Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Saturday, December 28, 2002 What to write about?What should I write about? What to write?I didn't have any ideas, so I picked up a notebook I'd kept when I travelled in Sweden and Finland in 2001 and looked for some inspiration. I came across a few notes I took at the östgöta 3 Days. The event speaker interviewed Anders Berg, who'd either won M21 that day or had a very good race. The speaker noted that Berg was 38 years old and didn't miss many controls and asked how Berg managed to do so well. Berg answered, "I train much more orienteering now." I remembered Berg -- who runs for Linköpings OK -- from when I lived in Linköping. He was a very strong runner (I believe he ran under 15 minutes for 5 Km). He was often near the top of the elite races. That was back in 1988, when he would have been 25 years old. It is impressive that he managed to do well at 38 (and he is currently ranked in the top 50 in Sweden). I poked around the Linköpings OK home page to see if I could find anything interesting. I did. They've got something a bit like Attackpoint that they call the "training barometer." It gives you a quick view of how much the top runners for LOK are training (as long as they actually entered their info). It doesn't really tell you how they train (or what they train), but it is interesting anyway. Berg has only entered training for the last seven weeks. He's averaged about a bit under 8 hours a week. Other than Berg, I only recognize two of the names on the training barometer -- Anders Karlsson and Anna Mårsell. Mårsell's training stands out. For one thing, she's entered her training for the entire year. For another thing, she's clearly training more than anyone else in the group. Her average is just over ten hours a week. She's also just been named to the Swedish national team. posted by Michael | 8:02 PM 
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