Who are you?

 

My name is Michael Eglinski.� I live in Kansas City, Missouri, and work as a performance auditor for the city government.� I�m 39 (born in 1964).� I spend a lot of my time orienteering and thinking about orienteering.

 

You can reach me by email at meglin@juno.com

 

What�s the deal with this page?

 

I try to write something about orienteering every day.� It is a hobby.� I find it fun to think about orienteering and to come up with something to write every day.

 

Are you a good orienteer?

 

I�m not too terrible.

 

I�ve won a couple of US Championships in M21.� I�ve been on the US Team at the world champs four times (1987, 1989, 1993 and 2001).� But, the level of orienteering in the U.S. isn�t very high.� I�ve come close to qualifying for a final at a world champs (missed by six seconds in 1987), but I�ve never made it.

 

My best performances were in 1991.� I ran on a relay team that finished in the top 50 at Jukola and a relay team that was in the top five or six at the Stockholm district champs.

 

What is your orienteering background?

 

I started orienteering in 1980.� I lived in Lawrence, Kansas, at the time.� My dad tried orienteering and told me about it.� I tried it.� I liked it.

 

In 1988, I moved to Sweden for six months.� I lived in Linkoping and ran for a club in Ljungsbro.� Then in 1989, I moved back to Sweden.� I did some mapping in Lund and Linkoping, then studied at the University of Stockholm.� When I lived in Stockholm I ran for IFK Lidingo.� I moved home in 1992.

 

Living in Sweden had a huge influence on how I train, orienteer and think about orienteering.

 

Since 1992 I�ve lived in Kansas City and worked as a performance auditor.