I am really excited for this event. What could be better than running around Farmdale at night?
(That was a rhetorical question, by the way.)

Quote from Josh Morin on Nov 1^st, 2011, 2:04pm:

 
where did we lose you, Josh ? :-P
 
An orienteering race is a race where instead of having a nicely marked course you get a map with check points on it, you also get a punch card.  you run to each check point in order and punch your card and then back to the finish.
 
You get a clue sheet which has little pictorials to help you figure out where the check point is (example: check point 2 is on the north side of a big rock.....or Check point 4 is on the south end of a fence line...etc)
 
It's pretty fun..... there's an extra dimension to the race since the course is not defined.   two runners/teams could pick different routes to the same check point.  
 
Its awesome.  

I am going to be really excited if the Cougar Hill Cairn is one of the man-made landmarks!
 

did you all have fun?
 
the night run was a surprise for me...didn't know they were doing the Rogaine format....
The day foot-o was a blast and the bike O was good too, but I didn't do as well there since I'm a bike noob.  IRVOC did a great job hosting the event