Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Thursday, February 13, 2003 Training campsBjornar Valstad is on his way to Denmark for a training camp. Jorgen Rostrup just got back from a training camp in Denmark. Emil Wingstedt is on his way to France for a camp. The Norwegian club, Nydalen SK, has been in South Africa for a training camp (check out a few snapshots from Nydalen's camp).Seems like a good time to write about training camps. So, here are a few random thoughts about training camps: My plans leading up to the relays include three camps. I'll begin in about a week with a "Sonoran Safari" in Tucson. The focus will be on long/easy trail runs. In March, I'm hoping to spend a long weekend visiting my in-laws and training in Harriman. March may also feature a KC-based training camp. Then in June, I'll probably be working at the Texas Junior O' Camp. Individual camps are easy to set up, but not necessarily as fun as group camps. Traveling some place to do a bunch of O' training is a lot of fun. If you're on your own, it is very easy to organize. But, being on your own can get a bit dreary. It is good to have some other people with you to push the pace a bit and liven up the down time. O' is a sport especially well suited to training camps. Because such a big part of orienteering is finding your way through unfamiliar terrain, camps can be especially useful for orienteers. It can be good to do some technique training on unfamiliar maps. Always training in familiar terrain might let you get sloppy with your technique. My best training camp memory is from a camp in the middle of the winter in a place called Ludvika, Sweden. We did a long line O' course through fresh snow one morning. It was amazingly beautiful (not to mention tough). Picking a best memory is tough because I've been to a lot of fun training camps. Certainly, the first "Mook's Mountain Madness" in Laramie and "Wallenborgs' Wild West" in the bay area are very good memories. My worst training camp memory is from a camp in Laramie, Wyoming. Dan and I went up there for a long weekend. As soon as we arrived in Laramie, we drove up to the mountains and hiked/jogged up to the top of Medicine Bow Peak. At 12,013 feet of altitude, the view was fantastic. But, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that going straight from sea level to 12,000 feet isn't a good idea. One the way down, I got sick. It wasn't pretty. posted by Michael | 1:12 PM 
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