead -- very nice run. I ended up 4th on brown today behind her, Gail (nicely done!) and Peter Amram; 1st F55.
Awards yesterday (based on Finals only) were white hand towels with orienteering symbols in a grid. Today's complemented the towels--little soap leaves in a holder (similar to
these), with the event logo sticker on the outside. Very cute.