Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Sunday, July 21, 2002 Interview with PasiRight now Pasi Ikonen from Finland is the top orienteer in the world. He's leading this year's world cup after taking a gold and silver at last year's world champs. Pasi is well-known for orienteering without a compass. He's only 22 years old.Expressen published an interview with Pasi today as part of the Swedish paper's coverage of the Swedish 5-days. I translated a bit of the interview. "I made a lot of mistakes when I was 18 years old. I noticed that I couldn't concentrate on the orienteering. So, I decided to change the pattern. I figured that orienteering without a compass would force me to read the map more and better." Pasi Ikonen earned a spot on Finland's national team. But, running without a compass hasn't always worked. During a world cup race two years ago, he made a classic mistake and ran 180-degrees off. The national team's coach, Totte Smedslund was... "Not happy. He told me that I might want to have a compass at the World Champs and important relays." Are many juniors trying to run without a compass, like you do? "Yes, maybe too many. You have to be mentally prepared for it." Pasi runs his own web page (in English) and it is worth a look. Click on the "training" link to take a look at how Pasi trains. For the most part, Pasi's English is decent. You can get a sense of what he is doing. For a lot of his sessions, Pasi's loaded his heart rate data, too. posted by Michael | 2:52 PM 
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