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Route to Christmas: Day 9 2013

TRRRaining

Route to Christmas: Day 8 2013

Route to Christmas: Day 7 2013

Route to Christmas: Day 6 2013

When the lights go out

Route to Christmas: Day 4 2013

New PB 3000 m indoor 9:41,1

Route to Christmas: Day 5 2013

Route to Christmas: Day 3 2013

Route to Christmas: Day 2 2013

Forget the Cold

Trygg med Trimtex

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Rally from Taita Hills to the Independence Day Reception

12 days of orienteering gift ideas: Day 9

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12 days of orienteering gift ideas: Day 8

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12 days of orienteering gift ideas: Day 7

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12 days of orienteering gift ideas: Day 6

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12 days of orienteering gift ideas: Day 5

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Off the beaten path, Ottawa’s Alex Bergstrom on CTV...

National junior team member, Ottawa’s Alex Bergstrom was featured in this “off the beaten path” news segment by Ottawa’s CTV news. ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clip ...
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12 days of orienteering gift ideas: Day 4

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12 days of orienteering gift ideas: Day 3

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12 days of orienteering gift ideas: Day 2

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2014 Athlete Handbook now available

The 2014 Athlete Handbook which includes the application information about the High Performance Program, the selection criteria for the Junior and Senior nationals team, and information about the Risi ...
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Cymru (Wales)

Perhaps the reason that I love orienteering so much is the fact that people all over the world, regardless of where you are, are ready to welcome you the second you utter the word orienteering (just a ...
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PWT China - Trains, Planes, and Automo-busses

After a highly underwhelming Nordic ski career, I felt convinced that I was never going to go anywhere interesting for sport. After what is now my 4th trip to China (well, third and a half, one trip w ...
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Canada Cup Elite Series ~ 2013 Final Results

The sprint, middle and long distance races at the Canadian Orienteering Championships in Hamilton were the last of 14 Canada Cups held in 2013.At each Canada Cup race, participants in the mens and wom ...
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Canadian Orienteering Championships

It has been a week since the Canadian Orienteering Championships wrapped up in Hamilton, Ontario. It was a great weekend of racing, on some of the nicest terrain in Canada. The courses were very wel ...
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Canada Cup Elite Series ~ Damian & Louise still lead going in...

After the middle distance race today at the Dundas Valley, Damian and Louise still lead the standings in the Canada Cup Elite Series.Louise Oram asserted her dominance over the field with a winning ti ...
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Canada Cup Standings ~ Sprint down, middle and long to go!

The Canadian Orienteering Champs sprint took place at McMasters University in Hamilton yesterday. Our Canadian Champions are Will Critchley and Louise Oram. You can see the full list of results here.T ...
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Silent auction sneak peak

As Im sitting in the airport waiting for my plane I figured I would give everyone a peak at an item Im bringing with me to the silent auction.Blue Hills by Bryan ChubbPainted in the 1980s possib ...
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COC Preview

The Canadian Orienteering Championships are set to start tomorrow night in Hamilton, Ontario, starting with the Sprint (CC/WRE) at McMaster University followed by the Middle (CC/WRE) and Long (CC) in ...
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A report from Alberta Champs

Alberta Champs were held this year in and around Calgary. It was uncertain for a while if they were going to happen as there had been extensive flooding in Calgary and area in the spring. This caused ...
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BC Orienteering Champs

Ive been feeling a bit under the weather lately. My course load leaves little time for anything but homework and causes a lot of stress. Im unable to make GVOCs weekly events and the orienteering I ha ...
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Perseverance!

It is always easy to stay motivated when things are going well. This is true for everything! Here, talking about orienteering, it is applicable in numerous ways. Currently, I’m unfortunately on the ...
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HPP Silent Auction

Every year the High Performance Program holds a silent auction fundraiser at the Canadian Orienteering Championships. This year the silent auction will be at the Orienteering Canada Expo and Banquet o ...
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Night Orienteering in the Yukon

Tonight was our last orienteering event of the year - Night Orienteering! Personally, my highlight of our local season. Why? Now for those who havent thought about it too much, one might ask what is s ...
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Wrapping up the season

As my orienteering season up here comes to an end I have a choice to make. This was my last year as a junior on the national team. Next year I will officially be a senior if I continue to ...
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Post Orienteering Stress Disorder

As this years European tour has come to a close I cant help but feel a touch of sadness. When you wake up at home after weeks of excitement and adventure, the routine bowl of cheerios just doesnt have ...
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WCOC's Manitoba

The WCOC’s were held a couple of weeks ago in Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba on the tricky, tricky Hog’s Back map (site of the 2009 COC’s). The three championship races were held over t ...
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WOC week in the world

Sunday 7.7Long qualification: Emily and Louise make final. Brit Cat Taylor surprises by winning her heat.In the world: Djokovic and Murray battle it out for Wimbledon title.Monday 8.7Sprint qualificat ...
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WCOC's It's a Wrap

