Training Archive: SamanthaIn the 7 days ending 2007-01-13:
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Saturday Jan 13 | ||
| Orienteering 55:00 [2] | |
| Hill and I went running at Hale in the rain. Hill was quite reluctant to run in the rain, you would have thought she would melt. | ||
Friday Jan 12 | ||
| road run 30:00 [2] | |
| Went running with Hill around town. | ||
| rowing machine 5:00 [3] | |
| I had to go pick up a friend at the airport, so I just erged hard for 5 minutes :) 2:08.5. | ||
Thursday Jan 11 | ||
| road/trail run 1:07:00 [2] | |
| around Dedham with Dad - getting cold! | ||
Wednesday Jan 10 | ||
| Note | |
| I found this online while trying to look for maps from Ukraine :) It made me laugh :)
New discipline to be added to the 2007 World Orienteering Championships As the discussion on micro orienteering heats up there is even bigger news. Read what I found today in my mailbox. Follow the link to get to the original letter. The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) announced today the addition of the first World Indoor Orienteering Championships to the roster of events at the 2007 World Championships in Kiev, Ukraine. "This is tremendously exciting for potential sponsors, spectators, the press, and oh yes, for athletes as well" explained Barely Runnäble, IOF's Secretary General. "Although this unveiling of the Indoor Championships is part of the 2007 WOC Program, subsequent Indoor Championships will take place in the winter months. Our long term goal is to have indoor orienteering included in the Winter Olympics", Ms. Runnäble continued. "While foot-O is not a traditional winter sport, the IOF has long recognized that our chances of getting on the Olympics program is much better with the winter rather than summer Olympics." The advantages to staging orienteering in an arena are almost endless, explained Ms. Frankly Shöcking, member of IOF's Elite Events Committee. Almost any major city can host the event regardless of what their forest terrain is like. Organizers would actually build the orienteering terrain in the arena, constructing small hills, ponds, marshes and various other obstacles. Staging such events in arenas has worked well for the track and field, cycling, motocross, and in America for events such as "monster truck rallies". Can you imagine 60,000 spectators doing "the Wave" and cheering on the world's best orienteers? We could include betting, cheerleaders, a season-long indoor series the sky's the limit," said an enthusiastic Ms. Shöcking. "The idea is to keep it simple," she explained. The new discipline will include the following features: - A recommended winning time of 3 minutes (for both men and women); - Map scale of 1:100; with a contour interval of 0.5 metre; - Control markers of different sizes; - Control markers hung at different heights; and - Use of both the Emit and SportIdent timing systems. One change competitors will notice is that three new columns will be added to their control descriptions. One new column will give information about the size of the control marker they are required to punch in at. So for example, there may be 3-4 flags visible at a given location, each of slightly different size. The control description will tell them the size of the one they are to punch at. Naturally, this will be different for each control. Likewise with the height at which the flags are hung. Also, competitors will be required to punch in with both the SportIdent and Emit systems, but an "S" or an "E" in the control description will let them know which system they should use first. "The inclusion of these new features builds on the idea that orienteering requires not only physical prowess, but that it requires the utmost in concentration," Ms. Shöcking explained. Full details about how the competition will be organized are explained in the attached guidelines (137pages). The IOF Elite Events Committee is also studying the feasibility of introducing a number of other disciplines, including: - Blindfolded Orienteering which will draw on competitors' ability to use "The Force" to navigate; - Topless Orienteering, for its' logical spectator appeal; and - Backwards Orienteering, in which competitors will wear specially designed head gear equipped with mirrors. http://olles.bloguje.cz/0508archiv.php | ||
| C • Maps from Ukraine 4 | ||
Tuesday Jan 9 | ||
| road run 40:00 [2] | |
| running to and from Westfield Street, and also down between hills. | ||
| road run (hills) 14:30 [4] | |
| ran up Westfield Street hill twice. times were 7:12, 7:08. Felt steady, but not too fast. | ||
| rowing machine 11:00 [2] | |
| rowed for a bit after running. Felt pretty strong, maybe because I had good music :) | ||
Sunday Jan 7 | ||
| trail run 1:06:40 [3] | |
| skyline trail run with dad and Hill. Not as hard as we sometimes do it, but it's hilly enough that you can't really take it easy either. My legs felt better than I thought they would after yesterday. Another warm and sunny day. | ||