Jukola 2018: All You Need To Know

Koovee wins Jukola 2018 after great team performance!

Jukola victory with Koovee suunnistus!! Thanks to my tea...

Venla 2018: Stora Tuna on top!

Relay training with teams of Latvia, Lithuania, Finland ...

A nice training camp with the @swissorienteeringteam in ...

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WOC training Camp in Latvia

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11th place with Tyrving at the Jukola! Thanks for the ac...

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6th at Venla

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Jukola weekend was fun as always! ? Though unfortunatel...

While we are waiting for Jukola video....

Spent some hours in the Latvian forest last week to prep...

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Out of game for Jukolan viesti this year. Good that I de...

Training camp in Latvia ?? with the Swiss Orienteering T...

Ready for Venla relay?✌?!!! #jukola2018 #raskttogteam ...

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Last weekend, it was time to visit wonderful Austria aga...

Unstarted races

May had promised to be this great month of racing. When I lined up the competitions in February, training was on track, and I was super psyched to get to the point of the season where the work is done ...
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Billygoat 2018

The Billygoat is one of my favorite races, and also one that I happen to be very good at. Long mass start orienteering race where youre allowed to follow people? sign me up! This year, however, thanks ...
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The off season

Its been a long while since Ive had a true off season. Once I transitioned to no longer thinking of myself as an elite-wannabe-skier, the off season felt superfluous, and there was so much fun stuff h ...
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Spring Fling and Supertour

I hadnt been planning to head back to Craftsbury for the Supertour Finals. But, Ed had been in Vermont for a month, with no plans of coming home, timing various races, so that was my only chance to se ...
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Eastern Highschool Championships

The last official race of the season was the Eastern Highschool Champs, up in Rumford ME. CSU sent pretty much every kid to this race on the Massachusetts team, and I was head coach, which meant I cou ...
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Craftsbury World Cup

Probably two years ago, Adrian and Ken got excited about hosting a World Cup for ski orienteering in the US. They got the IOF excited (which doesnt take much, considering that orienteering with a glob ...
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Planning for a World Cup

Yall. Nobody said that hosting a World Cup for Ski Orienteering was going to be easy. But I clearly did not give it nearly enough respect. Supposedly Im just setting courses, but we all know how that ...
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Final Eastern Cups

The last three Eastern Cups have gone by in a blur. We were at Rikert the weekend before Masters, and then Craftsbury the weekend after. I only did the skate race at Rikert, knowing Id be needed for w ...
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Masters World Cup

Last summer, Kathy mentioned to Rob and me that the World Masters were going to be in Minneapolis, and thus we should go race there. Hey, why not? Its an easy trip, no time changes, and lots of suppor ...
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2017 Racing Review

After my races at the 2016 North American Championships, where I landed on the podium three times, I retired from international orienteering. I expected to be racing less often, and took on a position ...
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Mont Sainte Anne training camp

The usual whirlwind around the holidays took us to Rochester, where we spent some days with my family, and then off to Canada. Only not quite so fast, because Id left my passport in Boston. Luckily th ...
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Fort Kent Eastern Cups

The last time I was in Fort Kent, it was for the U16 Championships in 2015, and the Massachusetts Team was on a coach bus that couldnt quite handle the snowstorm that hit Sunday afternoon. It took us ...
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Ice Weasels

A few weeks ago, we were hanging out with Jess and Graham, and Id clearly had one beer too many, because somehow the topic of Ice Weasels came up, and I agreed to do the race if Graham got into the Ki ...
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US Classic Champs

As the Orienteering USA VP of Competition, one of the things Ive done is to work with a group to streamline our extensive list of orienteering championship competitions, starting next year. So, the US ...
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Mt. Toby Trail Race

The final Grand Tree race that would fit into my schedule was the Mt. Toby Trail Race. Ive never done this one, and despite spending two years staying with Peter and Gail at the edge of the forest, Iv ...
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UNO Boulder Dash

Up North Orienteering Club hosted a National Event last weekend: The Boulder Dash. It was on the Burnt Mountain map that we used last year for the North American Orienteering Championships, and this y ...
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Hudson Highlander

The Hudson Valley Orienteering Club hosts this great event every few years, a metric marathon (26.2km) of orienteering through Harriman State Park. Harriman is a magical place for orienteering, this t ...
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Rediscovering the edge

Its been a while since Ive really pushed a race effort. There were the weeks of marathon training, the weeks of not-training, a week or two of a chest cold, then the marathon itself, which, while a ha ...
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Quebec City Marathon

