Chapter 118: This is what I’ve got to work with?
Bree raised her hand.
"I’d like to be part of the first group to run it." She said, and the other two nodded.
"Well, we have an even number, so only two at a time for safety reasons." Kellen told them, and the three of them nodded. They nodded at his words, and the two Guides who joined from the afternoon class did a quick game of rock paper scissors before the one who won joined Bree at the starting line.
The course was set up as usual, but Kellen and Brent had marked out different sections with cones. They thought it was a reasonable distance between each set, and would help them understand their physical prowess and also trouble-shooting capabilities in tense situations.
Kellen and Brent grabbed their clipboards they’d made, along with the sheet that had all of the Guides names on it. Kellen pulled out his phone to keep time as well, making sure Brent had done the same thing. Then, they nodded to each other.
And so began the obstacle course challenge.
Most of them couldn’t make it to the second set of cones that marked the course. Bree surprised them and managed to get to the fourth set, but she almost severely injured herself by falling in the wrong direction, so they forced her to stop. There was another Guide who made it to the third set of cones, but overall, a fairly disappointing showing.
The Guides were beating themselves up, probably because Brent and Kellen had made it look so easy. Kellen wasn’t sure how to appease them, but decided to continue on with the lesson.
With Brent as the example, he made them all watch and observe as he had Brent slowly run through the course again, and Kellen explained what Brent was doing, and why he was doing it. Kellen made Brent stop after the sixth set of cones, since he was sure no one was going to get past that, at least in this class. Then, he made them run it again.