Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Friday, April 22, 2005 The Okansas Tio Mila TeamEach year I pick an Okansas Tio Mila team. I draw on friends, club mates and okansas readers. Here is this year's team:1. 11.4 km, day and dusk. Sanna. Sanna traditionally runs the first leg for OK. She's a strong runner and has a lot of experience running the first leg. I haven't checked the start list, but there is a good chance Sanna is running for IF Thor at this year's race. 2. 11.4 km, dusk and night. Nadim. Nadim has become a member of the OK family (though he still competes for Quantico OC). Nadim and I ran head-to-head at the race in Ohio a few weeks ago. The last time we ran head-to-head, Nadim skipped a control. In Ohio he didn't. 3. 11.4 km, night. Michael Eglin. Eglin becomes the first Swiss runner to ever make the OK Tio Mila team. Congratulations. 4. 6.8 km, night. Gene. Gene is looking for revenge. Last weekend he ran on the OK relay team and mispunched. He's hungry. 5. 17.1 km, night. Mook. Mook is OK's strongest runner. The "Long Night" isn't forked. We'll have to keep an eye on Mook, though. He showed up for a night O' race a week or two ago without his headlamp. You can't go out on the "Long Night" without a headlamp. 6. 6.8 km, night. Mary. Mary ran well at last weekend's relay race in St Louis. She's also defending U.S. F40 Night O' Champ. 7. 7.9 km, night. Dan. Dan? What's up with Dan? He's been working a lot the last few months. He hasn't been training much. I'll give him a short leg and hope his will of steel carries him around the course. 8. 10 km, night and dawn. Michael. I'll take this leg. I've run several Tio Milas and Jukolas. I've had my best races on legs in the very early morning. Personally, I'd rather run the 7th leg (it is a bit shorter and all night), but I'm in better shape than Dan to cover the full distance. 9. 10 km, day. Tom C. Tom earned a spot on the team by being tough (you gotta be tough to orienteer in Texas). He gets a day leg so that the other teams will see him in his "speed suit" and be suitably impressed and intimidated. 10. 16.2 km, day. Magnus. Magnus is a strong, steady orienteer. He does a lot of adventure races. He might not have the leg speed of some of the other anchor leg runners, but he'll have the endurance. I put Sanna and Magnus far apart on the team to make it easier for them to take care of Moa. 1st reserve: Patrick. Partick almost earned a spot on the team this year. His dedication and loyalty to OK despite living in Seattle should be rewarded. He almost took Mary's spot. Maybe next year. 2nd reserve: Johan Modig. Modig earned a reserve spot when he added some interesting comments to an analysis of his training I wrote a couple of months ago. The hardest part of picking the Tio Mila team is telling people they haven't made the final cut. Instead of running on the team, they'll be supporters and coaches. Supporters/coaches: Peggy might have made the team, but she's been hobbled by injuries (a broken toe and a turned ankle). Fritz almost made the team. His soccer coaching skills will transfer well to coaching the OK Tio Mila team. Aaron A. deserves a special spot -- he'll ccordnate travel (just like the trip to the Texas meet a couple of months ago) and arrange for an official pizza sponsor. Aaron might have a better chance to make the team if he wasn't an employee of the Mizzou athletic department. Other officials include: Raymond, Terhi K (who might be running for Tampereen Pyrinto this year), Mikell, JJ, and Melissa M. Peter might have grabbed a coach spot, but he's devoting his energy to the U.S. sprint series. posted by Michael | 7:34 PM 
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