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This was the second time I’ve run in the European Champs (the last time in 2008), unfortunately now I’m in the worst shape I’ve been in for some years, but I decided to race anyway and chance getting some World Cup points in the sprint so I could race in the Post Finance sprint next month – but alas, things …
Well well well, it’s been a while since I wrote anything about myself on here! I’m making bit of a habit out of neglecting my blog for months and then squeezing everything into one giant post! I suppose it seems a bit lazy of me, but I think it was more a case of me just trying to spare everyone …
Current Men’s Elite Leader, Tim Robertson NZL Tonight at 21.30 (CET), the first start Stage 5 of Sprint the Bay 2012 will be streaming live webcam and results from New Zealand (this page). There were unfortunately some technical issues with sound and live results in the first 2 stages, but things are working well now (although Stage 5 could be …
There will be live video, commentary and results at this year’s Dirty D Sprint the Bay in New Zealand. The first Stage of the 6 sprint races over the weekend will be the first ever mass start sprint race on such a scale in New Zealand. There will be 60 starters in the Men’s Elite grade. This is perfect for …
I managed to save up some mobility in my feet for a training camp with my club last weekend 🙂 Here’s a video I made with the GoPro camera footage from one of the trainings. (It looks better if you change the resolution to 720p and play it bigger or full-screen). My orienteering is nothing spectacular, but it’s cool to …
Check out this cool preview for STB 2012. More and more work is going into STB each year as it grows bigger and better. In 2012 we hope for the biggest turnout yet. Entry has been open less than a week and we already have entries from New Zealand, Australia and Finland. Come. PS. There will be be a blog …
WOC is about to start tomorrow (the long qual) with my first race being on Sunday (the middle qual), and although I should be focusing on what I’m doing I can’t help but be distracted by this awesome preview! The oceania carnival 2011 looks superb! It makes me wish I had a big sponsor to help me get there and …
Quite literally too… After a week here I have 2 bad ankles, but not bad enough to stop me enjoying the awesome terrain. Before coming to France I had only heard negative things; ‘It’s soo green’, ‘It’s soo rocky’, ‘It’s way too hard’, ‘Don’t waste your time, save yourself for another year’. I came to France with a positive mindset, …
Mick Finn has been doing heaps of great work in NZ lately trying to ‘up the profile’ of orienteering by creating cool videos and magazines. This video is some of his finest work to date, covering the Queen’s Birthday test-match against the Australians – Well done Mick! And keep it coming 🙂 You can find some more of Mick’s work …
The last month has been a busy one! First up I had a huge weekend over Queen’s Birthday, with 5 races – over 50km of orienteering including the ANZ challenge (NZ vs. Australia) 🙂 The Saturday started with a ‘multiday long distance’ – 14km in Woodhill sand dune terrain. The race went well for me, I lost around 1minute on …