Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 A couple of WOC notesJust a couple of quick notes before I begin to follow the middle distance final online (it starts in just a few minutes) at http://woc2005.bglb.jp/online/en/index.jsp?id=&style=Tore Sandvik wrote about what happened to him during his sprint qualifying race (he didn't make the final). As he left the 5th control, he was reading the map from the 6th control. I guess it is a good reminder for all of us -- one of the skills that sprint O' emphasizes is carefully reading the course. If I remember right, a couple of very good orienteers had similar problems at the WOC sprint in Switzerland a couple of years ago. One of the favorites in the men's race tonight is Anders Nordberg. He wrote about his strategy for the middle final. A rough translation: ...I plan to run agressively tomorrow....that is something I've often been weak at, but it was soemthing that was absolutely essential for my result at last year's WOC -- I will think positively and agressively the last part of the course. I know the last ten minutes will be tough... The starter before me, perhaps the biggest favorite in teh race, is Theirry Gueorgiou. When I start, mhy goal is that I will go out and catch up to Thierry. Nothing is impossible, but mainly I want to have a "primitive" goal for really force myself to be agressive from the beginning. It isn't so important that I reach that goal, just that I'm fighting for seconds. And a last pre-middle note...Sandy Hott Johansen from Canada had a very good qualifying race and it will be interesting to see how she does. The Swedish O' page "Alternativet" has had a contest where you can pick your favorites. One of the questions they've asked people is to predict Sandy's place in the final. The last time I checked the median answer was 15th. posted by Michael | 6:30 PM 
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