On August 5th, 2017, the Moms Run This Town/She Runs This Town Louisville chapter hosted their August Family Fun Event. The MRTT/SRTT chapter hosted this event with the support of Orienteering Louisville (OLOU) at Brown Park in St. Matthews. We had over 26 teams who ran either the short or long orienteering course in hopes of winning beautiful handmade medals crafted by the Dunlap family!
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| Our beautiful medals made for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams. |
Some of you may wonder what is orienteering? Great question and we wondered this as well prior to setting up the event, so we did a little digging on the Orienteering Louisville (OLOU) website. Here is what we found:
"Orienteering is a sport that involves navigating a set course
using a specialized topographical map and a compass. It can be
enjoyed by people of all ages as a competitive cross-country race
or as a recreational walk in the woods."
We found this description held true as we had a range of ages in our participants, from toddlers to
grandparents! Also, as moms we loved that this was an event that had our kids moving, connecting
them to the outdoors (and running), and using some great life skills (map reading, working in teams, etc).
grandparents! Also, as moms we loved that this was an event that had our kids moving, connecting
them to the outdoors (and running), and using some great life skills (map reading, working in teams, etc).
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| Orienteering means running trails and sometimes crossing water to find the check points. |
For this event, teams did not need a compass, but instead were supplied with orienteering maps.
OLOU volunteers were on hand to explain the maps and instruct on how to best navigate the course,
as well as how to use the finger sticks to mark off each checkpoint on the map. Adults and kids loved
using the maps, and the kids especially enjoyed using the finger sticks as they found each checkpoint!
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| This 8 year old loved finding the check points! |
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| Team BAMRS proudly showing off their handmade medal. |
Because this was more of a lesson on "what is orienteering", instead of a race we had goody bags for each
families participating, thanks to Ken Combs Running Store and our chapter leaders. There were also
handmade, custom team medals for the top 3 times in our short course and the overall team winners of
our long course.
Congratulations to every family that came out to the event and we appreciate Orienteering Louisville so
much for coming out to show us what orienteering is all about!
You can find more about OLOU on their website, including meet dates/times at http://www.olou.org/
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