Meet Results: The Third Annual Bear Run Run Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22 2007 I ran it on a Sunday and it made me ill The Bear Run Run Run, the Bear Run Run Nobody told me that it had that big hill The Bear Run Run Run, the Bear Run Run... (with apologies to The Crystals) Wow -- two days to orienteer in the beautiful, open and runnable Idaho City woods -- who could pass up a chance for an opportunity like that? Well, evidently quite a few folks...whatever else you could say about the weekend, the woods weren't exactly crowded. However, those who chose to brave the heat and head up to Idaho City were able to enjoy some very neat terrain, and only an hour out of Boise. Saturday was a tour of the northern end of the map -- beautiful, mostly gentle hill-and-valley terrain with fast, open woods and plenty of trails. Jeff & Donna Decker took on a pretty advanced Beginner course, and still came back smiling. Jeff then proceeded to decimate the Intermediate course, closely followed by Sergey & Masha. Donna went out to try the Intermediate course solo, but decided the entire pie was a bit much for one day. And, after his pre-run "hint" to Dondi sent her off on a tour of the wild areas of the map, your erstwhile meet director swore off any more hinting. Meanwhile, the competition was tight on Advanced, with Sergey making a rare bobble by not being able to find one of the controls. This opened the door for Michael Tobin, who blew through the course in just over an hour (and then rode his bike back to Boise -- gah!), with Jeff Black in close pursuit. Bill Pilcher and Karin Didisse easily broke the two hour mark, and walkers Brad Lowe and Dawn Caldwell had an enjoyable hike, and still managed to make it back in three hours. Sunday's courses were an introduction to the southern half of the map, taking the competitors to both steeper slopes and very technical hydromined terrain. Even with the deliberately shortened courses, the heat and tough terrain took their toll. Dondi Black took advantage of the lack of hints from the meet director to blow through the Intermediate course in just under an hour. Masha, running solo (while her parents wore a new ditch in the terrain while pacing) had one minor parallel error on a trail, but still managed to finish in good time. On Advanced, Sergey redeemed himself by completely trashing the course in under 40 minutes. The terrain proved to be too much for Jeff Black, who spent the morning having "learning experiences" in terrain radically different from anything else in the club inventory. Bill Pilcher and Karin Didisse rounded out the performances on the course, with both surviving the heat and the monster hill leading into the finish. All in all, a very fun weekend -- too bad more folks weren't able to make it up to enjoy the area! If you missed Idaho City, be sure not to miss the upcoming meet at Bear Basin in McCall, ID -- Sunday, August 26th. The woods are waiting for you! Andy Hill Day 1 Beginner Jeff & Donna Decker 38:34 Intermediate Jeff Decker 57:12 Masha & Sergey Velichko 65:55 Dondi Black DNF Donna Decker DNF Advanced Michael Tobin 1:10:00 Jeff Black 1:14:12 Bill Pilcher 1:42:20 Karin Didisse 1:52:20 Brad Lowe & Dawn Caldwell 3:01:00 Sergey Velichko DNF Day 2 Beginner No takers Intermediate Dondi Black 1:02:12 Masha Velichko 1:22:00 Advanced Sergey Velichko 37:07 Jeff Black 1:13:32 Bill Pilcher 1:23:00 Karin Didisse 1:29:40