okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Monday, December 21, 2009
Art or science?
You can think of training for orienteering as an engineering exercise. There are tests, formulas, ways to precisely design each interval session, and so on. You can "optimize" your training.
You can also think of training for orienteering as something more like managing a bunch of people working on a project. You have a general end goal and you make steps toward that goal, adjusting as you go, and dealing with problems (both expected and unexpected) as they arise. You muddle along.
Both points of view have some value. Both points of view give you some useful tools and insights into preparing.
