Nav Chat #23: September 2022

This month we hear from top Christchurch junior, Felix Hunt about recent races and training, discuss the value of training programs, managing risk in technical areas, and avoiding routes on extremely steep slopes.

This month we hear from Marquita Gelderman on the challenges of MTB orienteering, discuss how to manage fatigue from training, and share some ideas around the difficulty of cancelling orienteering races in bad weather.

This month we hear from Heidi Stolberger and Scott Smith about their experiences at WUOC in Switzerland, discuss the many difficulties at the World Cup in Estonia and suggest how best to use online GPS tracking to improve your orienteering.

This month we hear from Nick Hann about his approach to mapping and dive deeper into JWOC, route planning in advance, and specificity in training.

This month we hear from Tim Robertson on his WOC races and dive deeper into some of the GPS tracking. We look at a lot of maps including Queens Birthday, EYOC and 5 Days of Italy.

This month Tom and I hear from Malcolm Ingham about knock-out sprint orienteering and check out the exciting sprint racing happening in Europe. We discuss some training ideas targeting knock-out sprints and take a look at many of the maps from the recent World Cup, where Tim Robertson received 2 silver medals.

In this episode of the Perfect Flow podcast I talk with Oskar Spets Storhov, one of the orienteers in the OK Linné team that recently won Tio Mila, the 10-person through-the-night relay in Sweden. There is a video of this recording on YouTube.

is month Tom and I hear from Will Tidswell on his unexpected NZ Champs in isolation and thoughts on his final JWOC in Portugal this in July. We also flesh out the interplay between navigation and concentration, hear about some analysis Gene did on routes that deviate from the straight line, and discuss preparation for major races.

This month Tom and I hear from Penelope Salmon on her fantastic track times, how she handles sprint orienteering and her move the USA. We also flesh out admin mistakes, hear about GODZone, look at World Ski-O Champs, and take a look at recent and upcoming events.

In this episode of the Perfect Flow podcast I talk with the adventure racing team The Secret Billionaires on their epic battle to 5th place in GODZone Chapter 10: Traverse. This episode is a blow by blow account of their 7 days on course packed with tips for adventure racers wanting to improve their preparation and performance for future expeditions. There is a video for this episode available on genebeveridge.nz and YouTube.