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Cultural learnings in orienteering: Norwegies vs Glaswegies
Scotland and Norway both have fantastic orienteering terrain and high quality maps. Both have produced World Champions (OK.. many vs. Jamie, but Yvette & JD both lived in Scotland for a few years..). So what makes the Norwegian scene feel so different?On moving from Glasgow to Trondheim I immediately noticed…
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a difference in the local attitude towards physical exercise. Whilst out running in Glasgow the main hazard would be avoiding getting a brick, deep-fried mars bar or irn bru can thrown at you by a cheeky wee ned. In Trondheim its considered normal to go running and the main hazard is probably avoiding roller skiers.The attitude to training is also very different. Most elite orienteers in Scotland train with running clubs where even the warm up can be run at an alarmingly high intensity. A lot of Norwegians do a large proportion of their training at very low intensity. It…
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