Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Monday, May 17, 2004 Running in the rocksAt this weekend's race I had a mistake when I had trouble running in the rocks. I was going down a rocky hillside, lost track of what I was doing (I was paying attention to running but not where I was going), got scared (post-leg-injury I've never really gotten to a point where I feel comfortable running in rocky terrain), and missed a control.Think Old Greg Balter gave me some advice after I talked about my mistake. "Think old," he told me. He said I should forget trying to run and keep contact in the rocky footing. Maybe I could move through the rocks ok when I was younger -- and maybe kids like John Frederickson can run through the rocks and read the map -- but I can't keep orienteering like that if I can't run through the rocks. He suggested stopping, taking a look at the compass, then getting through the rocks. The idea of changing how I orienteer instead of just trying to orienteer the way I used to is an idea worth some careful thought. Arto's advice The sad news from Sweden this weekend is that Arto Rautiainan died. He was just 36 and had two young children. I didn't know him, but I knew of him. Quite sad. Reading some of the news about him, I came across a quote about running in rocky terrain. After winning the Swedish short champs in 1993, the announcer asked how he could run so fast in the rocky terrain. "I learned that from the Ingelsson brothers [who lived in a part of Sweden known for rocky terrain], you think of it as an asphalt surface and then just run." If you can read Swedish, you might read the sad news as reported at Alternativet. posted by Michael | 1:01 PM 
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