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OL im Schnee

Foto: wagnerphoto.de Nachdem ich im Dezember und Januar fast keine OL-Trainings gemacht habe m&...
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07.02.2010 - News from UK

MOR Colour Coded Event - Darnaway Forest South

Leaving the second control (Photo from Moravian Orienteers website.)Darnaway was used for the World Championships in 1976 and always provides good or ...
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Those were the days...

Whilst doing some sorting out at home, I came across some of my old training diaries. The spring of 1983 appears to have been the time for some serio ...
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Ski-o training in Trondheim

Yesterday a skied a ski-o training in Trondheim. Thanks to Trollelg for the organisation. As you can see from the maps below, it doesnt need much work ...
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Five Tors - 6th February 2010 Night Event

Busy day, back to Five Tors for a night event where we ran the green from the day event backwards, which confused me lots. Green 3.7km 115m 35:56. I ...
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Five Tors - 6th February 2010

Beautiful day and good event, head willing but legs not after spending the week with a head cold. So I was surpised to run under 10min/ks. Course was ...
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06.02.2010 - News from UK

Limerick greetings in Bulgaia

I got a few really good limericks over the greetings function at the world cup web-page the last days. Although I have an idea about who this talented ...
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Victory for Wing OK in World Cup mix sprint-relay

To day was a great Norwegian day in Bulgaria, with two teams at the podium. Lars and I won the first mix sprint relay in the ski-orienteering world cu ...
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05.02.2010 - News from UK

Southern Championships

Standard price entries to the Southern Championships close at midnight on Sunday 7th February 2010
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Results and Rankings System FAQs-Next week

The latest FAQs regarding the system will be available early next week.
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Director skills audit and Director nominations

The current members of the Board of British Orienteering have conducted a skills audit to help any prospective director nominees assess how their indi ...
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Three times top three

For the third time this world cup round, I finished in top three, to day with a third place. My race was OK. I did a few bad route choices and lost ti ...
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04.02.2010 - News from UK

Short Course 2 - WEC

The juniors had another good showing on Sunday. The fast area suited speedy Steph who won the womens course for the second week in a row. She beat Tan ...
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03.02.2010 - News from UK

World cup victory!

To day I skied into my first world cup victory. It was a hard long distance, but I felt strong to day and fought all the way. I am satisfied both phys ...
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Maps from Bulgaria

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First worldcup victory

Today Marte won her first worldcup race. A long distance mass-start in Gabrovo, Bulgaria.More informations later.
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02.02.2010 - News from UK

Interland Bulletin 2

The latest Interland Bulletin may be found here. I apologise for the formatting;  it proved difficult to reformat the original tabulated document ...
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Finally!

Finally I did a really good race also in the world cup this winter. In to days Sprint competition I finished as number two, 6 sec behind Natalia Tomil ...
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01.02.2010 - News from UK

Very early season

So January has been a really good training month for me. It is hard to compare with last year when I spent the whole month in Dullstroom in South Afri ...
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Walsh Competition in Focus

Congratulations to the lucky winners of the Walsh Competition.
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Polly Joke - 31st January 2010

Brown 7.5km 87:00Nice course made great use of the sand dunes, Polly Joke always seems to catch me out possibly because of the change from fast terra ...
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Virtuous Lady North 30th Jan 10 - Night Event

3.9km 150m43.16Really good night event on a really small area just goes to show that you dont need vast areas for these small event. Very cold clear ...
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31.01.2010 - News from UK

JOK Chasing Sprint - Holyrood and Meadowfield Parks

This years JOK Chasing Sprint took place at Holyrood Park - a volcanic plug in central Edinburgh, with a prologue being followed by a chase. I ran th ...
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JHB Zoo

The juniors had a good showing at the Zoo.Steph certainly didnt stop to look at the animals as she raced to victory on the womens course. She won by a ...
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World cup in Bulgaria

We arrived Uzana late yesterday evening after a 15 hours travel, via Prague and Bucharest. The hotel is situated in the middle of the competition area ...
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30.01.2010 - News from UK

EUOC - Edinburgh City Race

Edinburgh was at its best for this years city race - cold, but clear and sunny! The course took us past a number of well known landmarks including Ho ...
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29.01.2010 - News from UK

Results & Ranking System FAQs 29th Jan

Latest FAQs regarding the system.
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28.01.2010 - News from UK

Nopesport Urban League 2010 Kicks off this weeked

Yep, it’s back and bigger than before! The Nopesport Urban League returns for its 3rd year and will include more races for you to get your urban ...
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Licensed Coach required in Derbyshire

The Derwent Valley Orienteers Club are looking to use the services of a self employed Licensed coach to work in the Chesterfield area.
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27.01.2010 - News from UK

FVO Night Event - Stirling Old Town

Gareth Bryan Jones organised tonights event which gave lots of route choice and plentiful climb. I ran the Long course which was 4.9k with 13 control ...
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Welsh Weekend - Welsh Championships 2010

The Welsh Championships is taking place near Aberystwyth on the weekend of the 6th and 7th of March.
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25.01.2010 - News from UK

XC skiing: 7th place in the Norwegian championships relay

I got a good finish on the XC Norwegian championship relay (3*5 km), with a seventh place, 2 min behind winning team Heming. I skied the last leg, and ...
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Selected for World cup in Bulgaria and Romania

