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Lasse Arnesen sine første 60 dager

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Australia

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High Performance News January 2015

Welcome to what I hope will be the first of a regular update on high performance issues for New Zealand orienteering. In my new role as HP Leader my immediate focus will be on producing a plan to furt ...
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Reminder – Tour de Peninsula entries close next Fri...

All the info and link to online entry is at http://tourdepeninsula.weebly.com/   Come find out what this guy has to do with anything Orienteering….
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Australian Orienteer Articles – Junior Success in B...

JWOC2014 and Australian Ultra-Long 2014 - Read full articles from the December 2014 issue of The Australian Orienteer Magazine.
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Tasmania – Ten out of Ten

After the NZ Linné Training Camp, I enjoyed a wonderful Christmas with my family. I also took part in a couple of really nice trainings with AOTC, including a “God Jul” spec ...
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2015 NZ Orienteering Championships (Nationals) website launch...

Counties Manukau Club have published details of the upcoming New Zealand Orienteering Championships 2015 event.
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Home ground World Cup 2.0

World Cup 2015 is almost here! In two days time Ill find myself lining up for the second time in two years in what I could consider a homeground world cup.The preparation for the two has been pretty d ...
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Summer Time

Returning home has been very rewarding, and I have gained a lot of energy from seeing my family, friends and my awesome dog yogi. The travels from Sweden went pretty smooth, and a stop over in Du ...
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High Performance and Super Series Reborn

As noted by Simon , I have recently been appointed as High Performance Leader. One of the first tasks that I need to undertake will be the development of a plan that, over the next 2 years, will help ...
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Improving New Zealand Orienteering

This week is a big one for NZ Orienteering, with the World Cup in Tasmania only weeks away, we have a new High Performance Leader – Malcolm Ingham. Correspondingly, I think it’s a ...
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New Central Districts Representative on Orienteering NZ Counc...

We are pleased to announce that Tom Davies (Orienteering Waikato) will be the new Central Districts Representative on the Orienteering NZ Council. Tom currently resides in Te Awamutu and brings signif ...
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High-50 Challenge

Mal Law is a bit of a legend when it comes to trail running. For 2015 he has set the audacious goal of raising over $250,000 for the NZ Mental Health Foundation. His campaign is based on running 50 mo ...
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Malcolm Ingham appointed High Performance Leader

  We wish to announce the appointment of Malcolm Ingham to the role of High Performance Leader. Malcolm, of Wellington Orienteering Club, brings a lot of passion to the position as well as a ...
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Oceania Championships 2017 to be hosted starting at Easter

The 2017 Oceania Championships will be held in the Auckland Region directly ahead of the World Masters Orienteering Championships, which are part of the Auckland World Masters Games.  The Oceania ...
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Updated IOF Rules

Updated IOF Rules have been posted onto the IOF website. Of importance to New Zealand and Australia is the inclusion of the Oceania Championship Rules, which are found as Appendix 9 in the FootO ...
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Orienteering NZ Vacancies – Technical & Mapping...

Applications invited for OrienteeringNZ volunteer roles: Technical & Mapping committee members; Selectors; Fixtures Coordinator; & Volunteer Training Coordinator.
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Mimiwhangata exploring

Search and you will find. A pretty good way to think when it comes to exploring Northland. The last 2 years has thrown up some real gems down dead end roads and in unassuming forestry blocks. A summer ...
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Where Are Ya?!

Yeah, its been a while.Where are ya? It seems like a simple question. Yet one which over much of the past 2 months Im not sure I could really answer! Physical training wise, its been a stop-start peri ...
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Trek Madone 6 series – 1 year review

I’ve been on my Trek Madone 6 series for nearly a year. It’s taken me all over Auckland and Northland as well as through Coast to Coast in the South Island. With a few thousand k&a ...
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Red Bull Defiance

If a good race unfolds like a story, a great race can be as epic as a tragic play. Looking from the outside spectators see the struggles between teams, the jostling for position, the highs and the low ...
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Red Bull Defiance

It’s now less than a week until the start of Red Bull Defiance, the latest event on the New Zealand Multisport calendar. Pretty much from the day the race was announced Matt Jeans and I were ...
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Adventures in the Wild West

Spring time is my favourite time of year in Australia; nice temperatures (but still cold enough at night to justify nestling up with a mug of hot chocolate), a bit of a Wellington like wind going on t ...
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Umakarikari – early winter training

New Zealand has some pretty amazing sights. Travelling around the country I often find myself staring at the hills and valleys wondering what is on the other side. This is especially true of travellin ...
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Injury mode

My build up for racing in the late part of 2014 has hit a slight bump. While out training a week ago I managed to crash on a slippery piece of concrete. My bike slid out and I low sided … Co ...
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Going Exclusive

Confession time:Orienteering isnt my only sport.Yeah sorry, hardly a secret, and not very juicy gossip. Apologies.For the last almost 20 years, Ive also played football. In fact, I once missed the NZ ...
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Whakatane 6 hour 2014

Each winter the Eastern Bay of Plenty Multisport Club hosts a series of adventure races. Manawahe, Kawerau and Whakatane usually each host a race. Schedules finally aligned for the final race of 2014 ...
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When you don't know what to write.

