Physical fitness is only half the battle in the complex and beautiful sport of orienteering. The real game is played in the mind. At the heart of orienteering technique lies a critical distinction that separates elite performers from the rest: proactive versus reactive map reading. While both approaches have a role to play in modern … Continue reading Proactive vs Reactive Map Reading in Orienteering: 🧠 Mastering the Mental Game
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Unleashing Your Potential: 🧠 Mastering the Mental Game in Orienteering
In orienteering, physical preparation is essential — but when it comes to race day, it’s often the mental side that makes the real difference. Being physically ready means you can perform; being mentally ready ensures you will. Here's how you can set yourself up for success by mastering your mindset before your most important competitions. … Continue reading Unleashing Your Potential: 🧠 Mastering the Mental Game in Orienteering
🔥 Train Offensively – Even When Running Alone!
With the ice and snow finally gone, the Halden 🇳🇴 forests are at their best—fast, smooth, and perfect for offensive orienteering. This is the ideal moment to sharpen high-intensity individual sessions, where athletes run at race speed, fully focused on their own navigation. No distractions, no pack running, no forkings—just pure flow. While relay-style training … Continue reading 🔥 Train Offensively – Even When Running Alone!
🦉 Lumonite League: Where the Night Becomes an Epic Challenge
In Halden, winter doesn’t mean slowing down… it means switching on the lights and sharpening our navigation! Every Wednesday, we hit the forest for the Lumonite League, our ultimate night training to get ready for the legendary night legs of Tiomila and Jukola. Mass start Plenty of forkings No flags in the terrain! This isn’t … Continue reading 🦉 Lumonite League: Where the Night Becomes an Epic Challenge
Maximus O Meeting | Registration from December 1st!
🚨 Maximus O Meeting registration opens December 1st! 🚨 The countdown is ON! 🕒 The 6th edition of Maximus O Meeting is just around the corner, and it's going to be another top-class event you won't want to miss. 🌟 Get ready for the ultimate winter orienteering experience, with world-class terrains, courses, and everything you … Continue reading Maximus O Meeting | Registration from December 1st!
Unleashing Your Potential: 📊 Decoding Olympiatoppen’s Intensity Scale
Achieving peak performance requires more than just effort—it demands precision and understanding. The Olympiatoppen Intensity Scale (I-scale) is a powerful tool that divides training intensity into eight zones, offering a structured framework to optimize your training. This guide dives deep into the I-scale, its scientific basis, and practical applications, with specific workouts for orienteers included … Continue reading Unleashing Your Potential: 📊 Decoding Olympiatoppen’s Intensity Scale
Unleashing Your potential: 📆 Periodization in Orienteering Training
Orienteering is an exciting and challenging sport that demands both physical and mental resilience. With athletes needing to maintain speed, endurance, and navigation skills throughout a season, the importance of a well-structured training plan cannot be overstated. This article explores different periodization strategies that can help orienteers peak at the right time, with examples, recent … Continue reading Unleashing Your potential: 📆 Periodization in Orienteering Training
Unleashing your potential: 🔥 Advanced HIIT Training for Runners and Orienteers
High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is an indispensable tool for athletes, especially runners and orienteers aiming to enhance speed, endurance, and overall performance. In this article, we’ll explore the physiological impact of different HIIT protocols (30-30, 45-15, and 90-30), discuss how to structure HIIT across a training season, and include updated research to offer a comprehensive … Continue reading Unleashing your potential: 🔥 Advanced HIIT Training for Runners and Orienteers
Unleashing your potential: 🏔️ Uphill training for orienteers.
This article aims to provide orienteers and their coaches with an understanding of the importance and benefits of uphill training, by incorporating structured uphill workouts into their training programs, orienteers. Orienteering is a unique sport that combines navigation and endurance running, often across rugged terrain. Uphill training is a crucial component for orienteers, providing significant … Continue reading Unleashing your potential: 🏔️ Uphill training for orienteers.
Spanish Champs Middle in a Dream Terrain
A couple of weekends ago, (October 21st - 22nd) the Máximus orienteering club held the Spanish Middle Distance, Sprint, and Forest Relay Championships, in a really dream terrain located in the municipality of Hoyo de Pinares, where I had the pleasure of being the course-setter for all the races. The very tight program of the … Continue reading Spanish Champs Middle in a Dream Terrain
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