After the Norwegian championships I got selected for both the world cup round in Bulgaria and Romania. I am really motivated for these competitions, a ...
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24.01.2010 - News from UK

ESOC Sprint O - Kinneil Wood

Will Hensman of FVO approaching the finish of the prologue.This years ESOC Sprint O took place at Kinneil Wood, near Bo\ness. A prologue was followed ...
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23.01.2010 - News from UK

One weekend, two championships

This weekend I am skiing both the national championships in cross-country skiing and part two in ski-orienteering. So far, two bad and one good race. ...
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Ranking & Results FAQs

Responses to the some of the queries raised so far.
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22.01.2010 - News from UK

Sabie/ Dullstroom

2010 got off to a great start with 2 days of Orienteering on the 9th and 10th of January. Saturdays training was held at Klipkraal in Sabie and the So ...
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World Class Squad Announced

The British Squad has been selected. The British Squad consists of Academy, Performance and Podium level athletes.
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21.01.2010 - News from UK

Head of Performance, Sheffield Centre of Excellence

As a consequence of initiating a Centre of Excellence based at Sheffield Hallam University, British Orienteering is now appointing a Head of Performan ...
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19.01.2010 - News from UK

Urban racing comes to St Andrews

St Andrews University and ESOC invite you to a fabulous triple header of Urban, Park and Classic forest racing on 25/26 Sep.Read whole story...
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18.01.2010 - News from UK

Challenging long distance and World Cup best 2010

To days long distance was maybe the most challenging o-technical long distance I have ever skied. 1:12500 map and a very dense network of tracks made ...
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British Night Orienteering Championships 2010

Entries are now open for this years British Night Championships.Read whole story...
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Carlisle - The NEWEST city race

Have you put your entry in for the Nopesport Urban League races at Carlisle?? Taking place on Saturday 6th February, the closing date has been extende ...
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17.01.2010 - News from UK

Selection Policy for JHI 2010

The selection policy for the Ward  JHI 2010 can be found here. An incorrect date was amended on 18th January 2010. The document is ...
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16.01.2010 - News from UK

Disappointing World Cup start

The first world cup round has so far been a big disappointment. The middle distance mass start was a disaster, I did a mistake already to the first ...
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13.01.2010 - News from UK

FVO Night Event - University of Stirling

Ross McLennan organised FVO\s first night event of 2010. I ran the long course which was 6.6k with 22 controls. Gaffling at the first control seperat ...
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12.01.2010 - News from UK

Selection Policy for SHI 2010

The selection policy for the SHI 2010 can be found here.
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First world cup round in St.Petersburg

15th-18th of january the first WC round in Ski-orienteering will be housted in St. Petersburg. It is always some extra excitement connected to the fi ...
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"Golden girl in the mens relay"

A girl in the mens relay is rare, and especially when she wins a gold medal.My team got some extra publicity because of this, read Aftenpostens story: ...
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11.01.2010 - News from UK

White Christmas, hogmanay & ski O debut!

Christmas was spent in Inverness, with less orienteering training than planned due mainly to the unexpected amount of snow. I celebrated hogmanay (New ...
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10.01.2010 - News from UK

WOC Tour - Trondheim 2010

An invitation to the 5 day orienteering event in connection with WOC 2010 in Trondheim, August 2010. Read whole story...
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09.02 Robin Bryntesson

Dag 5.. Film?

Sista dagen på Baltic tour bestod av en jaktstart på 15 km i den klassiska stilen.Å jag stack ju ut som 18e man och jag tyckte att ja ...
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09.02 Daniell Tynell

Optimerar planen…

Med rådande omständigheter, där magproblem som jag fick under Marcialonga har spökat den senaste tiden, väljer jag nu att göra en justering av ...
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09.02 Anders Södergren

OS-uppladdning i Kanada

På grund av stränga OS-regler får inte Anders Södergren skriva egna krönikor på sin hemsida eftersom den är f ...
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08.02 Giorgio Di Centa

Ringraziamenti...

Carissimi amici sportivi, siete stati davvero in tantissimi a dimostrare il vostro affetto e la vostra soddisfazione per la mia recente prima vitto ...
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08.02 Kris Freeman

No More Hero Worship

I check fasterskier regularly because I love this sport and there are frequently informative updates and news on the website. Over the past few yea ...
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08.02 Anne Maria Nilsson

I OS byn!

Vi är på plats i en super fin och mysig OS by. Vi bor i ett helt nybyggt villa område i fina villor. Efter spelen kommer husen köpas av vanliga ...
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08.02 Marcus Hellner

Härligt liv på ön!

Allt går fint här på Vancuver Island! Vi har våra egna kockar Pelle och Jenny som fixar grymt käk åt oss. Nu till lunch serverades det till ex ...
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08.02 Aurore Cuinet

Suite des courses

Bonjour,Voici des nouvelles positives. Le test de fatigue est mieux, je récupère donc dans le bon sens. Cette semaine maura fait du bien car jaura ...
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08.02 Aurore Cuinet

VANCOUVER

Bonjour,Me voici arrivée à Vancouver, du moins à Whistler exactement.Cest ici quauront lieux les courses de ski de fond. Je vous donnerai plus de ...
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08.02 Kristiana Strandberg

Marathon Weekend

I have a bit of a sore back at the moment. It happens after a weekend with two marathons back to bak. I figured I needed some long distance racing e ...
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