Race preparation
Prepare for your next orienteering race with terrain study, specific training and clear routines. Connect the work you do now with the demands ahead.
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Route to WOC25 Kuopio: Episode 1: Steep Decisions in Puijo
A Puijo simulation for WOC 2025, with route-choice perspectives from Aaro Aho and Natalia Gemperle.
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Unleashing Your Potential: The Mental Game in Orienteering
Confidence becomes more useful when it is connected to preparation, concrete actions and a routine you have practised.
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MOM 2025 Preview: 4 Days, 4 Challenges
The Maximus O Meeting 2025 preview: four stages combining steep forest, rock detail, sprint decisions and a chase start.
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Route to WOC 2024 Edinburgh: Challenge 3
An Edinburgh sprint leg asks how stairs, climbing and individual strengths should influence route choice.
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Route to WOC 2024 Edinburgh: Challenge 2
A second Edinburgh route-choice exercise from the WOC 2024 preparation series.
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Route to WOC 2024 Edinburgh: Challenge 1
An Edinburgh sprint simulation explores the combined cost of distance, climb, stairs and complex execution.
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Route to World Cup Olten 2024: Bonus Challenge
One final Olten route-choice challenge from the 2024 World Cup preparation series.
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Route to World Cup Olten 2024: Challenge 3
A Zofingen simulation for the 2024 World Cup explores similar-length routes with different turning and execution demands.
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Route to World Cup Olten 2024: Challenge 2
A second Olten sprint simulation tests barriers, covered passages and the cost of hesitation.
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World Cup 2024: Sprint Preparation and the First Olten Challenge
A look at the 2024 international sprint season, followed by an Olten route-choice exercise.