JWOC 2014: Maps, Results and Medal Overview

O-Ringen: we need help and thats OK

SOW...fantastic!

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O-Ringen 2014 - The Big Final Orienteering Video by orin...

Summer Orienteering 2014 Part 1: Maps & Reports

Swiss-O-Week - Stage 5 Orienteering Video by Puresive Fi...

O-ringen 2014

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World Champs a la Italiana

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Home spectator and fan

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7.plass sammenlagt i SOW

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4. og 6.plass i Zermatt

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O-Ringen Part 1/2

Somehow I avoided the effects of jet lag and had perfect sleeping patterns from day 1 in Sweden. This was especially convenient as day 2 was my first race day. I arrived at O-Ringen at midday in the i ...
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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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Travelling to Europe

I’m pretty relieved to get the 2 day journey to O-Ringen over and done with without a hitch. I left New Zealand on Thursday night and arrived in Stockholm 29 hours later after flying through Los ...
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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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More Injuries but Feeling Ready for Europe

It’s been a pretty rough year all up with 6 independent injuries so far. Firstly there was my right vastus lateralis tendon which didn’t handle my high volume over summer as well as my lun ...
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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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First Full Week of Training

So stoked with a full week of training this week! One of the few this year! So what is a full week for me? This is an ideal week and it often makes sense for me to swap a few of the running sessions f ...
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Winter Riding

Cold wet conditions have been pretty inescapable for the last couple of weeks. Up in Whangarei the rain has been falling in generous amounts as storms roll through. Despite the challenging conditions, ...
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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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Injury Progress

I made some really good progress last week in dealing with my injuries and have had a hard weekend of training to get myself back on track with my trip to Europe less than one month away. I started th ...
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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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Europe 2014 Preview

In just one month I am going to be flying off to Europe for another crack at O-Ringen and World University Orienteering Champs. It has been a very long wait as university prevented me from travelling ...
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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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Tough Training and Auckland Relay Champs

After getting sick and missing a few days of training this week I have managed pull together a pretty good weekend with a hugely beneficial long run in terrain on Saturday and having very good race at ...
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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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Final Rogaine Smashed

Today I competed in the final of the 4 races in the Bivouac Outdoor Rogaine Series held in Woodhill Forest. After a rough week managing injuries I was a bit uncertain about starting but was stoked to ...
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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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Two Rides

Every 3 months a big swap takes place at hospitals in New Zealand. Most of the Junior Doctors switch jobs and move department. This Monday was one such swap over day. My new job is in the emergency de ...
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Speed is Picking Up!

Smashed my way through Woodhill Forest today for the third race in the Bivouac Outdoor Rogaine Series to take the win over Thomas Reynolds. Check out my winning route here on my DOMA page. My GPS was ...
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Trail Running with a Difference

Today saw an innovative new approach to trial running with the first Enduro Trail Run held in a private forest north of Parakai. The race organisation was headed by Thomas Reynolds and aimed to raise ...
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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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NZ National Orienteering Champs – 3 + 3

Sprint, Middle, Long and Relay. Easter weekend is always a full on weekend of racing. 4 races squeezed into 4 days. The fact that national titles is on the line only adds further to the weight of the ...
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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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WANTED: Friends!

Two adventure loving single kiwi girls seek friends and training buddies for orienteering good times! Our interests include running around in forests, eating large amounts of delicious food, drinking ...
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Cape Brett Challenge 2014

“The hardest race I have ever done” – Rawhiti Marae, April 2013. Back in 2013 I took on the 40km Cape Brett Challenge. To call it undulating would be like calling the Sah ...
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Uppsala Möte

This weekend I stayed at home in Uppsala and competed in some local races on Lunsen. Before this weekend I had not run on Lunsen, but it was a map that I was really looking forward to running on. It h ...
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – My First Weekend A...

The Easter weekend just past, I joined the Linné team on a trip down south for a fantastic weekend of racing! I am not going to lie, the first few weeks in Sweden have been very tough for me. D ...
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Fusilier

I thought I would write something about Fusilier and chuck up a map, but why bother when someone else Arapito has already done a good job. Nothing like learning from someone elses experience. And bel ...
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Ross Morrison qualifies for Sprint Final at EOC - And finishe...

(Ross finished 41st check World of O for maps and results) Amidst all the local excitement around Nationals we cant forget about our representative on the other side of the world competing against t ...
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Adaptation

“to change ones behavior so that it is easier to live in a particular place or situation” Adaptation is a natural process which an intelligent system undergoes following change in ...
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Ogdominator

Well Matt has got off to a good start in Sweden. Perhaps not the creme de la creme of Swedish elites, but when you beat 50 odd on your first outing you deserve a little bit of kudos.
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Ohakea Sprint

Well start lists are up. 1 minute start intervals are risk encouraging. Take a risk early and you have your opponent in your sites. Get a good tow and gain a crucial 3-4 seconds per control for half ...
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One week til take off!

As we hit 7 days until the first start at NZ champs 2014, orienteers all around the country begin their pre-nationals taper (or training...), and begin their final mental preparation! Its gonna be a g ...
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Hoodoo Guru

I was chatting (the online type) to none other than Lizzie Ingham today. She is coming right from her injuries and organising some epic training this weekend for those in Canberra (we miss her in Wel ...
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Adventure Racing and energy expenditure

Adventure racing involves some extremes of human performance. Racing non stop for days straight takes a toll on the body. Right at the forefront of challenges faced by an expedition adventure racer is ...
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Links and Loops

Is writing a blog post based around a link to another blog post legit? Well, Jamie and the Osquad does it, so Ill go with it :-)Alex Jospes post on shoelace tying caught my eye this morning. Being a b ...
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Ross in Spain

Well hes not running like Shamus Morrison through an arena, but have you seen that course from yesterday? The photo came through from Lara Molloy on facebook. Dont forget about Lara. She is anothe ...
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More Butterflies

As if to validate Matt Ogdens classic course setting last weekend, the World Cup in Spain has a great little butterfly loop in the middle of a very long tough course. In this terrain you want to stay ...
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Some Big Efforts

The Rocketman managed to get himself around a tough course overnight at the World Cup in Spain. Great to see some epic long distance racing, wouldnt it be good to get this kind of goodness going agai ...
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Getting Rowdy

After seemingly being on a diet dominated by sprint races for the last few months (Sprint Golden Gate, Sprint Canberra, Sprint NOLs...), the season felt like it really kicked off properly a couple of ...
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Godzone – The race is only half of it

Racing non-stop over multiple days is fraught with numerous issues. The physical and mental aspects of such a race are obvious. But preparing the body and mind is only part of the challenge. The organ ...
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