Dont write.Advice that may not work for a thesis...but thats for future Lizzie to worry about. It works perfectly in this case.Im well aware that anything I write here wont live up to my last post. So ...
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WUOC 2014 – Season Finale

WUOC 2014 had been my main goal for this year, and was the competition that I really wanted to perform well at. Unfortunately, everything has not gone to plan and my performances were not as I desired ...
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World Cup 2015: A guide to Australian Fauna

How do you deal with all of the [insert name of deadly animal]?!, How often do you see [said horrible animal]?, Have you ever been killed by [unthinkable monster of a creature]?!All questions that I w ...
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A Whangarei Winter

Winter is Whangarei is a bit of an overstatement. Things get wet and things get colder, but in comparison to the rest of the country we have a very mild colder season. As someone who doesn’t ...
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Swedish Summer including Oringen 2014

Swedish summer has definitely been in full swing recently, with sensational weather and everyone in holiday mode. Following WOC I had 4 days of work before once again I packed my gear and was on the r ...
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Post European Depression

Its 2 weeks already since I stumbled off the plane and back into the embrace of Canberran winter. Its been a busy two weeks too; with not much time left in each day once Ive finished with all of my mo ...
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Forest WOC

The middle distance. Its always been my favourite discipline, even if its my worst going by results. As Im often reminded by Jamie, its the only distance Im yet to win a NZ elite title in. But for me, ...
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WOC 2014

After a 2 day mission to get back home from Lavarone (including a 6km, 90minute walk through some Italy back country with Ross and all our gear after 2 trains and 2 buses and a 7 hour stopover in Berl ...
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Sprint WOC

Although the official proposal of having separate sprint WOC and forest WOCs may have been shot down, with this years schedule Ive ended up pretty much having two separate WOCs anyway. Last weekend wa ...
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WOC 2014; the Antipodean guide

They say the night before the night before is the sleep that counts, so perhaps its a bit worrying that im awake at 6.30am writing this...or perhaps its perfect prep for the early morning and long day ...
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Italy 2.0

Following on from our brief Scandi tour, and mini holiday in Tallinn, its been back to Italy and WOC training for team Grizzle.Similar to Italy training 1.0, we adopted a couple of Aussies for the wee ...
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Czech, Check

Following Jukola and surviving the boat ride home, I found myself again packing my gear for another international trip. This time the Czech Republic. Toby and I had been scheming for a while now, that ...
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Sun, Mud and Snow

Once again I find myself kicking back in the Italian mountains, reflecting on an hectic last 10 days. This time however, the days have been filled with orienteering and travel, rather than work and or ...
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Jukola 2014

This weekend I travelled to Finland with Ok Linné to run in my first ever Jukola. Jukola is by far the biggest club relay of the year with 1600 teams in the mens race, and another 1200 teams ru ...
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Lessons in Swedish

When planning my European trip this year there were a couple of main options open to me for the leg of the trip following 3 Days of Trenches. Option One involved heading up to Kongsberg and the Word C ...
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Summer is here!

Since the last post, I have mainly been in a state of work and training. I am trying to find a balance between working and training which can be quite hard when every weekend there seems to be some ev ...
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Week One, Part Two: 3 days of Trenches

aka. The Adventures of Captain America and the Lachness GrizzleWith the arrival of training buddies and a car, and our first set of races imminent, it was time for things to get serious. Well, up to a ...
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Team Grizzle on Tour: Week One, Part One

Total Italian ImmersionAfter months of preparation and anticipation Team Lizzie on Tour officially kicked off last Monday! Following 24 hours of flights, (+1 extra hour for my bag...just to build the ...
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Goodbye Winter, Hello Summer!

Finally! I’m sitting here in Rovereto, training for the day done, feet up relaxing, and with all the time I wish to write this blog post…well until I decide it’s time for more gelat ...
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Eurovision 2014

No. Not that Eurovision. Although...Slovenia, youll be hearing from my lawyers.Its now less than a week until I leave Australia for warmer Northern climes (yeah, bet that sentence is very rarely utter ...
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Stockholm Sprints and Escape

The past few weeks, since Tiomila, have been relatively quiet in the competition scene. I am trying to return to some more basic training, in the build up for WOC and WUOC in a few months time. Last w ...
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Gene - ius (Waikawa Gene style)

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NZ Champs 2014

Every Easter for the last 4 years Ive had to face a tough decision: Stay in Aus for the Easter 3 (4) day competition? Or head back to NZ for our national champs? Both events are (arguably) the most pr ...
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Tiomila!

Tiomila is one of, if not the biggest race in Sweden. A 10-man relay, originating from a 10 by 10km race from Uppsala to Stockholm, it is the highlight event for the Scandinavian clubs (along with Juk ...
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Closing Time

I have always been someone to stay till the end of a party. Arguably this is to do with a lack of self-control, but I like to think there are also some positive virtues in there...still enjoying it a ...
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