Training Log Archive: barb

work commute

To Fresh Pond, then biking around setting controls for the 5th grade O trip, which was a success. It's really smooth now. The teachers do all the teaching; they train the kids on mapreading and compass and teamwork and routeplanning; all I have to do is check in with the rangers, print a few maps, give the classes compasses to train with, check that the street-O answers are still valid (hydrants and houses change color, etc.), then show up on the day and hang controls and watch it unfold.

Teams do a street-O to the park, then the usual landmark control + team control mission; puzzle pieces are in the envelopes.

A gorgeous day: bright white light bouncing off ripples on the water; lazy summer sound of airplanes but enough leaves on the ground to suggest autumn; kids laughing and rolling down the grassy slopes.

C • GPS? 2

To my book group and back.

work, then scouted the controls for tomorrow's 5th grade street-O to Fresh Pond (which might get rained out...). A lot of the clues involve the color of houses or fire hydrants, which can change year to year.

DD run

C • Should that not read... 3

work, epigenetics class, home.
And a brief ride to meet my boyfriend from *29* years ago for lunch. As I approach my 50th bday, I am marveling at the vast stretches of time that have passed since I was young.

C • Eric? 2