Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Monday, September 22, 2003 A few tidbits of Ivarsson's thoughtsHere are a few bits of the articles Johan Ivarsson wrote.Among the things Johan would have done differently if he could do it all over again: As a junior and young senior I would have, together with someone else, made a looooong-term plan for training. The plan would have gone at least five years.... When I decided where to study, I'd have paid more attention to the orienteering possibilities of the town I studied in.... ...I would have learned more by listening to older, more experienced orienteers.... I would have found one or more of the best orienteers at the top level, seen how they trained, tried to learn how they thought.... As a junior and young senior my results went up and down like a yo-yo. I often ran fast...but I had a hard time steering both technical and physical form. After about a year away from competition, I finally understood what was important for me as an orienteer -- to orienteer right! I needed to take the time in the forest to avoid mistakes. If only I'd known that as a younger junior instead of as an old guy... After he won the Swedish classic champs in 2000, Johan noted: This year I haven't tried to do anything at the international level and I've reduced my training significantly. During the winter and through June, my training volume was about half of what it had been earlier. But here is the important thing, my training wasn't half as good. I trained with a higher quality than last year; more running in the forest and running faster. What has been worse is that I haven't done as much orienteering technique training. During April and July-august my training was better and was aimed at 10-Mila and the Swedish champs. Something Kurt Svensson said after having gone over my season for 1999, was that I should race more before important events. That is why I competed every weekend in April and August. I won the Swedish 5-days in August, even if it wasn't against the top competition, I knew I was on track. Describing the end of his race when he won, he wrote: I was very careful on the last controls. I didn't miss anything, but I lost a little time. Some might call me passive, but I didn't dare take the risks when I was so near the end. This passivity cost me the year before when I was beat by 3 seconds at the Swedish champs classic race.... In his article about Bjornar Valstad, Johan wrote: The area I think he [Bjornar] has developed the most in the last few years, and where he's gained an advantage over the competition, is in his ability to turn any situation to his own advantage. I found Ivarsson's stuff thoughtful. He has spent a lot of time orienteering (very successfully) and has spent a lot of time thinking about orienteering. posted by Michael | 1:01 PM 
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