The WCOC’s were held this past weekend in Spruce Woods Provincial Park on the tricky, tricky Hog’s Back map. Three races were held over three days on the most technically challenging ter ...
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Oringen 2013

My first O-ringen has come and gone, and what an incredible series of races it was. When I arrived at O-ringen town on the 18th of July, I was surprised by the sheer amount of people that were there. ...
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Post JWOC Adventures

With JWOC finally completed I had the opportunity to travel with the U.S. Junior team to a training camp in Oloumoc, CzechRepublicand the Karst Cup in Slovakia. The day after the banquet and relay, we ...
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WCOC Middle

Today was the WCOC Middle at Hogs Back. My knee was sore to start but the adrenalin kicked in and I wasnt thinking about it so I didnt really notice it too much. I think I am still a bit jet lagged, ...
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Back to Reality

After 42 day in Europe I will be flying home tomorrow August 1st to Winnipeg where I hope to compete in the WCOC’s http://www.orienteering.mb.ca/WCOC2013/if my knee is up for the challenge. It ...
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JWOC 2013 Recap

Well another JWOC has come and gone and it was a blast! First, a big thanks to Brian Graham and Stefan Bergstrom for helping out. So looking back at the races, I figured I could share some of my insig ...
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Bubo Cup Day 4

Day 4 of Bubo Cup was held high up on the Bisaga map. I decided to walk the course today which was a bad decision because my knee was very sore and even worse after the course. It was very unique an ...
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Bubo Cup Day 3

Today was day 3 of Bubo Cup at Vipava at 1:4000. The sprint race was held in the village of Vipava. It was very warm 32C. My goal was top 5 yesterday before my knee started to really hurt later at n ...
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Bubo Cup Day 2

Day 2 of Bubo Cup was held across the road from day 1 on the Postojnska jama map. It was another good race for me with fewer mistakes than yesterday. Although I made fewer mistakes they were very du ...
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Bubo Cup Day 1

Today was day 1 of Bubo Cup on the Magdalena map. The scale was 1:7500 which I thought would be a problem for me to get use to but I had no problems with it at all. The terrain was very different th ...
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HSH Cup Satge 3

Yesterday was the final stage of the HSH Cup (stage 3). It was a longer middle distance chasing start. I had another pretty good race, with a few small mistakes. I placed 14th/43 on the stage and 11 ...
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WOC - The End

Robbie celebrating his birthdayWOC 2013 has come to an end. The last competition was the relay on Saturday afternoon.Friday evening after our team meeting, the whole team went down to a table by the l ...
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HSH Cup Stage 2

Today was stage 2 of the HSH Cup at VRATIC. It was a long distance is some tricky terrain with lots of streams, wet ditches and vegetation detail. It was another decent race for me with a few more m ...
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Night "O"/HSH Cup

Yesterday night was a night “O” at CECHRICE which was very challenging. My course H21 was 8.2 km. It was raining and fairly chilly which added to the challenge of orienteering at night. ...
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WOC - Middle Distance Final

Robert Merl of Austria in the spectator chuteFriday was the Middle Distance Final at the World Orienteering Championships. For the first time this WOC, the women ran later than the men. So while Louis ...
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Olomouc Training Camp

For the past four days I was training around Olomouc with some Canadian and American juniors. It was a great few days of training as I got to train on some of the maps used for WOC 2008. Since I hav ...
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WOC - Middle Distance Qualification

The Middle Distance Qualification at the 2013 World Orienteering Championships was tricky. Most of the runners left at least a few small squiggles in their gps tracks, some ran off the map and several ...
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WOC - The Sprint and the Long Distance Final

Mens Sprint Qualifier Heat 1 MapMonday was not Canadas day at the World Championships in Finland.Serghei Logvin, Robbie Anderson, Will Critchley and Kerstin Burnett raced the Sprint Qualification. The ...
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WOC - Long Distance Qualifier

The 30th World Orienteering Championships kicked off today in Vuokatti, Finland. Canada was represented in the Long Distance final by Serghei Logvin, Kerstin Burnett, Louise Oram, Eric Kemp, Emily Kem ...
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End of JWOC Tour

JWOC and the JWOC Tour wrapped up today with the relay where both the women’s and men’s teams won gold which was amazing to see. Stage 4 was at Certovy Skryse and was a true middle dist ...
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JWOC ~ Relay

The JWOC 2013 is over, finishing with an exciting relay where top teams mis-punched left, right, and centre and in the end the Czech Teams were on the top of the podium in both womens and mens events. ...
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WOC - How to Follow the Action

WOC 2013 Starts in Vuokatti Finland on Sunday, June 7ScheduleSunday, July 7 - 9:30 am (11:30pm PST, 2:30 am EST) - Long Distance Qualifier (Emily Kemp, Kerstin Burnett, Louise Oram, Eric Kemp, Robbie ...
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JWOC Tour

Yesterday was Stage 2 of the JWOC Tour at LESNI HRBITOV and was considered to be an extended middle distance. For the first time ever I missed my start. I miss read my bib and thought I started 10 m ...
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