The Camp Jayhawk event, which was postponed due to deep snow, has been rescheduled for this Saturday, February 19.
Registration and Starts will be from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Courses close at 2:00 p.m.
Check the website for the latest information: http://www.ptoc.org/
Monday, February 14, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Blue & Gray Event Notes
Thanks to the relatively warm and sunny weather this week much of the snow has melted and our meet will proceed as scheduled. As you can probably tell from looking around your own neighborhood, some snow still exists and could be substantial on north facing slopes. Dress accordingly. I would advise bringing an extra pair of socks (and shoes) to change into afterwards.
Much of the infield area where we will be parking is clear of snow and has a healthy stand of grass but is naturally completely saturated. We should drive slowly over it to avoid creating ruts. Make turns slowly! I would encourage everyone to enter by the west entrance and turn onto the infield soon thereafter. I hope to be free to guide the parking as people arrive. My plan is to form two rows of cars--one facing north, the other facing south. The line facing north would exit by pulling forward, turning left and leaving by the same entrance they came in. For this to work all cars in that line must leave room in front of them for other cars to (slowly!!!) drive by. The south-facing line of cars will leave by pulling forward onto the gravel drive and exiting by either entrance. If buses arrive, I plan to encourage them to park on the edge of the gravel drive in the most out-of-the-way place possible.
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! I'm sure Tom Hanley has planned some challenging courses for us!
Posted by Dick Luckerman
Possum Trot Orienteering Club
Much of the infield area where we will be parking is clear of snow and has a healthy stand of grass but is naturally completely saturated. We should drive slowly over it to avoid creating ruts. Make turns slowly! I would encourage everyone to enter by the west entrance and turn onto the infield soon thereafter. I hope to be free to guide the parking as people arrive. My plan is to form two rows of cars--one facing north, the other facing south. The line facing north would exit by pulling forward, turning left and leaving by the same entrance they came in. For this to work all cars in that line must leave room in front of them for other cars to (slowly!!!) drive by. The south-facing line of cars will leave by pulling forward onto the gravel drive and exiting by either entrance. If buses arrive, I plan to encourage them to park on the edge of the gravel drive in the most out-of-the-way place possible.
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! I'm sure Tom Hanley has planned some challenging courses for us!
Posted by Dick Luckerman
Possum Trot Orienteering Club
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Burr Oak Woods Meet Notes
With a few minor changes from the email I sent out on the yahoo group--
A few meet notes for this Saturday.
The registration and starts are at the shelter just outside the entrance to Burr Oak Woods. There is parking north of the shelter in Pink Hill Park.
The course lengths are as follows:
White--1.6 km
Yellow--2.7 km
Orange--4.5 km
Green--5.9 km
Red--7.2 km (a good practice for the Short Possum in 2 weeks!!)
There are 1 or 2 water stops on each of the orange, green, and red courses (none on white or yellow).
White course is in an open park (Pink Hill Park), like the summer sprints. Yellow on up will be in the woods of Burr Oak Woods. Rough open is ROUGH in most, if not all, cases. Wear pants and/or leg protection--it is very thorny in places.
The weather is supposed to be perfect for orienteering (partly cloudy and 60 degrees). Hope to see you there!! :)
Angie Barrett
A few meet notes for this Saturday.
The registration and starts are at the shelter just outside the entrance to Burr Oak Woods. There is parking north of the shelter in Pink Hill Park.
The course lengths are as follows:
White--1.6 km
Yellow--2.7 km
Orange--4.5 km
Green--5.9 km
Red--7.2 km (a good practice for the Short Possum in 2 weeks!!)
There are 1 or 2 water stops on each of the orange, green, and red courses (none on white or yellow).
White course is in an open park (Pink Hill Park), like the summer sprints. Yellow on up will be in the woods of Burr Oak Woods. Rough open is ROUGH in most, if not all, cases. Wear pants and/or leg protection--it is very thorny in places.
