October 3, 2026
We had great weather and a fine turnout with 29 entries and 44 participants. The woods and grass were fairly dry, and while most of the leaves were still on the trees, visibility was pretty good in this fairly open park. Everyone seemed to have a good time despite a couple of glitches:
- Because I entered the trail from the other direction when placing controls, and exited before reaching the sign, I did not realize that one trail was marked as closed. Fortunately participants seemed to manage OK.
- I missed adding one of the new trails in the far southeast section, which was only relevant for Red/Green runners, but it was not needed. They just saw that it was there.
- Once again I couldn’t get the printer to work. Some day I’ll figure this out.
Thanks to everyone who came. You are why we do this! Special thanks to Laszlo and Josh for picking up the controls (it would have taken several days for me to do it).
Next up its Five Rivers (outside Delmar) on Sunday, October 18. Our “O”ctoberfest continues. Hope to see you there.
If you tracked your route with a GPS watch, you can upload the GPX file to Livelox and see where you went on the map. Plus you an see how others who have uploaded went.
But, even if you don’t have your own track you can still see how some others went. So far we have 2 Red and 1 Brown uploaded. Here’s the link to upload or just watch:
https://www.livelox.com/Events/Show/204936/EMPO-Tawasentha
Splits
Phil H-T