Started with a trail run in Albion Hills to hang a couple of flags for this afternoon's high school nav training session, then I kept running until it was time to meet everyone at the Chalet. Yuck, I'm not used to this heat yet - I was just skiing a couple of weeks ago!
To slow down the speedy Phatty & Leanimal, who were also hanging flags, I gave them maps with no declination marked on them. They were surprisingly gracious about it.
Then we got together with 8 of the 12 high school students who will be doing the high school adventure race at Deerhurst in a couple of weeks. Phatty talked to them about adventure racing in general, and Leanimal talked about the importance of teamwork.
Then we divided the students into 3 groups and each of us took a group out to practise navigating to some checkpoints.
My kids (Jenn, Trish, Alastair) were surprisingly good at understanding contours and staying in contact with the map. For their first session, I think they did really well.
Afterward, we debriefed for awhile in the shade before I headed to the Wheelies' awesome sugaring off party. We're hoping that navigation plays a big role in the high school race because our teams are soooo ready for it!