Patrick Hofmeister

There is no doubt that the time after the period of exams in university is the most beautiful time for an orienteerer who is studying.
Both the feeling of freedom and the pressure that abruptly declines of yourself caracterize this time and make it so special for all the students. A period of hard working at the desk ends and will be replaced by a time full of fun, holidays doing all the stuff you want. And of course the training should be intensified.

For me it started yesterday with the last exam in mathematics for economists and now I’m looking forward to five weeks of this mentioned free time. Although my agenda is full I will try to find some time to relax: in less than 2 weeks our club will kick off for a training camp in Alicante, Spain. Before the departure I am staying in Paderborn on the one hand to benefit from the good training conditions here, on the other hand there is some physiotherapy work to be continued.

The last weekend I took part in an education and training for orienteering coaches in Celle. This included practise training (Sprint and Relay) as well as theoretical input concerning innovations in these orienteering forms. You can see the maps of the weekend below.