The Adaption

After arriving and training with the Danes, the most notable events would include a local Hungarian race, a local Czech Relay race, training with the French junior national team, and then training with the Finnish Junior national team. the reason for not blogging about the first two was the rather bad level of performance, I …

Hungary – The Arrival

Different, is the word that I would use to describe the terrain here in Hungary, in the area where JWOC will be taking place. There are a number of aspects that create a relatively difficult environment for me to orienteer in, which I have never had to deal with in such a combination. These critical …

Ottawa Training Camp (Part 2)

As the week continued on, then number or really good maps increased accordingly. On top of some local weekly trainings the notable areas I went to were: Meech Valley, The Barrens, and March Highlands, each with completely different terrains and styles of orienteering. In this post I'll simply analyze / describe the terrains and strategies …

Ottawa Training Camp (Part 1)

Less than an hour after I had landed in Ottawa, I was already running my first training of the week at Algonquin College. A sprint map on the way to Jeff's house, which seemed average but actually managed to catch me off guard on a leg. I did my classic warm up for training, (jogging …

Constance Bay Meet

The Constance Bay Meet in Ottawa was the first orienteering race of the season for me, so I guess season opener. If including Vancouver sprint camp, perhaps forest season opener. It was a very nice course, and area, although some of the route setting was a little bit messy in one place. Overall thoughts on …

Rumsey 2018

Rumsey was the first focused-ish orienteering training of the year after finals. I volunteered as a Course Planner in organizing Prairie Opener 2018. This is a great annual event in Alberta drawing lot of runners from Calgary and Edmonton. Most of the day was spent with me walking, and setting out controls, I didn't feel …

A Simple Goal

Some excuses are fairly lame, whilst others I would argue, are completely valid. The past month has been a downhill spiral of stress with finals coming up. I saw the terrible ordeals approaching about 2-3 weeks ahead of time, and right around then I began feeling a pain on the inside of my left leg …

Discipline

For some, a very simple task, for others not so easy. Even now I should be doing my circuits note that I had missed from lecture a couple weeks ago, yet I am once again procrastinating (I'll get them done in between writing this piece and maybe a little after (not procrastinating there  😐 )). …

Current Position

Here I would like to outline very quickly exactly where I am in terms of training. Which is very far behind the average elite runner of my age. At 19, I have skimped on physical training leaving me with little competitive capabilities. I have never done track very seriously and therefore I don't even know …

To Finish First

I suppose that today is the day that I am really setting it as a goal to finish first. I am going to dedicate myself fully to running and orienteering and aim to become the best I can be in the next few years. I believe that with the community, and team that is currently …