After injuring my knee, I didnt think Id be running the marathon Id signed up for. Even if my knee were recovered by race day, I had done exactly 14 miles of running over those 33 days, none of it pai ...
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Respecting the process

My summer obsession has been preparing for the Quebec City marathon, at the end of August. Its been a fun challenge, learning to run by pace, putting down the miles and then more miles but not indiscr ...
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Skyline trail race

Id never gotten the chance to do the Skyline race in the Blue Hills, so when it didnt conflict with anything this year, I made sure to get in on the super-short registration window. With a cap of 100 ...
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Greylock trail race and June craziness

In the three weeks since Soapstone, life went a little crazy around here. I write that like its all factors out of my control, but I should know better than that - everything is a choice, and Im reall ...
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Soapstone Mountain Trail Race

I hadnt run this one before, but Ed did it last year and wanted to go again. Sure, long run can be a trail race, why not? And actually, this one was pretty runnable, so that fit the bill nicely. And y ...
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The Sisters-Billygoat double

Two of my favorite races fell on the same weekend this year: 7 Sisters trail race was on Saturday, and the Billygoat was on Sunday, at Ward Pound Ridge. The good news was they were on separate days! S ...
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Orienteering in CA

Two weekends ago was the US Ultralong Orienteering Championships, in the Bay Area of California. I had to be out there for a board meeting anyway, so figured Id do the races, maybe work a few days fro ...
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Going the distance!

Tomorrow is the long distance final, and with 11.2km/540m/18c for the woman and 15.5km/650m/30c for the men, it will certainly be a challenging day. Be sure to check out the auto-generated map of the ...
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Middle wrap

Quick results from the middle distance:Samantha Saeger 46th, Kseniya Popova 55th, and Ross Smith 62nd.It was a beautiful day to be in the forest and the Americans put in some good running. See the co ...
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Middle distance tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the Middle Distance race in Tanum, a bit south of Strömstad. Running for Team USA tomorrow are Ross, Kseniya, and Sam.Start times:Ross 12:16Kseniya 15:10Sam 15:26All times are local, six ...
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Great photos from Ken

Do yourself a favor and check out these great photos from the sprint and sprint relay by Ken Walker, Jr.;
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Team USA 24th in Sprint Relay

The Team USA team of Sam, Giacomo, Will, and Hillary finished 24th today in the Sprint Relay.Heres a quick video description of their races from the athletes:And some photos from beside the arena aft ...
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Local media exposure for Team USA!

The local newspaper Strömstads Tidning had a nice shot of some Team USA members getting ready to run around the sprint model yesterday:;
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Will after the Sprint Qual

Todays sprint qual was Wills very first WOC race. He didnt qualify but he did have fun and he finished with a smile.;
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Quick update after the sprint qual

Quick update from Strömstad: Unfortunately none of the Americans made it through to the final this morning. Alex was our closest, 18th in her heat and only 15s back from qualifying position. No big ...
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Sprint sprint sprint!

The World Orienteering Champs kick off tomorrow with the Sprint Qualification and Sprint Final races.Up for Team USA in tomorrow mornings qual races:9:10 Hannah9:18 Hillary9:27 Alex10:07 Ross10:18 Wi ...
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D minus one!

The races start tomorrow, but that doesnt mean today wasnt busy!Members of the team was up early, mostly in an attempt to be ready for tomorrows early events despite lingering jet lag. There was coff ...
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US Team arrives in Strömstad for WOC

Most of the team competing at this years World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad, Sweden has arrived in our team accommodations and are settling in. WOC begins on Saturday with the sprint qual ...
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WUOC Sprint 2016

WUOC SprintJuly 31, 2016Maps: Women MenResults: Women MenLive page with GPS and splits and photosLocation: LillafüredThe first race of WUOC was this morning, and there were some mixed results from o ...
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WUOC model event and Opening Ceremony

by WillSaturday July 30 - Model day!​After a solid breakfast, the US Team boarded the busses to head out to the woods for one last day of training.We were brought to another park from what we train ...
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WUOC 2016 team has made it to hungry

By Will, Sam, and Trey​Hungry for time out in the woods, the US Teambegan our firstfull day venturing out to the national parks surrounding Miskolc. The day began with a scrumptiousbreakfast and di ...
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Pre WUOC 2016 tourism

Well I think its time I resurrect this blog dont you?! Its been a long year finishing up my masters course at Heriot Watt but loved it! Im now in Budapest doing a day of sightseeing before meeting u ...
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