Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Tuesday, January 14, 2003 O is for orienteeringI'm not especially imaginative today; so, I'll make it easy....O is for orienteering.Here is a quick translation of something Johan Ivarsson wrote about orienteering training: You couldn't accuse Kent Olsson of being a "training addict." I was at a presentation during a conference for Smaland's elite orienteers in November 1986 where Kent was a lecturer. He explained that he trained between 7 and 11 hours a week during the year. Today I don't consider that especially much training. Later during his career, I think Kent had some periods when he trained much more and, in particular, trained very effectively and goal-oriented. As reigning world cup winner, Kent's lecture might have given us the wrong signals. A few years earlier, Egil Johansen was the star from Norway -- two-time world champion, a world champs silver, five Norwegian champs wins in a row, etc. From 1979-1981, he had a couple of 10-week periods with at least 20 hours of physical training per week! Impressive, and as Norway's best, his training became a model for many younger orienteers. These two orienteers -- Kent and Egil -- illustrate a feeling I have...In Sweden, we like to talk about how little we train, while in Norway (and Finland) orienteers would rather talk about how much they train. Maybe the lesson to take from Ivarsson is that different approaches work. Both Kent Olsson and Egil Johansen are very good orienteers. Both are world champs. Both are models. Both got to the top following different training models. I've heard Kent talk and read something from Johansen, but I don't know either of them. But, I'd be willing to bet that both of them were very confident that their training would work and both of them were very motivated to do what they felt would work. posted by Michael | 1:14 PM 
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