Training Log Archive: barb

Some night-O this morning to visit the remaining 5 "team controls" I'd not gotten to on Friday. 3 of the 5 were still there; I assume that teams picked up the other two, and I just didn't get it recorded. Then I rode around to the other side of the map and walked in to the bees' nest to get the dropped control card and kleenex packet. Saw no bees. It was getting light.

To Boojum, around Boojum, home from Boojum.

To school to join the 1st & 2nd graders for their morning meeting, to hear what they liked and thought could be improved, about the field trip.

Also saw the jr high teachers briefly; they were very positive about the trip. They thought the kids worked well together and "got it" about the orienteering much more than last year.

Went to the principal's office, where I met the father of the girl who was stung. He was there asking for medical advice; she's complaining of the itch. The nurse took him to her office.

Event: CSU Rocky Woods
 

Red course at Rocky Woods. Not very motivated. It was hot.

Mom did White, Dave did Red, Dad did Orange, and the kids went together on Yellow.

5 hours of control placing and pickup; a couple hours of walking and running during the event.

Things generally went really well. I have a list of things to do differently if they let me do it again next year. The big excitement was a girl stepping on a bees' or hornet's nest and being stung multiple times. I was on the other side of the map, and got a few phone calls about it. The teacher with the girl decided that we should call for an ambulance, so I did that while jogging toward them. Then I got another girl from the team on the phone so that she could tell me exactly where they were. She used a landmark control number to communicate her location; they'd gone south from it along a fence. I was able to get right to them. The girl who was stung is fine; no allergic reaction. Her teacher says she doesn't think the girl will come to the woods again.

The full set of photos is here. A few:

If you click on this one you'll see a larger image and might be able to read one of the team worksheets they filled out ahead of time with ground rules. My dad is in this photo too:








Chris and Sarah - half of the amazing junior high teaching team:


Steve, the math teacher:




The junior high and grade 1/2 teams exchanged tickets for stickers when they met. Here a grade 1/2 team eagerly approaches a junior high team:




Counting stickers:


At the Finish, the chaperones set up a store where kids could exchange tickets they retrieved from the woods for knick-knacks and candy. Here was one of the displays of goods:


The chaperones were awesome:

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To and from Boojum for Jr High O.

Found on politicalirony.com:

Is the presidential campaign becoming long and frustrating to you? I find it helps to just stare at this photo for a few minutes.

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Tomorrow is the big day: the orienteering field trip!
I spent a couple hours this morning meeting with the teachers and some of the chaperones. This is going to be fun. Here are some numbers:
103 students ranging from age 6 to 13.
9 teachers (including assistants).
27 adult chaperones.
32 different courses (each student will do 2 or 3).
84 controls (including regular punch, epunch, and hidden envelopes).

Still need to make some maps (4 courses plus chaperone overview maps), map walk narrations, instructions, posters, checklists, envelopes filled with tickets, etc.

Plus place all the controls.
Plus work today.

Setting controls for tomorrow's jr high O

Peter gave me and my bike a ride to Boojum via Dunkin Donuts this morning around 6. I walked most of the legs that the 1st & 2nd graders will travel on Friday, and flagged them.

Fun ride home from Boojum in traffic.

Oh man I am so tired.
Work is a little stressful; could not figure out some IT stuff today. Feeling kind of inept. Founders are coming in tomorrow. I'm not at work that much. Friday is the O field trip. Craziness.