Night Orienteering With Lights Series (OWLS) - Cooleman Ridge...

the first OWLS event was on Cooleman Ridge with the registration area of Kathner St...

we decided we would do the short, moderate navigation course (Barking Owl) at 3.7k...we knew we would take longer as we would be sticking to trails more which always adds distance to courses...

a couple of Ultra runners passed by as we were getting ready so we gave them a cheer...

start temp/humidity: 28.9/30% (apparent temp 27.5)
start time: 6:27pm
total distance: 5.21 (3.7 "as the crow flies")
total time: 70:40
avg pace: 13:34
total calories: 531
avg HR: 121
recovery HR: not noted

official splits: 2:21, 3:27, 8:29, 3:23, 10:50, 9:15, 3:38, 5:34, 14:08, 4:25, 5:11

the highlight was Jodie's graceful tumble as we headed up the slope to #8...no injury thankfully but it was funny!

Barking Owl (31) 3.7km 10 Controls
1 James Bailie 35:34
2 Ewan Barnett BS A 38:32
3 Ari Piiroinen BS A 38:51
4 Laure Gauthez Putaliaz PO A 40:59
5 Ella Cuthbert BS A 43:27
6 Peter Miller / Alison Inglis BS A 45:45
7 Tara Sutherland BS A 49:00
8 Tara Melhuish PO A 50:03
9 Jasmine Elson AO A 51:16
10 Chris Andersen BS A 52:24
11 Ana Herceg PO A 52:25
12 Bill Jones RR A 54:11
13 Andrew Cumming Thom WE A 54:16
14 Jesse Piiroinen BS A 59:27
15 John Spooner PO A 59:59
16 Anna Hyslop PO A 61:43
17 Craig Mottershead AO A 65:10
18 Monika Binder PO A 66:39
19 Jonathan Miller BS A 67:01
20 Bronwyn Calver / Jodie Davis BS A 70:40
21 Garry Fry RR A 71:42
22 Carol Harding BSA 72:01
23 John Harding BS A 72:36
24 Joseph Wilson / Susan Hallissy BS A 81:35
Sue Garr PO A mp
John Suominen WE A mp
Jack Palmer BS A dnf
Matthew Stocks / David Stocks BS A dnf