Training Log Archive: barb

call with Glen, other stuff.

Had a test in Evolutionary Developmental Biology. It was fun.
Spent the rest of the evening hanging out with the family: piano, watched Isabel do her armchair orienteering, played Pandemic, read up on some science, stuff like that.

Called Rileys re DVOA meet
Email with Sandy re DVOA meet
other stuff.
Talked to Erin: 2014 training camps, how the JST kids are doing, safety, sandwiches, BAOC, DVOA, grants, ONA articles, lesson plans, training camp this weekend.

Itinerary / host families Swedish orienteer.
2014 calendar fix request
Edited safety doc, emailed PGoodwin
Reviewed action items, emailed Erin

Originally I agreed to be administrator for 1 year. I extended it to two, and it is time to start thinking about the replacement who will take over next fall. I hope that by then some things that Erin has pushed for will be happening at a steady level. Already in year two some things are easier, like the JST application we spent so much time on last year, and largely stands for this year.

Went to Baldwin Hill with Linc and Dave. Linc and I did part of a narrow corridor-O that Erin set.
Linc is currently running orange at local meets, yellow at A meets. Moves up to orange officially in 2014.
He is a good, careful orienteer. Tends to have consistent results, and perhaps a next step for him is figuring out how to simplify.

Newsletter #3.
A bunch of research for Feb training camp.
Looks like Guy is close to reserving the Blue Mountain lodge for the late March training camp.
JST 2014 application posted.
Set Erin up to communicate with JST parents.

Phone call about safety.
Wrote up the notes from the last safety meeting in August; started work on some of the items.
drafted the sandwich order form for DVOA A meet.
couple emails to Erin on safety & sandwiches.
Email to Rileys asking about epunch equipment for Maze O.
Email to MF re space and safety.
Some changes to newsletter to include things reviewers suggested.

Talked to Erin about boulder dash fundraiser, DVOA A meet plans, BAOC A meet plans, the team meeting he held Wednesday, Harriman training next weekend (Nov 2-3), rankings, JST application, AZ training camp, and other items.

worked on newsletter.

various emails on various topics including with Maryjane, Marcie, Guy, Guy, Guy, Mike, Guy, Rachel

email re possible yearbook.
talked to Rachel to review the various activities underway. phone calls, yearbook, photos
worked on next newsletter, particularly DVOA meet, cool video, team meeting, edits proposed by Guy
asked Glen to set Rachel up so she can mine grants database for possible grants for jr devt programs at club level, or national team support.

Canadian results --> database (emails).
Logistics for DVOA for some juniors (rides, hotel).
Email to Glen re newsletter link and summarizing conv w/PGoodwin
etc.

Did anyone like newsletter #2? Give me some love.



Edit: Link

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Meeting with Peter Goodwin, 40 min. Epunch kit; year two contract; local club junior programs; grants program; JST; performance review; MTBO; Europe trip length; North American trip summer 2014; team funds rolling over; tweeting from board meeting; scholarship fund.

Meeting with Erin & Guy, 1 hr. Erin is teaching orienteering to high school students in Winchendon this week. Newsletter. Feedback. Number of emails. March 22-23 selection races. training camp in February. DVOA meet plans. JWOC rankings. Blue Mountain reservation for March.

Canceled CT training camp; not enough people. Many interested but busy.

Talked with Mary Frank about arrangements for juniors at DVOA A meet (sandwich fundraiser idea; banquet; meetings before and after races; 10m x 10m area for juniors at event site)
Asked Rachel to set up conversations with Mary Jo, Lisa, and various others. Rachel did some other administrative tasks too.

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back spasm

All 6 of the medalists in F20, M20 (i.e., the national classic champions) were either coached by Erin on the 2013 Standing Team, or were coached by Erin on the 2013 JWOC trip, or both.

Three of the junior boys chose to run M21 instead of competing in M20: Ethan Childs, Matt Stout, Zac Barker. All three are both on JST 2013 and competed for the USA at JWOC.

Other of the juniors coached by Erin on a team who "ran up" instead of running their age category (and a shorter/easier course): Isabel Bryant (JST, JWOC), Evalin Brautigam (JST, JWOC), Melanie Serguiev (JDT, JWOCTour).