The weather is supposed to be perfect for orienteering (partly cloudy and 60 degrees). Hope to see you there!! :)
Angie Barrett
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Training at Landahl
We did a short training session at Landahl after the event. We focused on contours. The exercise tested the effect of contours (up and down) on how well we moved through the forest. We tested up and down in the woods; flat in the woods; and flat on a trail. The test was simple - move at a consistent effort (running or walking) for 20 seconds, then count your paces back to the start point. With a set of paces in each condition, you can get a good sense of what slows you down.
Everyone went furthest on the trail. That's to be expected. Everyone was slowed by the hills and the forest. Again, that's to be expected. By doing tests like this, you can get a good idea of how much the forest and the hills slow you down.
If you do this sort of test with several other orienteers, then you get a sense of each orienteers strengths. Nancy moved well through the forest. Matt was especially strong going up hill. Joe blazed the downhills.
Submitted by Michael Eglinski
Everyone went furthest on the trail. That's to be expected. Everyone was slowed by the hills and the forest. Again, that's to be expected. By doing tests like this, you can get a good idea of how much the forest and the hills slow you down.
If you do this sort of test with several other orienteers, then you get a sense of each orienteers strengths. Nancy moved well through the forest. Matt was especially strong going up hill. Joe blazed the downhills.
Submitted by Michael Eglinski
Friday, October 29, 2010
Orienteering Training at Landahl Park
There will be a free orienteering training session at Landahl Park tomorrow (Oct 30). It will begin at 12:30 p.m. and last about 30 minutes. It will be led by Michael Eglinski and tomorrow's subject is contours. Sign up at registration. Be sure to come early enough to finish your course before 12:30.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Possums in Colorado
Possums in Colorado
July 17 - 21
11 members of Possum Trot Orienteering Club went to Colorado to participate in the Rocky Mountain O-Fest this past weekend. Much fun was had by all and we enjoyed the weekend very much. The Barretts extended the weekend to Tuesday to run in the US Champ Relays where they took 2nd place in the 12 Point category. Congratulations!!
Mike Shifman also stayed to Wednesday to compete in the US Champ Night-O and Ultra Long events.
Those placing in other events:
Cate Barrett 2nd in F-14 for 2 day Classic Courses
Joe Barrett 2nd in M-18 for 2 day Classic Courses
Angie Barrett 2nd in F-40 for the 2 day Classic Courses
Nancy Neuburger 1st in F-65 for the 2 day Classic Courses
Mike Shifman 2nd in M-70 for US Champ Night O
Mike Shifman 2nd in M-70 in US Champ Ultra-Long
Posted by Paul Clatterbuck
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Jesse James Park Sprint
Just wanted to give you some updates.
Saturday, July 10, start times 8am to 10am (this is not a shady park, so it starts to get really hot shortly after 8am--unless we get some beautiful weather like the past few days!)
ONLY ONE COURSE--I tried to come up with 2 original, interesting courses but couldn't, so the only course will be approximately 2.8 km (we still need to run the course to make sure everything works as planned), there should be no poison ivy and very little tall grass so wearing shorts is an option, also we have only seen 2 ticks in all of our mornings there.
Parking--either in the first parking lot on the left (portapotty is there; about 150 m walk across the street to the shelter by the pond), or you can go past the white fence on the right and turn right into the grassy area next to the pond (about 15 m from the shelter).
If I think of anything else, I will let you know. Looking forward to seeing some of you next Saturday!
Angie and Joe B.
Saturday, July 10, start times 8am to 10am (this is not a shady park, so it starts to get really hot shortly after 8am--unless we get some beautiful weather like the past few days!)
ONLY ONE COURSE--I tried to come up with 2 original, interesting courses but couldn't, so the only course will be approximately 2.8 km (we still need to run the course to make sure everything works as planned), there should be no poison ivy and very little tall grass so wearing shorts is an option, also we have only seen 2 ticks in all of our mornings there.
Parking--either in the first parking lot on the left (portapotty is there; about 150 m walk across the street to the shelter by the pond), or you can go past the white fence on the right and turn right into the grassy area next to the pond (about 15 m from the shelter).
If I think of anything else, I will let you know. Looking forward to seeing some of you next Saturday!
Angie and Joe B.
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