Training Log Archive: maprunner

Great event at Burcham Park. Gene had created a new map, which expanded to include Constant Park and the nearby neighborhoods. Fun course, nice map. I tried to run steady with no stops. I didn't think about pace, and I probably slowed down a bit too much on the neighborhood section. Only had to stop once, to check out the map around 10 (there are deer trails nearby, but I wasn't sure if they would lead to the control)



One of the best things, however, was the attendance. Tons of newbies (our events are free for first-timers) and families. I was doing beginner briefings, so it was great to see their enthusiasm, and find out how they learned about this event. Many came from far away, too: Salina, Manhattan. Even a college student from Norman OK, who had studied in Scotland and fell in love with O there.

And then we finished with the very best: a picnic, to say farewell to Grover and Carolyn Everett, long time OKers (and Mook's parents) who are moving to Tuscon.

I'm getting a bit more coordinated. And my core is getting stronger, taking the pressure off my legs. Still nice to be exercising indoors in the summer.

FLO (fat line O) on west campus. I like this training for a familair area. It forces me to look at features off the line, and to try to keep in a straight line.

Nice evening, just a few degrees cooler than last week, but feels like so much more.

Putting out the markers for today's Sunflower Games event at Gage Park. Decent attendance, but lower than the past years. And a few newbies, which is always nice. Will probably try a new location next year, might generate some interest from the regulars.

Folks really enjoyed Fritz's courses, even with the decoy markers placed all around the rose garden.

Lunch afterwards with Dick, Mike, Gene, Paul, Fritz and Mike at Blackbird Cafe. Then home to finish up all the post-event stuff. I'm pretty wiped now; a long day in the heat.