A really great weekend with the Juniors. Lots of help from excellent people, and great efforts from Juniors of all ages. They coped admirably with the increasingly nasty weather on Saturday, and we will definitely revisit the headless chicken in nicer weather! Being with the crowd is incredibly motivating, and I enjoyed it a huge amount. There is also a lot of potential in these individuals, and it's great to start helping them realise it.
Warm up & strides9:50 0.87 km (11:15 / km) +82m7:40 / km ahr:146 max:164 shoes: Integrators 5000
Wow, a long time since I've used this category! We did the same thing yesterday but I forgot to start my watch. Lots of fun drills and agility stuff to warm up. Erin is really good at this stuff. After some of the younger participants were reluctant yesterday, today they were all in! That was good to see.
Orienteering43:13 3.41 km (12:40 / km) +144m10:27 / km ahr:142 max:176 shoes: Integrators 5000
Shadowing on the no trails mega fine-O course. Some lovely lines and some small problems, but mostly very impressive. I had no idea Michael over ran a control by quite a bit when I was with him. It's been a long time since I've run at boy speed, and today I did it twice, but not for very long either time :)
11 AM
Orienteering57:52 5.46 km (10:36 / km) +229m8:46 / km ahr:152 max:171 shoes: Integrators 5000
Collecting controls in. Tired by now but wanted to make the most of the woods before heading home. Should take my own advice, I really messed up one at the far end! It's very difficult to make a focussed plan when in hanging/coaching mode.