Some new JDT members joined this weekend.

Day 2 - Green Y - Splits

Event: UNO Boulder Dash
 

Tweeting from the Orienteering USA Board Meeting.
#OUSABOD

Enjoyed this. Boulder Dash classic. 5k.

Day 1 - Green Y - Splits

review budget info
work on next newsletter
some Boulder Dash items. food... stakes, $ change, envelope, punches, map... canopy... rides who where when...
JST 2014 application went out to JTESC for review.
JWOC 2014 petition process has been under review; should be finished today.

To Fresh Pond, hung controls with Erin, who is going to run the 5th grade orienteering field trip today, allowing me to actually go to work and not get fired.
It is a beautiful fall day.

hanging controls

Erin is making sushi for our household tonight.

Hi everyone.

Gave a talk at class last night about the repeated evolutionary loss of pelvic spines in threespine stickleback.

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Please let your club members know that all who are interested in junior news are welcome to sign up for our newsletter. I hope club officers will sign up! If clubs have their own newsletter for their members, feel free to pull from our newsletter!

Here is the link to sign up

This week's newsletter has information about training camps, junior activities at upcoming A meets, an opportunity to host a young European orienteer, 2014 JST and JWOC teams, and the Junior Development Team.

phone call with Guy & Erin.
phone call with two people from SLOC & Erin - awesome. Erin is really good, you guys. SLOC is interested in trying something ARK-like, ARK-lite. Don't have a lot of volunteers or time, but do have club resources and are in good financial shape. Potentially willing to hire part time student or other person for $2-3k to run an 8-10 week program once a week for kids age 6-10. We'll all think about it and get back together for another conversation in a few weeks. Erin to draft the lesson plans or whatever, the detailed activities, and the equipment list (cones, ...).

8-7 Worked with Erin on various things including Boulder Dash planning, calls (Orienteering Illini, Charlie Bleau, Deb Humiston), and lots more.
10-12 Worked on newsletter

Haven't been logging lately, although there has been a lot going on. Should keep logging because I think it's important to know how much time this takes.

Canadian Champs, W35-44 (so I could run on Izzy's course). Long.

Long Course 8 - Splits

Canadian Champs Middle.

Middle Course 9 - Splits

Event: 2013 Nationals (Hamilton, CANADA)
 

Canadian Champs Sprint

Sprint Course 4b - Splits

Erin has been in town since Friday, and it's been great to have him around. He did training with NEOC kids over the weekend. He and I, especially he, have been working on OUSA junior stuff. JWOC selection, training camps, JST for 2014, reports, grants, A meet activities, uniforms, ... He's heading to Canada tomorrow, like everyone else in our house I guess, but he'll get there in time to hang out with Mike Waddington and ARK kids in the afternoon. Today he's going into Morse School to meet this year's crop of 5th grade orienteers. We also have phone calls with Janet and the grants committee and Orienteering Illini today. Yesterday we talked with Guy, and with Becky (about 4 training camps). And he went to Isabel's soccer game and saw her score the first goal of her high school career. The day before we spoke with a very promising 15-year-old girl from TX who would be an awesome recruit for the JST and eventually JWOC team.

With Anna and Suzanne living in the house now, we have a pretty high concentration of orienteers. Over the weekend we had Anne W too. And lately there have been occasions for visits from the CSU crowd; it's just awesome. CSU training at MIT tonight, with dinner chez nous, Anna hosting, after.

Lots of Admin stuff has been going on but not logged, but figured this was worth it.
First exercise with the new crop of 5th graders. There are just 26 of them, in two classes, which is actually pretty exciting. I love working with 5th graders. And with 1st graders, and 2nd graders, and... I forgot to ask them the most important question: what was it like working as a team? What worked well? What didn't work well? And validate everything.
They went in pairs, did a white course on the school grounds, using Ed's map.
They had fun except for 2 kids.
I love talking about it afterward. I love how energized they get. I love how fun orienteering is.

Still under the weather...

Today I had 4 meetings, with Linda Kohn, Bob Forgrave, Bob Frost, Brenda Blacklock, Rob Minto. Which meant I kind of missed dinner with the awesome CSU crowd, but at least I got to say hi!

Learned a lot of cool stuff.

Work, class