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NM long: a unique & special test!

Last year I ran my first Norwegian Championships and realised that NM is a big deal. The Norwegians want to run well and the courses are challenging. This year the long distance was held ~1.5hrs drive from Trondheim in Haltdalen, in fairly relevant terrain for WOC 2010. I was keen…
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to improve on 26th place from last year, but more importantly the question was, how much time would I lose to Marianne Andersen? Could I get within 10 minutes of her on a race like this?Andersen is one of the Worlds best orienteers and studied in Trondheim for 5 years. I have a suspicion that she didnt spend those 5 years getting pished in the student union. More likely she was laying the foundations for the level she has reached today. So I imagine she has spent some time in the Trønder terrain. Last year at NM long I was…

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