eran segal orienteering blog

I started the month in 5 days of vacation in Sinai beaches, Egypt. While I was there I run some easy runs along the coast.


I back and made some orienteering training and local competition and train 5-6 days a week in low-mid attitude.
Last week was the first competition in the Israeli foot orienteering league. In Akbara, north Israel. My course went good for me with only one minute mistake in the 4th control. I had been surprise from my position- 3rd, probably my stable orienteering cover up my bad shape.
Interesting local competition arrange in Maagarey Menashe used a couple orienteering format. I ran with me dad, I thought that it gone be easy jogging but I was surprised from his speed… my map.



My next goal is the winter championship arrange in the end of December in shout Israel.
Here are some of the training maps:
-karmel



-Moran.
-Ben Shemen west
- Givat Kipod
- Akbara.

2 days ago Jwoc had started in Trentino, Italy. While the long and sprint already took place on amazing maps.

Me friend for the national team Aram Yaacobi is there with our coach Oded. at the sprint he got disqualifed because he punch the worng control 2 controls before the finish. Yesterday at the long distance he had a very good time (for an Israeli runner) when I looked at the live result at the second radio control but right after that he had a 10 min mistake which give him at the end the 110 place (still pretty good).

At the boys high level there was some surprise while the best time all the time got down until the unbreakable result of Gustav Bergman 1:05:55.
at the boys and girls top category there were only Nordic orienteer except of Martin hubman ("brother of…") how took the 3 place.
Anther competitor that I follow her result is Anna forsberg who I hosted at her house in kolmarden, Sweden last summer. Anna took the first place at noc long distance a month ago, now in Italy she still didn’t got here maximum while finishing 21 in the sprint and 15 in the long.
Last summer I was in Trentino for a training camp with the national team when we participate in the official Jwoc training camp and in a 3 day competition highlands open. The best sprint that I ever run was in that training camp with the old villages and the small narrow of Italy.

I had never been in Jwoc and I can't wait to be in one and hopefully stand on the podium there.


Also Eyoc had finished some days ago in Serbia.
I compete in 2 eyoc- 2007 in Hungary and 2008 in Switzerland.
Me next big goal when I finally be back in training is the long distance in eyoc 2010, Spain which gone be the last eyoc that I can participate in.

On Saturday I and my family organized a popular orienteering for family's and the residents of the village Kfar Vitkin. This is the second event that my father making as a community orienteering. So we hope that now, after this event we will have more demands.


I had been chosen for the excel orienteer because of my achievement on 2008, be the Israeli association (together with Pavel Gvozdev).
So on last Sunday I went to ceremony in Tel Aviv and won a prize money of 750 NIS = 180 $ (for purchase in sport stores) be "Ayelet" the Israeli association for non- Olympics competitive sports.

The summer had started here in Israel with 30 c all over the country, I wonder how the Europeans will manage the hit on august when the MTB- WOC is gone take place here in Israel…?

He everybody, like an evry eilte orienteer i dicied to open my own blog. I will try to write all of the blog in my poor English that everyone could read it, so it gone by with a lot of mistake and un correct English until I will prove me writing.

In October right before I participate in eyoc at Switzerland I injured in me right knee, it wasn't so serious and I continue to train and participate in the eyoc with some sufferable hurts. I considered that it is only some small bump and it will be over after the rest that come after the eyoc, it didn’t over. The regular doctor said "don’t run" after a while I went to a long treatment at a massage, my knee back to her right location, so the doctor said I could back training 3-4 times a week easy run, But it still hurt while running, so from December I stop running at all. Then I start to go to the kinesiology giora dvir and took some Food additives and start to make Fisiotrafih. Before tow weeks, a week before traveling to Spain I start running 15 minute slow run a day, the hurt was much weak then before so we (I, Oded Verbin my coach, and Giora Cohen- the head of the teams committee) diced that I will go to the training camp in Spain and will take it easy.

On Monday I come back from 8 days in Spain with the israely junior+ adult national team. Included the Spanish championship-H18 (http://www.villena-ceo2009.org/) with four competitions- long, relay, sprint and meddle. The camp organized by per Sterner in his great training camps – orientabonito- http://o-travel.com/index.html. Most of the trainings were in very high technical level. The forest, tow minute walking from our hotel was great for my foot with soft sand dunes near the sea. i took the comptition as a training and dosn't finish the long and realy. the first tow comptition (long & relay) were in a very disappointd terrain, but the other tow (sprint and middel) were great. Total of 14 trainings and 4 competitions.I Hope that that camp is the very late start training of me hopeless session (only 3 month until eyoc- me goal for this year).

some maps:

only contor training- http://files.myopera.com/eransegal/albums/740708/Scan10001.jpg

without compass training- http://files.myopera.com/eransegal/albums/740708/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F%20%D7%A2%D7%92%D7%95%D7%9C%20%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%90%20%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%A4%D7%9F.jpg


middel at spanish championship- http://files.myopera.com/eransegal/albums/740708/1Scan10001.jpg

sprint at spanish championship- http://files.myopera.com/eransegal/albums/740708/1Scan10004.jpg