Today we tried a new form of adventure racing with the TRI-Team crew. The park area north of the school was mapped with about a dozen pick-up or drop zones for tasks they had to complete in pairs. The trick was that teams didn’t know which location corresponded to a given task until they ran the course. Just some of the things they needed to accomplish:
- inflate a balloon and tie it with a ribbon (from two separate locations)
- empty a water bottle and refill with blue water + yellow water to return a green bottle
- complete a math problem and return with it
- empty a tube of rice and fill it with bird seed
- find a bib and medal and wear them to the finish
It was fun to see how long it took each team and how they worked together to get all of the tasks done. Afterward, we spent the remaining time with ultimate frisbee and a quick game of soccer.
Tri-Loppet brochures were handed out today. We’d love to have everyone sign up for this fun event on June 27th. Kids can do one leg of the race or all three, and there is no charge. We’ll have boats and mountain bikes available for them. It would be great to have a couple of teams from Andersen! You can check out further details on the Tri-Loppet at: www.Tri-Loppet.com
A special mountain bike outing is scheduled for Thursday, May 21 right after school. We’ll be busing over to Theodore Wirth Park and back in time for the activity bus home. This will be our only chance to mountain bike this season before the Tri-Loppet in June.
We will not meet on May 25th due to Memorial Day but will meet as usual on Monday, June 1st for A Greenway bike ride to Lake Calhoun followed by canoing!
