Training Log Archive: iansmith

Hilarious: https://www.orienteeringusa.org/rankings/rank_show...

C • it takes skill and dedication 9

Training camp at Harriman!

Event: Harriman Training Camp
 

OUSA BoD is having a phone meeting on Monday, November 28. The agenda is available at the following link, though I've pasted the text below because I imagine the agenda will be taken down after the meeting.
http://www.us.orienteering.org/upcoming-board-meet...

Some notes from me:
1. Athlete insurance is not required by IOF; see IOF Rules of Competition for Foot-O. Section 6.4 states "Competitors participate at their own risk. Insurance against accidents shall be the
responsibility of their Federation or themselves, according to national regulations." That said, I was able to find travel insurance for a hypothetical 2-week trip to Estonia for a 32-year old for $15, or about $1/day. Apparently the teams spent $8472 last year at the insistence of OUSA; this seems gratuitous. Most of the teams will have groups of ~10 traveling for about two weeks, which at $1/day would amount to expenditures of $150. Suppose the junior trip had 20 people traveling for 42 days (six weeks); this would amount to $840.

2. The sanctioning item seems fairly routine. To be honest, I'm not sure why the Board has a role in this; the sanctioning committee seems better suited to these decisions.

3. No idea what the JTESC rule change request is.

4. The safety guidelines seems more of a procedural task than one designed to have an impact. It's important to jump through the various hoops to ensure the validity of our insurance, but I don't get the sense that OUSA approved safety guidelines are going to impact orienteering in the US very much. National events nominally have a safety plan, but at the events I've helped organize, there didn't seem to be any external enforcement of our plan.

C • sanctioning 3

C • Insurance 5

Climbing at Brooklyn Boulders with Joe, Melanie, and Bgallup. I was climbing better than last week though still only adequately. I nailed my 5.9 orange nemesis almost perfectly cleanly, then did a series of 5.9s with a 5.10b thrown in for good measure. I finished up with some bouldering, though I'm worse at bouldering than straight up climbing. I think learning how to boulder well and correctly would improve my top rope/lead climbing.

Wee morningjog. I woke at 8, uploaded the Traverse splits to AP, and dozed for a good hour before finally getting up. I suppose I felt sluggish after the race yesterday. Whether because of the cool weather or not pushing hard enough, I didn't feel especially tired at the end of the Traverse - though my body was weary at the end of the day.