Training Log Archive: barb

Event: Big Tahoma Rogaine
 

To school for the first junior high parent/teacher meeting of the year. This is the third year I've had a kid in the junior high, but now it's Isabel in 7th grade. People are pretty psyched because the kids this year are a great group and we won't have the same behavioral issues that slowed down the curriculum last year. They're taking more time with developing the social contract this year. There is a problem with Facebook; kids are not behaving well there.

I picked up the kids' written reflections on the orienteering trip. I can't wait to read them.

"The best moment of the orienteering trip for me was about halfway through our planned route, when we realized that we had loads of extra time. Then, just as we were strolling along, getting used to the idea, someone said loudly, it's a Friday! I was ecstatic. We were not pressed for time, and had a whole weekend of relaxation ahead."

"I think planning our route in advance really helped us out, and doing lots of activities in our group helped us with teamwork."

"My favorite moment was when we climbed up this steep hill, and came to control 110, where there was a beautiful view, a *bunch* of trash to put in our trash bag, and lawn chairs! We decided to eat lunch there, and it was perfect for that. It was like the von Trapp family came up this hill to Switzerland."

"I think the most important planning was getting to know each other better. I know this might sound sappy, but people who get along well with their team seemed more excited for orienteering."

"For most of the trip I felt discouraged because I still did not know how to orienteer. So I couldn't do anything to help my team. If it wasn't for Ben we would be half way to Canada by now."

"I can't think of anything that went well. We were always fighting, I was always getting yelled at, the adults were terrible, and we barely earned any tickets."

"I felt proud for finishing the course and it was fun to get prizes."

"I think trying to make quick decisions was a challenge. In the class we always had a lot of time to think things over."

"My high point was when we found a team control that was deep in the woods."

"My personal high point was when we finally reached P3 and we had done it all by ourselves with no adults."

"The worst moment was when Sam led me through the mud and I lost one of my socks."

"We learned to bond together and not trust Sam."

"Everything was awesome. We were practically laughing the whole time."

Packing to head off to WA for a rogaine tomorrow. Apparently there was recently a cougar sighting in some relatively populated park near/in Seattle where we've orienteered before. They caught the cougar and took it away and released it... in the place we'll be rogaining. Which is where they dump all these cougars who got too close to human populations. Great.

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Why are these long races suddenly seeming so attractive to me? I went and looked up the Stone Cat race as soon as I read about it. Sounds nice. So close by!
I like how you can go relatively slow and still finish just fine.
I like how you can just go and get all your exercise for the week in one fell swoop.
I like how you don't have to stay up all night. Except for the 100k I guess.
I like going on trails.

CSA pickup

From Saturday's game.


My orienteering field trip hairdo with flagging tape ribbons...

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Find of the day: seatexpert.com (via tripit.com, which I'm loving so far)

Work commute there and back.

Vermont 50k.
Very beautiful landscape.
Felt pretty good after.
Passed 4 women in the last half mile.
Traveled faster than I expected, which meant I never saw Peter on the course.
The paths would be really really really nice to run on if it were drier.
There were two young guys who were running at a very steady pace. I would pass them on the downhills and then when I was walking up hill they would pass me, over and over again.

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