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Belgian national team: physical testrun results

Its still early in the season, but yesterday the 1st important activity of the Belgian national team took place. The physical testrun is very important for the athletes to qualify for the WOC selection races in first place and to qualify for WOC2009 in second place. If they don run…
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faster than 45 minutes (12km for men and 10 km for women), the runners aren allowed to participate at the WOC selection races for real (during the weekend 1-2-3/05 in Alsace).Discussion:At the beginning of the season several national team members started discussions about this selectionrule. Fast running on paths is just one single aspect of orienteering. This physical test could exclude strong mapreaders or powerfull (off-road) runners from the selectionraces, because they don have enough speed on the road. Running on terrain is a whole different ballgame from running on pavement. Its even possible that training in the forrest makes…

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