PETALUMA — This summer, Erin Schirm will take 14 teenagers to Europe for two months and coach them in competitions that draw thousands of spectators and garner substantial media coverage. Then he will ...

Graham Baird of Greeley hates running on the road, though he used to run road races. When the associate geology professor found out about orienteering, he was hooked. Orienteering combines hiking, ...

Picture this: you’re with friends in an unfamiliar forest using only a map and a compass to guide you to an upcoming checkpoint. There are no cell phones or GPS gadgets to help, just good old ...

Dee Boeck is quite a runner. Boeck, president of local club Run Lawrence, has been running competitively for close to three decades and has more age-group victories than even she probably can count.

Orienteering is all about finding your way through unknown areas, which requires you to make quick decisions based on the ...

BETHEL — Seven young girls huddle around a colorful map of their school campus, putting into practice the navigation skills they learned in their third-grade physical education class. They dash to the ...

The five-day event was hosted by The Big 5, in collaboration with volunteers and is also known as Big 5 O-Week, which takes ...