A First Meet at Sidney Lanier

I went out into Fairfax this morning and got htere about an hour before anyone else. I started with a joint rotation, and a light warm-up consisting of a few vaults, QM up and down ramps and stairs, and balancing on rails. I also did a few jumps here and there and stretched out the bits that were pretty tight. Leon showed up, and we took a walk around the area (a newly built middle school), took a picture of just one of the spots there, and were very impressed with the architecture.

Then, a new guy named Corey showed up. Though I was already pretty warmed, for his safety, we decided to run through another warm-up. We began with a light jog (about 600m), then bounced on our feet, jump-tucking every five or six bounces... Hopped from side to side on each leg, jump-tucking with the one leg every five or six.. did a joint rotation, and a series of push-ups, sit-ups, planks, and squats, then jogged back to start.

Leon and I played around for a bit, then Leon took Corey to instruct him elsewhere. I instructed Leon's girlfriend Brittany on her roll and precision jump, and then we got together and played arond a bit more. Brittany found this pretty cool tac-to-precision that she was struggling with and I played around with that for awhile (not difficult for me), and I did some precisions and also found a few courses through the area that I could run. After that, Leon and Brittany had to leave, so I got some one-on-one time with Corey.

I gave him some vault pointers, and also made him do a very short course just so he could get used to moving continuously. His need to take breaks reminded me of when I had first started, and my exercise-induced asthma killed me all the time. But he didn't give up, and after chatting during the breaks, he would come back in full-force. Occasionally, I'd go off to play around or run some more complex courses.

Overall, a very fun day with some good exercise involved and despite instructing most of the three hours, I will certainly be pretty sore tomorrow.