While both Saturday and Sunday started with some low hanging fog, we were fortunate enough to avoid any rain or impactful weather of any kind. This did not mean that the competitors stayed dry; we managed to navigate the course trail through several low crossings with water and mud for some extra fun. 

We set up two separate courses for our 5k and 10k events, sharing only 1 of 12 stages. We stretched the distance on the 5k course a little to incorporate some unique shooting locations. The 5k official round count was 35 rifle and 35 pistol across 5 stages with the furthest target at 425 yards. The 10k course ended up being approximately 6.25 miles with 7 stages and an official round count of 45 rifle and 45 pistol with the furthest shot limited to 250 yards. We introduced several technical challenges for the shooters that made our stages more difficult. These challenges included multiple transitions, offhand shooting, blind stages, and ambiguous stage designs that forced the shooters to choose their shooting position and sequence on the clock. 10 of the 12 stages required both rifle and pistol targets to be engaged and every stage required the shooters to engage targets from at least 2 positions.

In our second season of hosting run n guns we are continuously striving to improve in every aspect of our events. One area of opportunity that we saw was our scoring and ability to offer transparency and detailed results. Most matches offer a general overview of the results without much detail; we wanted to change that. If you check out our results page, you will see a plethora of data from wait and run times to time stamps on stage entries and exits. We are extremely excited to offer this level of detail in an interactive platform so shooters can analyze their performance or compare it against others.