Where to begin?
So here's my story (Bev and Dave will have their own story with the results):
When I drove in about 9:40 am the place looked as though it was already a record crowd and I could see more cars behind me driving in. The registration table was absolutely buried behind a sea of people. Both Ron Eaglin and I were busy doing instruction at one point. The start table looked even more crowded and periodically Jay Murphy would emerge from the crowd looking haggard but cheerful. Somehow everyone managed to pull it off without (much) panic.
Lots of JROTC. Lots of Home Schoolers. Lots of Girl Scouts. Whoever is doing the publicity within those groups for us - Keep up the good work. Speaking of publicity - Ron Eaglin (who does Orlando Sentinel) and Ray Bruneau (who does everything else) deserve a special thanks. We have to assume their efforts are bearing fruit when we see big turnouts like this. The Sentinel feature article last month helped. The record turnout at Tibet Butler, two weeks prior to this event, helped. The word of mouth process apparently also helps.
Now I have to call Wekiwa GEOpark to make sure we didn't inadvertently do anything wrong. I'm looking forward to that one perfect day with those folks. It's been a year since we have had no awkward incidents at Wekiwa (RSRSR is part of WBGP).
As for my own Red course run, both Ron Eaglin and Paul Hodges whupped me good, and Blain Reeves was only a minute behind me, unless he read his watch wrong and also beat me. I have lots of excuses, though. They're right here somewhere. Maybe I'll find them later. Anyway, the brain does odd things when you run too fast. Its an old Orienteering saying, but its true: It's called oxygen debt and after you've been running 30 or 40 minutes, you have to guard against doing dumb things. I didn't. Guard, that is. But man, did I have fun. We saw parts of RSRSR we hadn't visited before. B&D took us through some really pretty areas. And the lakes in the south part were so dry the park had bush-hogged them, so we could run right through them and actually navigate via the green island-clusters of bushes, which Malcolm Adams the mapper had very nicely included on the map. All of the comments I heard from folks on other courses were positive. Very gratifying. Janet and I later retrieved Yellow course controls and noted how long it seemed, but also how interesting and varied, too, which explains the good comments. It never hurts to finish up by going through the prettiest stand of live oak in the park, either; good course design there, Ousleys. The Orange course was clearly advertised as long and difficult, but everyone there seemed to enjoy it, too.
When I get the actual headcount I'll verify the 'records' we set - maybe by the next newsletter.
| White | ||
| Kiley Hall | 30:42:00 | G-2 |
| Rhonda Collinson | 35:40:00 | G-2 |
| Dennis & Catherine Edwards | 54:16:00 | G-2 |
| GS Troop 1840 #1 | 70:12:00 | G-6 |
| GS Troop 1840 #2 | 70:12:00 | G-4 |
| Ham | 77:37:00 | G-6 |
| Amy Rop | 79:48:00 | G-6 |
| Flannery | 86:27:00 | G-3 |
| Tyson | 94:10:00 | G-2 |
| Flannery | 108:09:00 | G-6 |
| Flannery | 108:09:00 | G-3 |
| 11 Maps | ||
| 42 Participants | ||
| ========== | ||
| Yellow | ||
| Sam Chancillor | 50:22:00 | |
| Troop-85-4 | 64:20:00 | G-4 |
| Culp Home School | 66:34:00 | G-4 |
| Skinner | 67:50:00 | G-4 |
| George Stewart | 71:20:00 | |
| Christine Young | 71:41:00 | G-2 |
| Hatchell | 76:25:00 | G-4 |
| Bagby | 76:44:00 | G-2 |
| Wasinger | 79:37:00 | G-3 |
| GS Troop 114 & 849 | 81:00:00 | G-7 |
| Herbert Scribner | 84:20:00 | G-6 |
| Peter Laurerer | 86:19:00 | G-4 |
| McGrath | 90:57:00 | G-3 |
| GS Troop 642 | 97:24:00 | G-10 |
