1K Circle Map Run

Originally this blog was also used to house copies of my maps for orienteering runs.  Today I drew a 1K circle around my house, laid out a course staying within the 2K circle and keeping off off private properties.  Goal was to run as far as possible in one hour.  I was a little over in 1:03:39.  Such is the aging process.  Still it was a good run slowly getting use to running hard for the whole time without taking walks.  The map is still being field checked so more public access spots aren't mapped (25-26-27 went through USD497 and Hallmark Cards parking lots).. Very simple map reading and the streets are almost all familiar except for streets I hadn't been on to get the distance in.

Mar 6, '10 Hawn Green Route

My first Quick Route map: Green course at Hawn SP.

My Univ of Kansas orienteers?

I came across the Vulcan O' Club's Orienteering Workbook (2004) with a reference to the KU Champs on page 9:


The Sport Evolves
After fading away around 1971-72, West Point orienteering was rejuvenated in 1975 by U.S. Army orienteering founder Bud Fish. The cadets have dominated U.S. intercollegiate competition from 1978 to the present except for 1983-85 when Gene Wee's University of Kansas orienteers won. Bill Gookin has been an orienteering organizer in the San Diego area since 1969. The San Francisco Bay area club with the leadership of Joe Scarborough and the clubs around the Seattle, Washington, area grew rapidly as the top western orienteering areas in the 1980's. . .



I assembled the runners and they did all the work. . . Many are still OK members 25 years later. Maybe KU in some other sport can win a national championship this weekend down south. . .

Sample Map of Dec 2 Sprint O

This is just a test to see if the map we're making for the Dec 2nd O' on Mt. O' reproduces OK. This should be a fun meet and any KU Alumnus will be pleasantly surprised what the campus has to make for an interesting course. Final scale will be either 1:4000 or 1:5000.