Training Log Archive: barb

Liz, Don and I presented about orienteering to a dozen elementary school teachers yesterday. It was great talking to Don (President of QOC), and hearing what success they are having. Over 400 people at their latest meet! They have been working with a couple schools that have approached them or had orienteering kids. It's great how open Don was to have teachers contact him for support.

Today we'll do a presentation about high school orienteering. Unfortunately there is suddenly a forecast for rain and we want to do outdoor demo. Well, the rain is supposed to finish just as we start our session, so hopefully it will be just wet and not raining.

Here is a link to the website that we prepared for this conference.

Feel free to take anything you like from this. Note: we are paying a graphic artist to generate new exclusive-to-orienteering animal pictures!

Ideally, orienteering clubs would present at all these state-level PE conferences. We have presented 4-5 times at the Massachusetts one. Each time we have 20-40 people in the audience, and we have gotten uptake from a couple people, so it slowly does make a difference. Introducing orienteering at a single school can reach hundreds of kids.

We were invited to VAHPERD by the President of VAHPERD, who received a grant from OUSA Youth Mapping Project for a map. He's now moved on to a new school and will probably get a map for that school too! Yesterday he and I looked together at google maps to see the new school grounds.

Maybe we should put this VAHPERD experience into the OUSA newsletter and encourage clubs to attend their state PE conferences.

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I hope you all will come and join us at the Nickerson State Park event. Rob and I have prepared some fun courses! Saturday Nov 12.

To and from MRI, seeking cause of ongoing pain/stiffness in lower back. The oncologist wants to make sure it's not cancer-related.
Last week I had a bone density scan that showed I have signs of osteoporosis, which is caused/exacerbated by the cancer meds I am on. Need to start weight training.

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IOF Global Development Webinars

Keegan said he'd co-present with me.

This coming weekend I'll be presenting two workshops at the VA PE teachers' conference, in Reston. Don Fish and Liz (Nav Games board member) will join me.