Little Bennett

Little Bennett Regional Park in Clarksburg Maryland was the scene for QOC’s orienteering event on March 27. Little Bennett is the largest of Montgomery County’s parks, and Sunday’s event was staged from a less-visited section of the park. Dire weather predictions were overrated as we had a nice partly cloudy day with temps in the upper 40’s. Over 120 participants from elite runners to nature hikers came out for the fun and challenge of racing through forested stream valleys, over rocky hills, and across old farmer’s fields, using only a map and compass for navigation. As a testament to the relative remoteness of this beautiful spot, white tailed deer and a fox were both seen from the start area.

Special appreciation goes out to the club members who volunteered to help manage this event: Sam, Valerie, Greg, Kathleen, Suzanne, Fred, Dave, Angela, Anita, Mike L, Mike N, Pat, Heidi, Mihai, Alex, Laudier, Mark M, Mark W, Ted and Erica.

RouteGadget and WinSplits are now online for this event. Note: There are two RouteGadget entries for this meet, due to the map differences between one set of courses (White, Yellow, Orange and Brown) and the rest (Green, Red, Blue).