| Thomas McDonough | 98:06:00 | G-3 |
| Richard Floto | 98:33:00 | G-5 |
| GS Troop 598 | 99:21:00 | G-6 |
| GS Troop 114 & 849 #2 | 103:45:00 | G-7 |
| Brion Moore | 107:34:00 | G-3 |
| Jim Hodges | 107:40:00 | |
| Morton | 107:44:00 | G-4 |
| Sample | 108:36:00 | G-3 |
| GS Troop 598 | 111:06:00 | G-9 |
| GS Troop 236 | 115:29:00 | G-6 |
| Carolyn Caples | 117:32:00 | G-4 |
| Troop 85 | 120:33:00 | G-3 |
| GS Troop 205 | 126:36:00 | G-9 |
| John Usher | 131:37:00 | G-4 |
| Pat & Alicia Korn | 147 | G-2 |
| Lori Davis | Missed one | G-3 |
| Dave Moraseski | DNF | |
| 31 Maps | ||
| 128 Participants | ||
| ========== | ||
| Orange | ||
| Matt Mahoney | 39:53:00 | M-1 |
| Dempsey | 44:32:00 | M-1 |
| THS NJROTC Thompson #9 | 48:50:00 | G-? |
| THS NJROTC Hensly #21 | 51:49:00 | G-? |
| Walenty Prytulo | 54:13:00 | M-1 |
| THS #2 | 55:23:00 | G-? |
| THS NJROTC Day | 57:30:00 | G-? |
| THS NJROTC England #23 | 57:30:00 | G-? |
| Carlos | 60:25:00 | G-2 |
| THS NJROTC Kelley #22 | 60:30:00 | G-? |
| THS NJROTC Fender #16 | 60:42:00 | G-? |
| THS NJROTC Lee | 62:25:00 | G-? |
| THS NJROTC Kenyon #17 | 62:42:00 | G-? |
| THS NJROTC Saunders #8 | 64:30:00 | G-? |
| Tim Van Sant | 66:30:00 | M-1 |
| Barbara Dubrosky | 67:25:00 | F-1 |
| O&A Londa, Frank, Bill, Susan | 67:37:00 | G-4 |
| THS NJROTC Daugherty #14 | 67:50:00 | G-? |
| THS NJROTC Clark #4 | 68:09:00 | G-? |
| Smith Oviedo | 70:25:00 | G-5 |
| O&A | 72:33:00 | G-7 |
| O&A | 76:26:00 | G-6 |
| THS NJROTC Martinez #5 | 77:35:00 | G-? |
| Stephen White | 78:43:00 | M-1 |
| THS NJROTC Norton #7 | 80:00:00 | G-? |
| THS NJROTC Street #13 | 81:13:00 | G-? |
| THS NJROTC Simmer #1 | 81:35:00 | G-? |
| THS NJROTC Friday #11 | 83:37:00 | G-? |
| Wesley Boettcher | 83:57:00 | M-1 |
| Dan Lynch | 84:55:00 | G-2 |
| Charles Wells | 85:42:00 | G-2 |
| Jeffers | 85:50:00 | G-2 |
| Reynolds | 86:02:00 | G-2 |
| Chissoe | 86:03:00 | G-4 |
| Oviedo - Carro | 86:27:00 | G-4 |
| THS NJROTC Dugan #15 | 86:30:00 | G-? |
| de Marcken | 87:49:00 | G-3 |
| THS NJROTC Kink #18 | 88:37:00 | G-? |
| Counts | 88:53:00 | G-2 |
| Jeff Buccellato | 91:10:00 | M-1 |
| John Martin | 92:24:00 | G-4 |
| Johnson & Clendaniel | 98:23:00 | G-2 |
| THS NJROTC Kink #20 | 98:59:00 | G-? |
| THS NJROTC Adams #10 | 100:19:00 | G-? |
| Brico | 102:08:00 | M-1 |
| Oviedo - Maze | 108:15:00 | G-5 |
| THS NHROTC #3 | 110:27:00 | G-? |
| Laurie Stephens | 116:45:00 | G-7 |
| Troop 787 | 117:51:00 | G-6 |
| Jack Borah | 118:31:00 | G-4 |
| THS NJROTC Morgans #6 | 120:24:00 | G-? |
| Jeremy Miller | 131:25:00 | G-3 |
| Troop 297 | 138:57:00 | G-6 |
| Young | 139:50:00 | G-2 |
| James Balius | 150:57:00 | G-7 |
| THS NJROTC Lee #19 | DNF | G-? |
| 56 Maps | ||
| 100 + 24 G-? Participants | ||
| ========== | ||
| Green | ||
| Arild Orsleie | 52:21:00 | M-1 |
| Harold McCarty | 89:06:00 | M-1 |
| Kate P. | 98:46:00 | F-1 |
| LMHS NJROTC | 102:50:00 | G-3 |
| Barry Dubrosky | 114:54:00 | M-1 |
| Dan Moraseski | 122:56:00 | M-1 |
| Jonathan Linforth | 125:48:00 | M-1 |
| Russ Steinke | 129:52:00 | M-1 |
| Barb & Jim Moraseski | 145:11:00 | G-2 |
| Rob Rauch & Mike Kendig | 166:08:00 | G-2 |
| Elsie Turner & Dave Matthews | 180+ | G-2 |
| 11 Maps | ||
| 16 Participants | ||
| ========== | ||
| Red | ||
| Ron Eaglin | 91:18:00 | M-1 |
| Paul Hodges | 93:18:00 | M-1 |
| Bob Putnam | 103:25:00 | M-1 |
| Blaine Reeves | 108:19:00 | M-1 |
| Matt Mahoney | 140:08:00 | M-1 |
| Boca Cega High #2 | 162:53:00 | G-? |
| Boca Cega High #3 | 172:36:00 | G-3 |
| Boca Cega High #1 | 176:58:00 | G-4 |
| Ed Canon | 180:22:00 | G-3 |
| Barry Miller | 180:50:00 | G-2 |
| Gary Rodgers | 188:30:00 | G-4 |
| 11 Maps | ||
| 25 + 1 G-? Participants |