(Below is a report from Mark Montigue following the Odyssey AR Rogaine Orienteering Event)
Hello Odyssey AR Ogainers,
Wow! What a night and day to be in the woods. I heard a lot of great comments on how beautiful it was out there. No one got seriously hurt, or real lost and we all had a good time, my staff included. We feel the event was a success. This was a fun event for us to put on. We really enjoyed setting up and gathering all the flags and punches. This was the most laid back event we have had at HQ. We hope it transferred to a laid back, no pressure event for you all. Navigation is all about practicing and building confidence in your skills. Talking to a lot of you this laid back event helped to achieve that goal.
My staff and I would like to thank you all again for coming out to our second 24 and 8 hr orienteering event. We will mostly have this event the same time next year. Let us know what you liked and didn’t like so we can improve this event.
We would like to congratulate everyone in finishing and congratulate the top 3 in each event.
In the 24hr AR Ogaine: Total Points- 2000
1st place- GOAL SOLO-Brent Freedland- 2000 pts- 16:34 Hr
2nd place- (Tied)-Solo- Brian Thompson and Solo- Charlie Roberts- 2000 pts- 16:54 Hr
3rd place-2 Person- GarMen- Scott Perkins, Hans Heeren- 1620 pts- 22:59 Hr
In the 8hr AR Ogaine: Total Points- 1000
1st place- Solo- Tired Dad- Tim Miller- 1000 pts- 6:55 Hr
2nd place- 3 Person- Richmond ASR -Mark Montague, Tim Dunkum, Phil Dawson-950 pts- 7:42 Hr
3rd place- 4 Person- Mala Pollo- Bryan Harris, Brent Harris, Tom Nelson, Jeff Swayne- 840 pts- 7:23 Hr
A list of the complete results is on our website.
We would like to thank our sponsors , Hammer Nutrition, Headsweats, Zanfel, Jungle Balm and Texas Tavern. We would like to say a special thanks to Douthat State Park for allowing us to hold this event.
If you would like to take you navigation skills to the next level or know of someone that would like to learn how to navigate. We will be holding a land navigation clinic on Saturday, Nov. 14 and December 12, 2009. There is still room in both clinics. This clinic will be geared toward navigation in adventure racing. The field portion of the clinic will be similar to the AR Ogaine, but I will be working side by side with you to help you see the terrain features and route choice strategies.
Thanks again for coming out to our AR Ogaine and we look forward to seeing you at more events in 2010.
Ronny and the Odyssey Adventure team
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