Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Wednesday, September 03, 2003 Shadowing BjornarA Swedish runner followed Bjornar Valstad for about 5 km of a course last April. Here is a bit of what the shadow -- Isak Bergman -- wrote about it:It feels like Bjornar's going as fast as he can toward a point ahead on the terrain. If he hasn't already planned the leg, he takes it a bit easy for a while then speeds up to his fastest again. I have to work hard to keep up with his pace. I'm "lucky" and he booms. I'm able to stay with him for about 5 km. He fell down 4-5 times.... One of my theories has been that if you don't fall down, you're not running fast enough. When you're working hard, moving fast, you fall down at least once every race. When I never trained in the forest, I fell down when I wasn't moving fast. But, as I trained more and more in the forest it became harder and harder to fall down. I had to move faster if I wanted to fall down! As I get older, I've become much more cautious (more of a wimp, I guess). I still fall down, but I don't get upset with myself it I don't. As I get older, I also seem to take longer to recover. A couple of years ago I fell off my skateboard. I was sore for a good week afterwards. When I was 14 and skateboarding in empty swimming pools, I'd fall all the time. I never remember being sore the next day. I guess the lesson is be careful about skateboarding when you over 30. posted by Michael | 9:46 PM 
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