Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Wednesday, August 14, 2002 Risks of trainingOne of the scary things about training for a sport is the risk (small as it is) of getting seriously hurt.Bernt Bjørnsgaard, the Norwegian national team member, is flat on his back in a hospital after a serious mountain bike crash. He was training on his bike and went over the handlebars, landing on his head. He injured his neck quite seriously. He was able to walk back to a road and got a ride to a hospital. He was lucky. He easily could have been hurt more. If the weather had been bad, he'd have risked hypothermia. Training for cycling seems to be pretty risky. Falls from mountain bikes are relatively common. On a road bike, you've got to worry about traffic. I'm a bit of a klutz on a bike, so I stick to mountain biking on technically easy areas. On the roads, I look for low traffic routes. Most of my road biking is on a small loop (aka the bunny loop) with low traffic. I think orienteering and training for orienteering are low-risk. But, there is a risk. I guess the best ways to minimize risk are to think through what you're doing and make sure someone knows where you are and when you'll be back. Carrying a whistle and/or a cell phone doesn't hurt. Preparing for the weather conditions makes sense (e.g. carrying a hat and jacket on a cool day even if running without them is cool). I don't think I've done many things that were really stupid. In general, I'm fairly risk averse. After tearing up my knee and leg in New Hampshire, I've become a bit more careful. I don't think I've changed how I would train. But, I am more likely to think through what I'm doing and what I'd do if I got hurt. posted by Michael | 12:51 PM 
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