Stockholm Distriktsmäster!

Last night I won the Stockholm District Sprint Championships. My stomach was a bit bad during the day, but I felt good on the warm up and decided to run hard. The course was good, with some interesting route choices and a good mixture of urban and forest orienteering. I was a bit scrappy on a couple of controls (3, 5 and 6), losing 5-10 seconds on each, but in general it was good and I chose good routes. I finished 5 seconds in front of Peter Hemmyr.

Results here and splits here, Winsplits here

GB training in Latvia for EOC

On Thursday I flew to Riga for a short training camp with the British team. We based about 30km east of Riga in some cabins really close to some fantastic sand dune terrain (see some map samples below). We also did a session with a couple of the Norwegian team which was good.
So what did we learn about Latvia (or at least the terrain near Riga)?
Fast, vague in places, but the dunes can also be large and obvious. Where it is sandy it can be really sapping, and it will be very easy at high pace to lose contact, especially on the longer legs.

I can't wait for EOC!


Getting into the eastern european groove


Some training maps