Introducing the 2DRerun CoursePlanning Module

Andalucia O Meeting was fun today! Now off to Barbate wi...

Från ett VM till ett annat

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Had my last day at work as physical therapist today for ...

POM, a positive start to the year

Transition

3rd place in POM-2015

Lidingö camp in Guardamar

Time after time

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3 weeks of winter was enough, now enjoying the nice cond...

Tasmanische Berge und Tiere

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Portugal O Meeting

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GPS-tracking for alle

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Break between the training camps

An interview from Portugal O Meeting about my goals and ...

Ich bin nominiert für den Aargauer Sportler des Jah...

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Oops, I did it again….

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Liestal 4 month later! In October last year we sprinted ...

Over 200 controls and half of it at high speed - thats P...

Turkiet

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Double bronze medalist in Lithuania ski-o championship!

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Orienteering NZ e-Newsletter – Compass Point &#...

The Orienteering NZ eNewsletter - Compass Point February 2015. WOC & JWOC Team Vacancies/Selection; AGM Notice; Orienteering NZ Panel and Committee Appointments & Vacancies
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Another European Adventure Begins

Last Friday I begun the 18,000km journey back to Europe. The trip is getting pretty irritating now, especially doing it so many times now and doing it by myself. The novelty has definitely worn o ...
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IOF Inside Orienteering Newsletter Available

The International Orienteering Federations Inside Orienteering February 2015 issue is available online. Features: The story of the Czech TV man you see in photos running after orienteers. Orienteerin ...
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OrienteeringNZ High Performance News #2 February 2015

Brief summary of the SuperSeries results from Tour de Peninsula; JWOC Trials and Round 2 of the SS, the Nationals, training camps, and updated anti-doping rules recently posted on the OrienteeringNZ w ...
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OrienteeringNZ Kiwi-O Resource Manual Available.

The Orienteering NZ Kiwi-O manual, published July 2014 replaces the previous versions of the NZOF Kiwisport manual - a very popular online resource for helping teach primary and intermediate children ...
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Anti-Doping Information Updated

Orienteering NZ updated its anti-doping information to reflect the latest rules which came into effect at the start of 2015. For more information, please refer to Orienteering NZ Anti-Doping Informat ...
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OrienteeringNZ Vacancies: Team Managers and Coach Positions (...

Orienteering NZ invites applications for the following positions: Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) Coach 2015 Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) Team Manager 2015 World Orien ...
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SuperSeries Round 1 – The Wrap!

Following the first round of the 2015 SuperSeries run as part of the Tour de Peninsula over Waitangi weekend, Matt Ogden and Laura Robertson lead the M21E and W21E fields respectively. The two Superse ...
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Behind the times: Tassie World Cup

Yep, Ive finally got around to a very belated report! Usually Id be able to blame this on the slowness of the internet down here...but seen as everyone else has already posted their reports from Tassi ...
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Riding this year – in pictures

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SuperSeries Round 1 Preview

The first round of the SuperSeries at Waitangi weekend offers New Zealand orienteers their first chance to stake claims for selection in the teams for the Senior and Junior World Championships to be h ...
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Programme for Tour de Peninsula out now

Plus various start lists etc at http://papo.org.nz/?p=3975
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New Online Resource for School Orienteering Ages 6-12 from Sw...

During 2014 several Swedish orienteering clubs lead by Göran Andersson ran a school orienteering project called “Skol-Sprinten”. It was a great success and this year ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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