January 19, 2013
Resolution AR
SPORT 3 Hour and ELITE 8 Hour Adventure Race
Thanks to everyone who came out for our first race in 2013. The weather was much improved this time around for the Resolution AR but the course was still an awesome challenge. We're proud of everybody especially the large amount of first timers that took part in the Sport race.
We know a lot of you are trying to stick to a New Year's Resolution to get more fit, get outdoors more, or just to have more fun in 2013. Hopefully we've helped to keep you motivated so far and we look forward to seeing everyone again throughout the year.
As for the race itself, the Elite teams got a little surprise in the morning with a bearing based canoe section. It was designed to be tricky but very do-able if you took your time and plotted your points. We won't name any names but in the heat racing some really good teams made some really simple mistakes. And the teams that followed our advice got exactly where they needed to be.
Anway we thought it would be fun to shake things up a bit and it helped us make the lake a little bigger in theory. Win or lose, hopefully everyone enjoyed the little wrinkle we put into the race this time.
In the Sport race, every team should be really proud of themselves. Usually the Sport has a few more "easier" CPs out there on the course. But besides the paddle, most of the controls were more advanced. If this was your first time racing, you jumped into a hotter fire than normal but did awesome anyway.
Thanks to everyone for coming out and special thanks to
Florida Orienteering for providing the true orienteering maps for the race. Check out their events to get some map and compass practice.
We'll see you next time!
Location:
Lake Louisa State Park (
map)
7305 US Highway 27
Clermont, FL 34714-9181

