Monday Night Fun Running

File photo - the one we took at the event made him look like a movie extra from the film "Shaun of the Dead"

But it was not to be...and the wind and driving rain that had greeted us at the start and then tempted us all out there by stopping just before 7pm, started again at 7:50. While there had been a brief shower about 7:20, it was relatively light and soon passed. By 7:40, I felt quite warm and thought how clever I had been by coming out for a run this evening. At 7:50 any such delusions were quickly dispelled -the heavens opened and we had strong winds and heavy rain for the next 4-5 minutes.

In spite of this, everybody at the finish was quite cheerful - the one-way street concept introduced by Mark worked well....although one or two people that didn't listen to the briefing and hadn't read the extensive instructions available via the web still didn't quite understand that all controls were on light-poles, which meant that one didn't really have to zig-zag down the streets to provide passing cars with the maximum number of frogger opportunities (frogger - a game in which a little frog attempts to cross a busy road - usually ending badly for said frog). 

As an added complication, the 1:11,000 map seems to have contributed to the late-point demise of a number of well-to-do orienteers. It is quite remarkable that someone that loses 30 points in late penalties doesn't come last - Janet's initial score would have beaten more than half of the runners today...a great result.

Congratulations to Judy for first place in the Walkers...while not as high as Janet or David, she judged her time well and led the pack after time penalties were applied.

Feedback

Greg - I wonder where that slacker Greenwood was tonight?

Next Week's Event

Suzanne plans to take us on a shopping trip next week - and as a special treat will provide a total of 35 control locations. The extra 10 locations are divided into 5 pairs - a pair of bakeries, a pair of clothing stores etc. The idea is that one of the stores is prepared to give you 2 points and the other one 7....but you won't know which until you've been there. At each store, you will gather a 1 digit number and write it on your card (the clues that tell you which number is required are on your map). If you get the bargain - ie the cheaper store - you get 7 points. Points scoring will be as follows:

You get the lower number	Score 7 pts
You get the higher number	Score 2 pts
You get both numbers - just to be sure	Score 7 pts
And before you ask....if you don't get any numbers	Score 0 pts

 Suzanne has also arranged for seating at a nearby pizza/pasta shop. So if you're interested in staying for a bite to eat, please let her/me know via email asap. Start location is North Fitzroy - 96 McKean St (Park in Grant St or next to Edinburgh Gardens) (Melway 44 C1)

Organising an event

If you haven't already done so, we need everybody to log into the training database and pick a date, a map and a course. If you haven't used it yet, why not check it out now at http://street.orienteering.com.au/training/login.asp