Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Tuesday, April 23, 2002 Orienteer Kansas' Tio-Mila Team 2002Tio-Mila is this weekend in Surahammar, Sweden. For the uninitiated, Tio-Mila is a ten leg orienteering relay. The legs vary from 7.9 km to 15.4 km. Six of the ten legs are night orienteering. The race begins Saturday night and finishes Sunday morning.Orienteer Kansas won't have a team. But, if we did, here is my leg-by-leg line up: 1. 10.7 km, night. Sanna Wallenborg. Sanna had a fantastic first leg for IF Thor's women last year. I figure she's got another year of experience. She's been training for adventure races and should be in great shape. 2. 10.7 km, night. Michael Eglinski. I put myself on this leg. I'm not as strong as last year. But, I'm recovering and I've got enough night O' experience that I should be able to take Sanna's strong lead and move us around the course. 3. 10.7 km, night. Dan "Snorkel" Meenehan. Dan isn't in the best shape of his life. But, he's always able to put in a good run when he has to. He's got a good headlamp and put in some night O' training this weekend. 4. 15.4 km, night. Mark "Mook" Everett. This is the famous "long night" leg. It will be tough. It is long. The courses are forked (all legs are forked this year). Mook is OK's strong man. If he can just run cleanly, he'll move us up. 5. 7.9 km, night. Mary Jones. Mary is OK's president. She's been training decently this winter. She bought a new headlamp last summer. Mary won't bring us to the front, but she'll get around the course without any big booms. 6. 9.0 km, night. Keith Lay. Keith and Eric organized some informal night O' sessions this winter. That, in and of itself, earns them both big points. I checked the last PTOC event results where both Keith and Eric ran...Keith got Eric by 5 minutes at Blue and Gray. That gets him the selection. Eric will be a reserve (let's hope it spurs him on and he earns a spot next year). 7. 9.0 km, night/dusk. Gene Wee. Gene is the father of OK. He's been training and competiting decently this winter. He boomed at last year's US Relay Champs. He's looking for redemption. This is it -- Gene will smoke the course. 8. 11.2 km, dusk/day. Peggy Dickison. Peggy is a crafty veteran. She showed good form last weekend at the "Billygoat" where she was the top woman. I don't think Peggy is a serious night orienteer, though. So, I've put her on a day leg. 9. 10.2 km, day. Nadim Ahmed. Peggy and Nadim are getting married in June. I've been following his training at www.attackpoint.org and I think he's up to the task. Nadim had a good run at the last US Relay Champs (can't remember what club he ran for?). A spot on the OK Team is a true honor....look for Nadim to prove that he deserves it. 10. 13.9 km, day. Magnus Wallenborg. Magnus has been training hard for adventure races. He's ready to run the long distance. The terrain for this year's Tio-Mila (check out a PDF of this year's map) is the sort of stuff that Magnus is ready for. Now that I've made my selections, I realize there are a number of people who'll be disappointed. People who are good enough to run on the OK team, but didn't quite make this year's team. The reserves include: Eric Saggars, Mark Maher, Dave "Legs" Linthicum, Raymond Wren, and Dick and Nancy Neuburger. A team needs a support crew/coaches. The OK Tio-Mila team has an outstanding support/coaching crew. JJ Cote and Mikell Platt are obvious choices. Even though they aren't OKers, they read the OK forum and post regularly. Kenny Walker, Jr. earns a spot for managing the Attackpoint web page (THE coolest orienteering web page). Whoops, I almost forgot....last, but not least, Peter Gagarin is our head coach. Peter missed the cut last year. But, he earned a spot this time. Congratulations! posted by Michael | 8:32 PM 
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