Easingwold Running Club ...

Last month at Easingwold Running Club, we tackled a new concept for Thursday night running.

Head Coach, Andy, alongside Member’s Secretary, Claire, came up with a new idea for keeping us all fit, and boy did it work? Orienteering!

8 groups comprising of 6 participants were split again into pairs. Tabs of varying colours and numbers were distributed in advance around the town and beyond.

Green, yellow, orange and red. Green tabs were located closer to the centre, whereas red ones were located much further out, up to 1.5 miles away.

Yellow and orange tabs, somewhere in between.

Colours were given a point weighting depending on their distance from base.

Each pair within the groups were selected based on their predetermined go-to running paces, making the teams as even as possible.

After the line-ups were announced and ten minutes of top secret route planning was complete, off we went.

50 minutes to collect as many tabs as possible. What ensued was nothing short of manic.

Folk headed off in what appeared to be all directions, determined to do their bit for the team and bring home the trophy.

Only one tab could be submitted to base at any one time and after 50 minutes and 48 shattered contenders returned home, it was done!







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