Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Wednesday, March 05, 2003 A few words from Norwegians in ItalyThe Norwegian National Team just returned from a training camp in Italy. I know that because four of the top Norwegian runners have their own web pages where they have written up the camps. It is quite cool to be able to find out what top elite orienteers are up to, and what they have to say about training.Here are a few words from each of the reports from the training camp in Italy (some of the translation is a bit rough)... From Bjornar Vlastad and Hanna Staff: ...we've got a [new] trainer with a lot of knowledge about running and running technique. Mostly, we are making small, individual changes in training plans and we are doing more special exercises than before. The idea is to increase our running speed and to develop "energy saving" running style so we are able to get more out of the base condition that we've developed through tough training for several years. It is something that I think will give good results in the future. The new Norwegian trainer is Anders Garderud. Garderud is best known for winning the Olympic Gold in the steeplechase in 1976. He's also a decent orienteer. It would be interesting to know a bit more about the running technique training the Norwegians are doing. I think running technique -- the technique for running in the terrain -- is an area that orienteers learned much about. That suggests it might be an area where you could gain time over your competitors. What sort of exercises are they doing? Do the exercises work? From Tore Sandvik: Probably the most exciting day of the camp was a trip to Matera and Alberobello....The course in Matera is clearly the toughest sprint race in a built up area that I have ever run. It was incredibly fun. If you haven't seen the map before, take a look. Matera goes on my list of places I want to visit for orienteering. A trip to Italy might just be in order. I wonder if I could combine a visit to Venice, Matera and the 2004 veterans' champs? Finally, from Jorgen Rostrup: The afternoon session....we ran 10,000 meters on a track; we were supposed to run 200 meters in 35 seconds, then 200 in 45 seconds, and so on. Without much experience running on a track, my legs were totally wasted after 8 laps. It took four days of easy training and massage before my legs felt normal again. posted by Michael | 8:40 PM 
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